Hopefully it wont take another 911 for you to understand go to utube.com type in iran i cant remember were its at on utube.com but next time i see news in real time i will add it to my favorites and post it here I do beleave there is something wrong going on the gov should stop inflation and focuse more on other countrys atacking us and they should get them 1st i no its an off topic but it all has to do with our economy so i belive its relavant!

For example:You can not charge too much rent for a given appartment (max would be app 600,= EUR/month)You can not evict renter: renter protection is really extremeYou can not raise yearly rent by more than the inflation rate (this year 1.6%)Most mortgage's are guaranteed by a special fund in case of defaultI'm targetting on appartments with after repairs value 100.000,= EUR (give or take).

They still expect full price, often they have an inflated idea what their home is worth.

My theory in short (abstract from my blog) is this:With a devalued dollar, China and India needing more energy to address their industrial growth, supply and demand ratio increasing on a daily basis - the amount we pump out of the ground is inversely proportional to the demand in the world, a subsidized price that we were paying in the past in the USA (around 90s and early 2000) and Inflation.

My research shows that during a TYPICAL real estate bust, it takes inflation adjusted prices 8-10 years to reach their previous high.

I'd rather not be the typical american and come back with some italian sports car but perhaps use cash that's in the bank to make an investment in my future and get me into an exciting career for once.So the question I'm posing to the experts, if you were just starting and had a giant lump sum of money (roughly 220k after taxes) to play with in a market that isn't really inflated what would you do?

So RE is so powerful because you get tremendous tax reduction benefits (depreciation, interest expenses, all operating expenses, and depreciate your capital improvements) all the while you've leveraged your investments, your tenants are paying your mortgage down for you, inflation is eating away at your mortgage, and you raise rents over time.

However, right now they are not rising "eventually" as with his prediction for rents, expenses are rapidly rising right now and runaway inflation is a real possibility.

I do realize 15% is not sustainable unless inflation goes mad, but it's always good to have the opinion of more experience investors.I also realize how difficult this question is to answer, with all the variables involved.

Can't hurt to do both, point being is don't be sold on realtor hype - but the local realtors no doub thave great knowledge.Perhaps do it in the reverse order so that you have more petinent local questions to ask the realtor on the bus tour.Local REIA is a good suggestion as well.If by emerging you mean not in your traditional big metro hubs and areas that are growing in jobs and population, I tend to think and hear alot about Missouri, Colorado, Alabama, the Carolinas, and of course Texas (but when so many people are touting texas it makes me wonder if prices may be a bit inflated - perhaps it's just BPers that are privvy to the "Texas Train")Nothing like bringing life to an old thread..