Buy properties in an area that has a rough economic outlook, and you may be in for a rough ride.

I started out looking at Vegas condos in May & June of this before deciding on a SFR .... paid a little more but figure appreciation and rental income will be higher and more importantly, I won't have to deal with increasing HOA fees and the potential for special assessments.

You need to get out, look at a lot of properties, make a lot of offers and hope you can grab one.

You'll find the market outlook for your local area in the last appraisal you have.

If you are certain you want to make this move and the deal makes sense, I would wait to buy until the outlook in Portugal look the most bleak.

It's amazing that following a few simple ideas can really have a dramatic effect on your outlook on life.

In short, the economic outlook is excellent with the city's "GDP" doubling in size every four years.2.

If you want to take one step further, you can email your mail merged documents if you integrate with Outlook.

Great topic.I think there are a ton of people out there who have floating-rate mortgages and who would love to lock in a rate, but they can't because their credit/income is bad or the house has fallen in value.What people really need is an interest-rate swap, which Bryan is trying to create individually using futures contracts.As has been pointed out, for so long as the rate outlook is "higher rates ahead," doing this could result in not being ahead financially when the dust settles.

It seems that you may be in a good market even if the overall outlook looks gray