It just seems to be getting harder and harder finding any of the TWO BILLION properties for sale these days!!

Used to returns were a 7 cap in a hot market but I have seen 9's and you probably can get in the 10's.Not as sexy as some riskier investments but you get mailbox money with no maintenance or headaches from a billion dollar tenant.The escalations are fewer and not as big of jumps but you get the stability and piece of mind.Here Auto zones,Napa auto parts,and Advanced autos do well also.So what kind of investment you make depends on many factors.

.: $111M in Stimulus Saved Just 55 JobsMore than a year after Congress approved $800 billion in stimulus funds, the Los Angeles City Controller has released a 40-page report on how the city spent its share, and the results are not living up to expectations."

The direct cost of the Iraq war alone from 2003 to Feb 2010 is $704 billion.

If you research storage facilities, its remarkably a billion dollar industry.

I always find it interesting when people make claims about trends related to the Earth's weather based on data over 100 years when the Earth itself is about 5 billion years old.

I work for a large insurance company which utilizes many billions of notional of these to lenghten duration, convert fixed assets to floaters, etc.

jon is correct, MOs can be easily forged as well. i would get a pen. they work well. the bank that took the bills is required to send them to the secret service. to be honest, it would be VERY, VERY difficult to prosecute. there is really not a way to prove (legally) who gave you the bills.even mike seperating the bills would not protect him. billions of $$$ of currency exchange hands, there is no way to prove that those are the bills they gave u. as is with a check, the person that deposits can be held responsible. even if being held 'responsible' means justnot getting credit for the funds. if u really want to be safe, get a mobile blacklight currency detector.

They were certainly a contributor, but I would not say that they were a "major contributor"I would have to say that the "major" contributors were the greedy banks giving loans to anyone with or without a heart beat (also to their qualifying pets, ha ha) as well as wall street and their infinite greed, finding very lucrative ways to package up the loans and sell them off for billions of dollars.Your thoughts?

Current estimates for total government pork earmarks are at $15 Billion/yr).