This is almost matched by the excuses people come up with for why they have to drive a late-model, high-end automobile.

I think its important to distinguish the longevity of an automobile (how many years or miles it lasts) vs. cost of ownership.A GMC/Chevy Suburban always shows up on the lists "highest percentage of vehicles still on the road with over 200k miles".

Commercial real estate, student loans and automobiles are the issues at hand today.

You now have to take the first tenant that knocks on the door or be sued by the city, they have imposed a "rich man's tax on people who are successful", if you solicit someone who is in foreclosure or *thinks* they may end up in foreclosure it is a "criminal act" and you could find yourself in court, they have reduced the number of automobile lanes to accommodate having more bicycle lanes (Seattle is *hills*, do you know how long it takes a bicycle to climb 1st hill in the rain in friday night traffic?

So if you notice there is a difference here between a rapidly innovating and disrupting tech ecosystem model we have here in Silicon Valley versus what we have in the great city of Detroit where we had 3 automobile giants who refused to innovate.So I will buy into the bubble and the recession but I don’t think that the DNA of the valley matches the DNA of Detroit as a fair comparison.I would like to say if you go far enough back in history, the early days of the automobile industry in Detroit were not that much different from the early days of the technology industry in Silicon Valley.

Money Mustache has a blog about the economics of an automobile relative to your commuting distance to work. 

Let me help you a bit with this: every part of FL can get hit by a cane.Orlando is far from immune, the key to remember is that most homes here are built to withstand canes.

Numbers out of China are highly suspect on infected and deaths.

As the saying goes, 100% of all foreclosures are on houses with loans.The idea that someone is immune to this simply because they are a member of BiggerPockets is kind of strange.

Why anyone would run rentals in such immunity states boggles the mind !