Initially, the boomers were the stimulus of economic expansion:•1950s -- parents buy new houses and cars, suburbs emerge, and America is King of Production•1960s -- more housing, more cars, college educations, Made in Japan = cheap, Vietnam, shaken values, Johnson's "War on Poverty"•1970's -- the Boomers emerge with jobs, are new consumers -- more housing, international manufacturing becomes more competitive, US corporations locate operations overseas•1980s -- Reagan tax cuts = increased discretionary spending, revenues up, social programs funded, Iron Curtain falls, technology enables global expansion•1990s -- peak Boomer earnings, corporate America dissolves pensions (funding liabilities, regulatory liabilities, increasing PBGIC premiums) and convince Boomers to "control" their retirement with self-directed 401(k)'s, Moore's Law at work in technology, the Internet becomes hostile to profits, emergence of private equity and venture capital on a large scale, increased financial engineering•2000s -- oops, where did the American Dream go?

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My experience is primarily with internet marketing & technology, recently got my real estate license and have begun building my own business.I am looking forward to networking with the BP community.

The credit boom of 30 years has run its course, and some sort of reckoning will inevitably occur.On an optimistic note, I'm also hoping for, and expecting, quantum technological leaps in energy, health care, etc., to help alleviate the problems.

With technology today, you can get 1000 full color gloss cards on 14pt paper stock for around $69 at most printing companies these days.

Back to RE...What do people see as ways that RE investing has changed given the march of technology?

Look at technology after the dot com meltdown.

The technology plattform is amazing and well worth the money alone.

These QM firms have also made heavy investments in technology that frankly doesn't integrate well with a DSCR underwrite which is better underwritten like a CRE loan in my opinion, not worth this massive tech overhaul for the bigger players in my view.Also - highly doubt GSEs will step in, conventional is still an option for investment properties, they are far more likely just to loosen uw or expand limits than create a true DSCR product competitor

I’m doing online school, therefore I’m very familiar with technology and responsible with classes, therefore you can count on me.