High inputs of capital, low cap rates, sustainability across the board.Retail is seeing slightly higher cap rates, however retail is going through an intervention.

It was honestly divine intervention that helped me choose which partner to use.

There is the wild card of government intervention, which you pointed out.My point was that as a first investment, making an appreciation-only play is ill-advised.

That deputy must have legal experience and expertise in cases involving fraud or fiscal malfeasance and he or she must assist the Ombudsman in the resolution of complaints filed through the informal (Intervention Affidavit) process.

But, all that said, maybe the lines have been crossed in this case and the best thing for the kids is intervention...I dunno...which makes you right on another point, I don't have to decide that.LOL - Not sure what parts were self-serving...read like good insight to me - thanks.

Government Plans To Rent Out Foreclosed Homes

(Thank you for the link on FHA details, I will forward this to my escrow gal as I am tired of her saying “Well, because you are a corporation, you don’t have to worry.â€) -"It's not "government intervention" that makes not only FHA but conventional lenders skittish about flipping.

Here are a few links that can, I think, shed some light on this discussion: Obama Foreclosure Plan Gets Generally Positive Reviews Marketwatch: Lawmakers and bankers support Obama loan plan Here's a link to a summary of the plan being proposed: Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan I was on a conference call this morning with members of the Administration from the Treasury Department and HUD and the general reaction was positive, although most of the people on the call were part of the affordable housing and foreclosure intervention communities around the country.

If inflation goes really high, your tenants could pay the mortgages off for you in a matter of 10 years or less.Own income properties (altho govmt intervention in the form of higher prop taxes, rent control, etc. is a threat).Own your own business (deliver needed products and services).Again... gold is moot (may not play the role it has in past, and a threat that government can confiscate it, like they did in Great Depression).

The classic difference between the two systems lies in the different means they take to establish themselves: communism emphasizes the impracticability of replacing the existing social order by means other than armed force or outside intervention; the advocates of socialism seek to establish it by peaceful means, through election and legislation rather than force.