I thought the fed has been manipulating interest rates almost as far back as post civil war when the latest incarnation of our federal currency was issued.

Supposedly, Conspiracy theorists contend that the governments of the United States, Canada, and Mexico are already taking steps to implement such a currency, as part of a "North American Union (NAU)" No current members of any country's government have officially stated a desire to create such a body, nor introduce a common currency, but does this sound fishy to anyone else but me as to why nobody's talking about this?

Yes, oil is taking its toll and the dollar once the strongest currency in the world, is taking a beating.

No evictions, No felonies, No pets, He makes 4.5x rent.Career Disabled Veteran has a nasty divorce which leads to Chapter 13.Tenant re-marries 5 years later and spouse has bad credit and is not working.Prospective tenant gets veteran retirement and disability of which 1/2 is garnished for ex-spouse.Prospective tenant has now taken a job teaching ROTC at the local high school.

By this point, I shifted my focus to Crypto-currency.

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Give it another 2 to 5 years and still no guarantees since with fiscal cliff we have looming issues with debt that is directly related to another issue the coming currency crisis.

For ex- I'm leasing up a retail property I'm developing now. 

Now my parents are passed away, and I've managed to sell a piece of the land they left as inheritance and I have US$35,000 in brazilian currency.

Two currencies taken at the supermarket: old dollar and new dollar?