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.

Brandon, Depending on what your are looking for ex.

My only investing experience is with stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities.

Foreign income is income that is earned by a borrower who is employed by a foreign corporation or a foreign government and is paid in foreign currency.

If you want to sublet, be prepared for an upset landlord when they find out, they will be even more upset if they pay for electricity and learn that you are mining crypto-currency large scale. 

Everybody speaks English and the official currency is the US Dollar, so there is no exchange rate.

This global mentality shift in asset values will lead to a paradigm shift where the world no longer wants paper fiat currency.