Just mentioning Columbus is going to bring your DMs to the brink of melting down.Ask yourself why real estate?

When your self employed like we are I dont think a lot of folks realize how vulnerable our lives can be in a financial melt down like the GFC.

As one who personally had a medium sized HML company going into 2007 2008 with 600 loans on my books and by 2010 went through a massive re value melt down all of us in that business got hammered for us we started in 2001 and by 2010 had to basically shut down let go 90% of staff and spent 3 to 4 years hemorrhaging our net worth's to make sure our banks got paid ( which to my personal financial situation was devastating) Most of my peers went out of business completely ( BK) I did not but by 2011 I was basically starting over.

Wright saw these things 150 uears ago, which just melts the mind to consider.

It reminds of the people who go into the casino, and melt down at the table when bust on there last $ and start screaming at the dealer that they "should have" won that hand, gotten so-n-so's card blah-blah-blah....     

It's amazing how paying off an extra 2-3k a month makes debt melt away.Today both my partner and I each have less than 50k in the business and own a portfolio with a total value over 500k.  

And yeah, the melt-down of our society does matter when were trying to convince the planet to use our USD as world reserve, it does matter that the society backing it is a dumpster fire, that = volatility. 

In my opinion, this area is a melting pot, there is low income, high income, and short term rentals all mixed together. 10-15 years ago, I wouldn't have gone to this area alone to work, but it has gotten a lot better and I have never felt unsafe while working in this area alone. 

You're so lucky the propane tank wasn't closer...or the electrical lines...or the tree.It did melt the lower low voltage lines but the tree will recover.

The big melt down is going to be parts of SWF where Supply far out strips demand.. there are literally thousands of vacant lots that can be bought at anytime.. so no shortage there and its always been in a few of those locations like Lehigh Acres a boom bust cycle its heading to maybe not a bust right now but values are dropping for sure.