“Of all the shortages afflicting the U.S. economy, the housing shortage might last the longest.”

http://www.garytharp.com/forms/  If you have an iPhone, you could use TheAnalyst app, which is built on the same foundation ... it's my favorite number crunching app ;-)  http://cretm.com/theanalyst/I have no affliction with Gary (other then I'm a ccim candidate) nor the App...I just think it's cool. 

Two areas I see, economic laws, passed to manipulate economic aspects for the benefit of some and public law that focuses on how things are conducted to safeguard the public from various afflictions.

I did not think it would take long before the cheapness that afflicts some small landlords would surface.

The Consumer Behavior course I took in business school is spot on.I discovered my affluenza affliction ("retail therapy" or "when the going gets tough, the tough go shopping") back in the 1990s.

Real Estate investment could be the answer for the fixed income malaise afflicting potential retirees.

Brandon,  IMO, for whatever reason you're afflicted with a case of Confirmation Bias related to racial/minority discrimination.

These are people who are afflicted by analysis paralysis.

The doctors diagnosed me with SCAS (sudden cardiac arrest syndrome) which can afflict people as young as 4 years old and strike at anytime.

I suffer from the same affliction as the rest of the world.