I personally don't mail to surviving spouses. 

If you can live with $15k in housing it seems unlikely that you couldn’t survive on $50k/year for everything.

Both homes were found on Redfin but I want to purchase cheaper priced homes than what are advertised on there.Real estate to me seems very fun and interesting and something I feel like i can survive doing.

There will be very few builders that can survive another two years of this.

You have to do your own research on your situation, but typical condotels survive or die based on the overriding management company.

The reason we have at least some socialistic flavored laws is due to the fact that if they did not exist the communistically minded capitalists would rape the population more than they are, so since you are not in a position to buy the bank you need to protect yourself since the name of the game seems to be survival of the fittest.

With people in survival mode for 3 or so years I think there will be a lot of pent-up demand for everything...including workers.Time will tell I guess.

Yes, I know what you mean and I wonder how some of them survived, but some are pretty good BSers.

They simply can't survive on 1% CD Rates, They have become very distrustful of corporations and even banks.

Check below referenced book for tips on wage garnishing.Jeffrey Taylor describes a few other methods that worked for other landlords - look for his Landlord's Survival Guide (on amazon or in your public library).