I work for [LINK REMOVED] and we have been noticing a huge increase in the number of motivated sellers out there....they are even turning to alternative methods to sell their homes. When does everyone think the market...

Repeat after me:There is no way to deterministically predict future costs.All you can do is estimate, and just because your estimation method is more complicated sure doesn't mean it's more accurate.

I predict these plants will be sitting idle in a few years.Jon

MikeOH recommends the formula and he also makes the point that you can not predict the future.

I just love bumping into things that I could not have predicted.

I may be totally wrong, but I predict this will be worth $200K at some point in the next five years.Jon

Yes, that might lead to even more opportunity, but not to a predictable career or investment return. 

"It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future."

The reality is you need a LMO, another reality is that you probably will not find one to approve a Lonnie deal, they already have issues with the valuation of cans on wheels to establish the loan to value to predict amounts of equity and ability to pay them off.

They say California is quite predictable with its 7 years to the bottom, 7 years to the top cycle.