If so, could someone help me understand how it's filled out. http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/pdf/ttdv1...Just trying to figure out-using hypothetical numbers above- what values I would place in # 6-9. 2.

You can make about the same if you put your money into a 30 year treasury bond that has no risk. 

I like US Treasury I-bonds and TIPS for conservative inflation hedges.  

Again looking at the Fed Funds Rate, 10 yr  Treasury, and their spread helps illustrate this point.

A 10 year treasury is close to 2% so a 3 cap in a market where lots of people have work and/or want to live and prices have historically gone up and rents are increasing then Portland is a good bet.

Treasury via his delegation of authority to the Internal Revenue Service.

in the world where ST treasury yield >= national cap rate --> holy cow RE is scary, better put into bonds :)since cap rate can't be pushed higher, then we have to wait til the interest rate eases, then we need to have CPI 2% again back to invest mode on. 

I haven't been following things, but my guess is that many of the MBS or CMBS are better risk/reward tradeoffs for fixed income investors right now than treasuries are.

Checks are made payable to the King County Treasury.Most people bring a cashier's check made payable to King County Treasury for the maximum amount they are willing to spend, whether they intend to buy just one parcel or bid on several.

True, the banks DO have trillions of dollars lying around but they aren't lending it because they can make risk free money by buying treasuries from the Fed at lower interest rates.