So our question is, what are others doing to protect their rental properties if property taxes get out of hand due to inflation and you can't raise rents due to a depressed economy.In light of the Canadian dollar dropping, their resulting inflation, the current risk in the economy and the US dollar slowly loosing it reserve status and with the new Dodd Frank bail in banking laws, cash in the bank is now considered a loan to the bank. 

With international rates so low, and the 10yr depressed by lower sovereign rates internationally, can the Fed push up short term rates and, very possibly create an inverted yield curve, without punishing the US economy?

Otherwise, you could also argue that you have to accept rapists or murderers, because very likely,  they have underlying psychological disorders that "made them do those things".

However, Bernanke did an excellent job in preventing another Great Depression IMO.  

I spent a lot of time as a kid with my grandfather, a depression-baby, and incredible maker of things.  

Wendy Patton's technique will only work if: A) you are a realtor yourself and B) the market is extremely depressed.

This attitude causes depression, conflict, marriage failure and even death.

Being constantly surrounded by your to-do list can be exhausting and depressing in itself, and those are things you need to protect yourself from with so much work to do.You mentioned things took a longish time to sell - is that just due to a slower recovery in that area from the housing downturn?  

yeah the market out here is pretty depressing.

The Dumb Class turned out to be more of a dumping ground for kids with severe behavioral and emotional disorders.