Among the counter claims are FRAUD, violation of FDUPTA, preying on the elderly, brokering without a license, etc. 

I wouldnt mind betting that you guys are among the more positive in your areas too.Here in Australia we have 5% unemployment (virtually full emp), interest rates going up to slow things down etc.

Have fun.I see he has his strategy in his signatureBusiness Plan: Start, Fail, Learn, Succeed, Repeat...I can guess by his attitude what step he is on.... maybe the step he lists as second "Fail"Before you try to pretend only fools invest in real estate in Michigan, Google: “Dan Gilbert” (owner of Quicken Loans the 2nd largest mortgage company in the US) (owner of Cleveland Cavaliers /LeBron James) in the past 3 ½ years he has bought more than 60 of the downtown Detroit High rises.When I bought the first houses up here, I used to walk among the sky scrapers and look up and hope I could buy and remodel just one.

I think Texas real estate is among the most likely in the country to underperform from a returns perspective over the next few years.

Of course you need to pre-screen them to find out who among the landlords (specially in the inner cities where properties with code violations tend to be) are still buying right now and who among them are cash buyers.

Further, job growth for high-income, salary work is among the strongest in the country in Tampa due to the available skilled and educated labor force here and the business-friendly nature of the state of Florida. 

columns and beam replacement in the unfinished basement is among the easiest and cheapest home repairs around - even with the cost of lumber now. 

Among the things that are excluded from the operating costs is "taxes on Landlord's business" Thank you,

AIN any event, any Mello Roos property in CA will not be suitable as a rental for a bunch of other reasons.... least among them are the Mello Roos fees.Also, since we are talking about tax, property taxes in California are among the lowest in the nation from a percentage POV, thanks to Prop 13.

This does not place me among the "doomsday people".