The labor market has been  recovering and the feds expect national economic recovery to continue amidst a global economic slowdown. 

I have been studying real estate investment for about 18 months for about 8 to 10 hours a day while I medically recover.  I

Instead of punishing Wall Street, the burden of compliance forced all the smaller firms out of business which benefited the big players who'd supposedly been so reckless a few years before.As far as its effect on business and investment, just look at the sluggish "recovery" of the last 8 years for evidence of an economy shackled by over-regulation and bureaucracy.  

For the most part, easy recovery of default is not sold off, that simply doesn't make sense.

Hotels on the other hand are in the recovery phase where apartments were years ago so lot's of equity upside potential but risk as well.

However, if you dig a little deeper you will see that we've got a long way to go in this recovery and in my opinion, we're in for another wave of foreclosures.

If you're not collecting rent regularly then you have no reason to call or check in with the tenant outside of regularly scheduled walkthroughs - which were really too far apart back then.In my case, tenant checked out okay - professional working athlete, fairly well known, made plenty of money, passed background check, and references checked out. 

With all that's going on with the country, Do you think that the recovery of the economy will start with each and everyone of us??

I used to be a Cook County, Illinois resident and we had the same thing except you didn't go to jail if you were a professional athlete or a Daley buddy.

Hello BP!Looking for a little feedback on my first REI deal.Background: Joined BP last year, read a lot of books, and listened to all the podcasts. Got my wife involved (she's the smart one) and we got a HELOC on our ...