It is hard to take any article serious when they call any Marxist economist “brilliant” given the track record of Marxism. 

And as economist Herbert Stein Wyrley observed, "if something can't go one forever, it will eventually stop." 

I wonder how long it is before some economists begin stating prices in terms of 2008 dollars.

Harry Dent is an Harvard MBA economists who applies demographics research to predict the future.

I was selling your future.I do not think anyone except large companies with on-staff economists and analysts can predict rental rates, interest rates and cap rates, or sales prices in 5 years, and often THEY are wrong.

Mortgage rates decreased last week, which led to the highest volume of refinance applications since mid-June," said MBA chief economist Mike Fratantoni.

Here is some info from Zillows senior economist for historical averages on SFH rentals. 

But, just to have the property worth 4x as much in 30 years, you'd need about 5% per year in appreciation.Most of us (and probably most economists) aren't convinced that we'll see 5% year-over-year for the next 30 years...

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-costa-hawkin...It will likely ruin the economy in long run but they don't care the politicians want votes.This Tenants Together group is sponsored nationally -National Housing Law Project- They are pushing for rent controls all over the country even though most economists know it's bad for local communities.http://www.tenantstogether.org/campaigns/rent-cont...

I hope that BP has an economist who can chime in on this.It would probably be worthwhile for you to perform a "back-of-the-envelope" calculation of the percentage that you pay in taxes after all of your deductions have been accounted for.