:badwords: I've heard of good people losing their property to the government because of similar situations.

First, remember the banks are regulated by the federal government and they are required to underwrite conforming loans and second, bank loans tend to be very structured and are generally inflexible to your project needs.

In Canada you can incorporate federally or provincially.

What does Real Estate (Unlike Federal Reserve Notes, Stock Certificates, and EVERYTHING Else listed above, along with the unmentioned "US Savings bonds")....have over ALL of these?

I appraised contracts as a fee appraiser for state government.

However, antitrust sensitivity in the real estate arena is high as it involves housing issues which the government, at all levels, looks on with constant scrutiny.

The state of Texas gives a developer a federal tax credit to build or fix up 'low-income housing.The government sets down guidelines about who can get into the various housing programs, it uses a statistic called the "Percent of Area Median Family Income" (or "Percent of AMFI").

Unless we get our act under control the US is going to fade from being a world power, probably in less than 50 years, definitelywithin mnay of YOUR lifetimes.Some things to consider:Read "Hubbert", as in the Hubbert Peak, we've passed "peak oil" a while ago.Our government is being run by MORONS that WE voted in!

I think the federal government needs to start coming down with stricter regulations for mortgage banks.

A reverse mortgage is a loan through the government available to homeowners 62 and older.