They bought new cars, new trucks, all sorts of tools and equipment, hired people, etc and when the music stopped playing, they had a giant monthly nut and were sitting on a handful of houses at various stages.

Since they cannot find it in traditional debt instruments, investors are doing all kinds of things to get income exposure.Given the demographic trends in the United States, I do see this as being a persistent problem.

As long as they pay they can do anything from playing loud music all hours of the night, damage the property, or worse.

We keep inventing new instruments and givong them fun names but their use is basically the same And we keep repeating the same cycles.

Where did you play/get your music degree, what did you play or do you still? 

It comes with the iphones.Don't drink on the job, don't play loud music on the job (earphones are your friend), don't lear at the lady renters (you are there for business), and dressing like a (successful) workman in clean clothes everyday will probably go a long way in making a good first impression, on both the owner and the renter.Clean boots or shoes are a positive.

They primarily invest the reserves in safe debt instruments (treasuries, bonds, mortgages, loans).

People in the TV business are going with .tv and people in the music business sometimes choose domain names ending in .fm.

Chris has been instrumental in getting me there. 

And when that "stimulus" get's spent, the music stops.