Pat in all fairness its hard to find a college degree that costs less than 35,000 for 4 years now a days, forget it if its a masters program.Tuition has been rising 400% that of inflation (outpacing healthcare by a large margin) and even if you do the majority of your classes at a community college, go to a good state school, earn a scholarship or too, and work through college you will still graduate with debt (which is just what my daughter did minus the debt since I paid for her).

Hi, my wife is transitioning her career from health care to realtor.

We shouldn't need our entity to provide benefits like health care or 401(k)s.  

So all the people that voted Obama in the primary because they liked his healthcare proposal (no mandate) better than Hillary's (yes mandate)... whoops!

The good things about it are there is a broad based economy, everything available that anyone could ever want (jobs, schools, healthcare, entertainment, recreation, and best of all many of the communities are the safest in the nation, and perfect year round weater!)

However,  in the medical center 3 of the 5 largest hospitals just laid off workers and personally i believe the worst is yet to come since healthcare reimbursements are falling.

@Honor DunnBuy in Metro Detroit (my rental portfolio is here)Purchase: $80k-$130kRent: $1200-$1450ROI: Double DigitCash flow: couple hundred/monthAppreciation: Double digit (for past 10 years, will gladly send data)Location: C, B- (suburbs and certain markets)We have over a dozen Fortune 500 companies just in Metro Detroit with huge Healthcare and Auto industries.

We are both in the health care industry and I'm considering a career change to real estate.

My name is Eric, I live in Addison TX, and I work in healthcare IT. 

Through no fault of their own, the 2nd hand smoker, especially in the days when airlines were allowing smoking, can develop and have been proven to have higher incidence of cancer.The "empirical cost" was not paid at all by the Tobacco companies and in fact, developed propaganda campaigns to mislead the public.After the mounting evidence reached a certain point, taxes on Cigarettes skyrocketed, for at least 2 reasons. 1) to discourage the use of cigarettes so you DON'T have an increase of getting cancer and 2) to help pay for some of the empirical costs associated with the healthcare costs.In the case of Investors following the OP's strategy is one that I have personally seen time and time again.