Despite this, many settlement agents insisted that they do it the old-fashioned way because they were nervous or didn't even know that this new rule existed.  

We could also do it the old fashion and save for a down payment.  

I have learned many, many lessons the old fashioned way too.

Sorry; I'm old fashioned. 

I would suggest, in similar fashion, start writing out your investment strategy so that you have a road map to where you want to go.

Is this something worth swapping out or is it the rule of function over fashion?

Groundfloor has a well-considered roadmap for achieving our vision in stepwise fashion and we're proud of our successful track record navigating it so far.Thanks @Doug W. for being a fan.

Some say it might continue to go like this in a more time compressed fashion.

One even asked me to list assets like cars, furs, jewelry on the application.  

It's for a class titled The American Economy since 1865 and my professor is giving us a pretty large avenue of topics to write about, as long as it connects to the U.S. economy in some fashion and is centered around a pre-1950 period of time.I wanted to write about something that I have an interest in, so I've narrowed it down to real estate (and preferably the commercial side).