If you own rentals, theoretically, as the dollar falls in value, you can raise the rent.On the other had, if the buying power of the dollar gets weak, everything will cost more dollars.

Dips in the field of the roof, the flat areas, may not be as serious, usually bad decking or weak rafters, but such issue have a way of leading to other problems too, look over doorways for cracks and where the ceiling meets walls.

It all boils down to the age old saying "No one will spend your money as carefully as you will" Show any kind of weakness and money sniffers will be all over you trying to get your check book out of your pocket.

If this makes me weak, so be it.

Its funny how people are able to spot my biggest weakness with just one post.

I know interest has risen quite a bit in recent months because of the weak yen and the Olympics.  

A few years ago when rates were super low, demand was weak and houses were hardly selling despite super low rates.When rates stay very low, a lot of buyers out there feel no hurry to buy a house.

Partners should be put together where each of the partner's strengths cancel out the other's weakness.  

If you think the RE market is in a weak position, then this could be the thing that sets huge negatives in motion.

In working with insurance companies I've found that they rarely cover mold issues as they consider it long term or chronic in nature and their policies generally only allow flames of acute or emergency situations i.e. plumbing breaK or leak, wind, fire, tornado, earthquake, hurricane, etc.You may think it's a good deal now but once you start digging into it it's like a dentist digging into a cavity.