We didn't pay billions to bail them out or anything.

Deaths as a percent of the population are basically nil at 2 in 8 million.China has a population of around 1.4 billion.

Until you have an independent audit of someone's finances, they could be worth $1 or $1 billion.

He has invested in over a quarter billion in real estate and posts on this forum and is willing to take time out of his day to offer advice to people here, including complete newbies like myself. 

The question may be better served with a time (say 5 years) qualifier because ultimately we are all screwed when the sun super novas in 5 billion years!

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/10-ways-to-make-your-first-billion-dollars/ss-BBpFwF3#image=11

In addition, our industry suffers over 5 billion dollars of fraudulent claims that must be further investigated with significant investment of legal expense, which only costs other, honest, insureds higher premiums.Many people have talked about the repeated denial of seemingly reasonable claims.

"Respectfully, they are an $18 billion company.....if they value their reputation, they absolutely will build a competency in managing lawful evictions or ejectments in every state and every country, or outsourcing to companies that can.

This puts Cleveland in the same category as Youngstown, Ohio and Detroit in terms of population decline.Despite the bleak picture, Cleveland has been revitalizing its downtown area since the 1990's and more than $3.5 billion has been invested in redeveloping the area.

You'd think the 11 billion dollar hit they took last time would have taught them a lesson!