We are all in the game.I profit no matter what the economy is doing.I profit more when the media says the economy is in bad shape.Because fear causes people to run scared away from money that is laying around.I think it's all a matter of knowing what is going on and that these are just cycles that are always occuring and adjusting your strategy to fit.There is nothing new under the sun when it comes to buying and selling properties.Laws change ....we adaptMarkets change.... we adaptFed changes rates....we adaptBanks tighten up on their lending ....adapt More forclosures ....adaptCan anyone tell me of one market condition that hasn't existed in the past.It has all happened before and it will happen again in the future.Very few inovations in Real Estate.Just people who know how to put it together.

While I am a big fan of the platform, and I'm using it to build my website since you can adapt it to be a CMS (content management system), it isn't as simple as Wordpress or most other people make it out to be.

Learn from other people's mistakes, adopt and adapt proven systems, don't do the trial and error yourself if you can help it.

It is very simple to use and easily adapted to any platform or application.

We adapt rather well when the chips are down-- but an Obama Presidency will devastate much of America.To vote for or support Obama is irresponsible.

My reaction will be to simply continue to run our business with speed, agility and adaptability.

That was absolute insanity.Read the first 100 or so pages of Kevin Phillips' new book, "American Theocracy" wherein he traces the rise AND FALL of other nations over the past several hundred years, based solely on their DOMINANCE of (and then, unfortunately their inability to adapt from) the "best available" ENERGY SOURCE OF THE TIME.The Netherlands in the 16th-18th century controlled WATER and WIND power to such an extant that they could automate shipbuilding to such an extent that they ruled the (commercial) waves, and were able to free their workforce from many labor intensive tasks.

I've also adapted a business model where 10% of every major good deal that goes through, gets funneled directly to these kinds of efforts--kind of helps keep me humble, oriented on what's really important, and makes sure it doesn't get brushed to the sidelines in a money making bonanza.

You should run yourself like a business....So, my thoughts would be the same as any small business.1, Do I have enough capital to ride the storms.2, Have I properly planned for the storms.Real Estate is a cyclical market, Know where you are in the cycle and adapt!!

The last two books contain a number of forms you could adapt to your uses.