Seems the knuckleheads in DC think they need their greedy hands in the pot and making the housing market a bigger issue than it should be.

===============I think there are a few issues for the Tenant Buyer that need to be not negotiated but BE CLEARLY THOUGHT ABOUT AND DISCUSSED with a win-win.Equitable Interest is discussed when a Tenant Buyer is nervous or suspicious of the Lessor - Optionor.Lawyers use the term to create a lawsuit Against the Optionor-Lessor.Judges in Landlord-Tenant disputes use Equitable Interest as reason to have a poor, ignorant Tenant Buyer being conned by Greedy Seller-Investor.IRS have called SOME Lease Options as DEEMED A COMPLETED PURCHASE AND SALE OR A DISGUISED INSTALLMENT SALE.Gee, what a hassle for the Real Estate Investor!

The idea that the market suffers through Democrat presidencies has been disproven...in fact, Using the Dow Jones industrial average as the benchmark, Stock Trader's Almanac shows a $10,000 investment compounded during Democratic presidencies since 1901 would be worth $279,705 after 48 years.

The only thing that I know about NYC real estate is that:-CRE is crashing-hundreds of thousands of bankers, traders, and fund managers are losing their jobs-The oldest and most powerful investment bank are crumbling-etc...I'm sure there is a way to make money in RE in NYC, but I wouldn't know how.

Greed is what has brought down many empires and I think we are seeing the fall of this once great country.

A lot of people have asked if I heard the Warren Buffett quote, "When investors are greedy, be fearful.

However, I'm greedy enough to want the money that those vacant units represent.

Somehow you’re a wise investor if you get someone to sell you a house for 50% of what it’s worth because they’re desperate but you are greedy if you sell a house for slightly more than it’s worth.

If there is a silver lining to all this mess it may be that Americans, as a nation will open their eyes and stop being led over a cliff by corrupt, greedy, dishonest politicians and wall street con artists that have one goal and that is to move money from your pockets to theirs.

You underestimate the madness of crowds and their greed. I