One was a very nice house on Cove Landing, out near the Beaches area, but far enough inland to not be effected by the Florida storms.

I do disagree with him on some things, I’m not out to build an empire and we will probably always own our own home for various reasons.

@Andrew Joseph Looks like you're well on your way towards building your empire.

With this will be the dismantling of the ubiquitous U.S. presence throughout the world in the form of 1) global military bases, 2) satellite regimes propped up with 'foreign aid,' and 3) wars and other covert activities to promote U.S. interests.What concerns me with the dismantling of the U.S. empire is that other interests (most particularly our largest creditor) will fill the void through military escalation, leapfrogging the U.S. in naval capabilities, and will begin to exert its muscle just as the U.S. recedes.

Hi Marty,Congrats on taking the next step of building your RE empire! 

The empire collapses.Lawsuit Target - When a landlord has no equity and there is a lawsuit, the suit typically goes after insurance. 

I work in Information Technology and with the acceleration of jobs going off shore in my field and with companies bringing in landed resources from abroad to work IT in the States I am not sure if I can last that long.My plan is to buy and hold multi-family homes and small apartment building's.

I have no empirical data and no real reason other than common sense and being born and raised in the bay area and watching what has happened over the last 60 years.were else can you buy a structure on a stand alone lot for 250k in the bay area.. were is it going to go over the next 10 years or 20 years I suspect UP..

Hello BP Community,I am a new wholesaler located in the Inland Empire of Southern California.

My goal with real estate investing isn't to build an empire or take over the world...