Which is a huge milestone in building on your success.

MikeOH,I can't seem to find data past 1968, but here's some good info taken from the National Association of Realtors. http://www.realestateabc.com/graphs/natlmedian.htmThis shows that the average inflation rate between 1968 and 2004 was actually at 6.4%.When leveraged at even 4:1 you are making a 20% return on your investment even at 5% inflation.Not bad!

I hope the rescue operations are run well and the loss of life and the suffering of the people there is minimized.I also hope the government of Pakistan will focus its efforts more in the future on the betterment of its people than in fomenting terrorism in Afghanistan and India.And, looking at the aid graph, it seems that the U.S. is by far the largest aid donor to the flood victims.

Hey everyone - I was looking around Google Trends today and came across this graph, showing the dramatic decline in those searching the internet for "Real Estate Investing."

. - That's for all the stats on your stats page at http://www.biggerpockets.com/profile/statsI believe they are talking about the views that shows on the bar graph at the top of the dashboard, which should show views.

EHow lists it at 10%-50%: http://www.ehow.com/info_8740066_much-deposit-should-give-contractor.html hahaha.My opinion is you should only pay for things done in mile-stone. 

@Mike D'Arrigoapparently the graph you have only covers the population of Kansas City MO.

This then can be assigned a rate in the equation.The third portion that represented a wilting nature graph, based in speculative RE market, assumed that   property prices reached the peak and slowly find its true value by bottoming down before it ripples back up into more stability where I call the local government to be the catalyst in lieu of private sector job losses. 

Eddie: I actually paid $29.95 to read your conclusion in a long scholarly book -- but he included lots of pretty graphs and bar charts.Which begs the question of what to invest in.

At 97% I would think I would toe the line unless filling a vacant unit . 2) They indicate on one graph that the trend is for occupancy to increase if you drop the rent.