It never hyperinflated the gold standard and had to change it back into a fiat to spend on the Vietnam War, contributing to the double digit inflation in the 1970s.

Great post.Gets you thinking for sure.All we can do is make the best investment decisions we know how.Rich what happened to rents with your investments during the 80's when interest rates were in the double digits??

The area may support coffee shops with transactions in the single digit dollar amounts but I don't see it attracting the types of restaurants, bars and shops that make NuLu an appealing place to work/live/visit.NuLu took off because of the awesome restaurant and retail scene that came in.  

After graduating from college, I thought success meant reaching that magical seven digit number as quickly as I can. 

So, now....around the corner is June 12th the conversion to this new digital signal, and the puppetmasters are so concerned about dissemnating information to their human resources that they are willing to give convertor boxes away FREE.

I think we'll continue to see appreciation in SFR, but appreciation will slow to single digits 5 - 9% in Atlanta.

I suggest you create an account number with a bunch of the digit 9 strung together, and name it "Ask My Accountant"  - then when you come across some item where you have uncertainty, it gets labeled with that account number.

I started my career in the digital marketing space about 8 years ago - helping firms monetize their new and existing data -  in the finance vertical. 

I toyed with the idea of setting up cameras, and an electronic front door lock, where you could give them the 4 digit code.

This is pretty funny given what's going on around here, people are investing in $250k-$1m condos, and losing money every month in a market rising double digits annually.