I then ask myself why would I by in a market that has precipitous devaluation.

What are you going to sell US treasuries, pay the cost of devaluing your currency and then go to buy Euro bonds at negative rates?

If people came with $20 and said give me the gold, I do not trust that you are not printing and devaluing the dollar, the govt would run out of gold too fast.

If your competition has it and you don't, then it will devalue.  

Instead, he bought the wrong property in 2007, he lost a lot of rent and his property devalued for years until it broke even around this year.HOWEVER... he did realize his error and resistance to the education he was taught.A few years back, he recognized that the kind of property I wanted the students to buy was in a hot neighborhood, Bed-Stuy Brooklyn.His Father had a 3-Family Brownstone that he was selling cheaply to a tenant who was taking advantage of him.Jermaine told me about it and I asked to speak with the Father.

For Dick & Jane homeowner, who buy 1-3 properties in their lifetime, they can provide more value around negotiation, financing options, etc.Both of the above scenarios signal the need for fewer agents and a devaluation (or realisation depending on your thoughts about realtors) of the service they provide.However, those agents who can take a set of criteria and bring back a handful of viable candidate properties - many of which are not yet on the market - will continue to add value to Investors and will earn their commission (or consultation fees).  

I would think that the lower quality of materials might devalue the project.  

Education has become totally devalued by American society.

Wow this is great, you have to reinvest those funds to avoid tax bill, depreciation recapture, and to avoid the devaluation of your money.

Wall Street did not bail out RE, government intervention with our tax dollars and devaluation of our dollar was the so called savior.To the rest of your points, I agree.