Rents have been strong and the demand for housing and increased interest rates have kept people renting as they "wait out" the rates (same people who were "waiting out" the surging home prices). 

If we buy the bulk of the world's output and we suddenly have a loss of faith in our economy large enough to spark HYPERinflation people will likely resort to barter.

He had been a tenant for 5.5 yrs. and I had a few smaller problems but nothing like this onslaught all of a sudden.

Since they obviously weren't motivated for the 6-12 mo.s it was listed, I figure that didn't suddenly change over night.

This belief that an individual can lollygag in high school and college and then miraculously see some economic opportunistic light and suddenly devote themselves and become financially successful is laughable at best.    

Plus, ever seen what a power surge or a brownout can do to a mini split?

Then, all of the sudden, without any discussion with Congress, the United Nations, or any internal or global legislative organization, the Executive Branch of the government unilaterally decided it was okay.

You are setting yourself up for a nice audit if you suddenly try retroactively reducing your tax bill.

I was simply making comments and suddenly I'm a liar because there are 50 cents on the dollar deals here if Florida.

And while many areas in Texas were doing pretty well for a while, according to the RE statistics on AOL, some areas, such as Houston are now seeing a sudden decline.