Yeah I know thanks a lot Art for that profound answer haha.My opinion is there are a ton of factors in areas with high foreclosures... sometimes those areas turn more into good rental areas.

How does it impact the ability of an investor to get hard money loans or private loans for investment purposes?

Big impact for relatively low cost.

So, taking a loan doesn't generally impact an investment strategy, such as if I were investing in stocks.I will usually do the annual loan to get me over a cash flow crunch when I have the opportunity to do more deals than I have cash for.

Is the new convention center having an impact on commercial real estate?

When I buy something, it needs to impact my income statement in a positive way.

If you're making $50K a year and own a few properties, it can have an immediate impact because you can take the special passive loss allowance and offset some of your ordinary income.

We all know having a broker's license is not sufficent... and because of the impact, screening the PM is more important than screening tenants.

The area, size/value of the property, and coverage can each have a major impact on the premium.

Blast and move to the side quickly to avoid a tackle, then run run runIf I were shot, I think some instant incapacitation would result from the psychological impact of, holy $^&$ I've been shot, am I going to die?