thanks for the insightful advice guys. see the thing is, im a science major right now, and i want to go the business route, but its too late to switch. in the future i want to make money off real estate and stocks. i see no reason how a college degree in science can help me.on the other hand, im considering taking some classes right now in local community college to be a real estate broker and perhaps work in a firm to get some experience and at the same time earn some money. should i do it or bad idea with the current market?

The TRUTH is that the vast majority of newbies in the rental business fail in a relatively short period of time.

Karl Polanyi in his book "The Great Transformation," written in 1944, laid out the devastating consequences—the depressions, wars and totalitarianism—that grow out of a so-called self-regulated free market.

•Increased depreciation rate over 15 years, which equals a major tax advantage.

I'm a senior at Penn State University, majoring in Finance.

Earlier the majority of investment in real estate came from UK (like 20%) and this has slow down in recent months because of global financial crisis!

With the government eyeing taking control of our banks, and most major stocks now valued at less than 10 times estimated 2008 earnings, now is the time to act for money investors.

Oil and natural gas are biggies here--but we've also been blessed by major downtown development: a new NBA franchise, a convention/restaurant/entertainment hub around our new Riverwalk, a new and expanding Dell facilitiy, Tinker Air Force Base, etc.

There simply isn't a more accurate way to do it, because there are not accurate, long term expense numbers available for the vast majority of small residential units.Mike

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