The grill will be lit at 5:00, The good Lord willing even if the creek does rise!

Also, a fall in the Dollar will cause some inflation but you are very unlikely to see any hyper inflation.

The prospect of a building forgotten by the rising tide (read: Mike B's line on a $30K building) is not at all encouraging.

If I lived in Boston and had $400K cash and was very worried the stock market is going to take a dive (which is certainly a possibility) and wasn't aware/willing to look at other markets that would cash flow better, then maybe paying cash for one of these units knowing I would probably make a small return and my investment should at least track along with inflation (and probably better) than it's a much better place to put that money than the bank.If people are currently buying at those prices and using debt service, I've got no explanation.

This means I have access to everything from condos on the shore, to high-rises on in Brooklyn in this greatly diversified market.Any advice and tips are GREATLY appreciated!

Buy a business vehicle, buy a seller financed house with an inflated sales price for depreciation, do all my deferred maintenance this year, donate to a non profit that I control, bury my profits in the ground and run from the IRS.... :)

I'm considering building some new houses since new home sale prices are on the rise in my market.

He declared the effort worthwhile, claiming that mortgage corruption in metro Atlanta is rampant and inflates housing costs for all."

None of these are geographically constrained places, any price appreciation above the rate of inflation is just going to encourage new construction.

The problem is they drywalled the entire area but stupidly never insulated the ceiling and walls.The drywall is in great shape so I would hate  to rip it out and have to redo it only to put fiberglass insulation in.I could try to take it down but salvage the existing drywall and attempt to reinstall it but even if I could locate and take out all of the screws its probably more effort than it's worth.The other option I have is slow rising spray foam.