Of the 15 properties he sold me only two have showed a slight profit the rest are bleeding me dry. 

The only real difference I noticed was that lending dried up.

Then proceeding to tell me how "You should pay someone to do daily maintenance of the pool because they are not going to be everyday pool people"Then a recorded phone call yes I record all my phone calls with not just my tenant but if someone is in my call log with them yelling and claiming that they are not going to be everyday pool people giving notion they simply are not going to upkeep the pool the biggest gripe is a ten second chore dumping the skimmer basket.Now the biggest concern here is the pool pumps not circulating water and running dry then burning up. 

Like, below his dry cleaning.

The market really dried up but appears to be improving to higher inventory release levels.

Unfortunately with this new mortgage crisis, we can get the construction financing all day long, but the end loan financing has dried up.

It's the dry cleaners and manufacturers that tend to kill you.Plus if it is all contained in the soil and isn't in the groundwater that can be a big opportunity to get a property for a good price.

and make sure your girlfriend understands that getting into the business, especially buying foreclosed homes, will SUCK you dry!!!

The investor has several nicer rentals but has been sucked dry by one of the bigger ones being vacant for an extended period of time.

This is a dry climate is that still an issue?