Land is a limited item (no more being produced) there it always goes up as the population increases and there is more demand upon that limited resourse.The improvement (house) to that land can despreciate if not cared for, but the land value always increases over time.The same can not be said about stocks as they can crash and have many times. 20's, .com bubble, ect and stocks are not a limited item as more companies begin selling stocks and the existing stocks split or are recalled or go bust.

All my efforts to move things faster (Including contacting the regional loan Manager of the bank's mortgage department) did not produce any result.

Nick, you have a 14k property producing 1k in rent?

Owning an income producing property free and clear is a wonderful thing.

. # 2 The corp boards who spend more than they make,#3 I suppose you can put some blame on the lenders, but they produce the product, is the consumers responsibility to use the product responsibly. #4 The Congress who spends more money than we take from the citizens...#5 I suppose you can blame bush, but then again you have to put blame on the dems that pushed home ownership for all.But also Then blame them for the soaring values in 01-05..

I just ordered 5000 postcards at $0.048 each, so if those do not produce the leads I want, I'm switching to letters.

You could say I am interested 1) generating cash and 2) putting that cash in a cash flow producing property, but I am still in the generating cash mode and business construction phase.I would love to hear how others got to where they are and I will be providing help to others whenever I can.Reap, then sow.John N

They used to produce their own, but I guess that has since changed.

It is an essential ingredient in the Capitalization Rate (Cap Rate) calculation that is used to estimate the value of income producing properties.

David, as one who works in this area daily I would like to share with you what I advise others who want to invest in income producing properties.1.