Using the president example, you would have also seen a jump in African-American investors over the past 8 years in REI.

Shylock in Merchant of Venice or Ebenzer Scrooge (more a lover of avarice than a money lender, but similar category).Essentially, money created out of money was considered borderline heretical because it was viewed as not contributing to society's progress/mankind's salvation/the works. 

Same here, no advice, but I have looked at ACC (American Campus Communities and think they looks strong.

I just hope that the rest of our intelligent society doesn't have to be inconvenienced by the moronic minority that can't take the time to read that Zillow's Zestimate is NOT intended to be an appraisal.SeanBTW - Once again I must comment on how I cannot believe that it is I that is defending Zillow!

Here are the few that say they do aggregate or blanket type mortgages.Dayton CapitalConventus FOAC bundles 7+Colony American bundles 5+Rental home financing say 1 to 1000 propertiesVisio 3 to 7 in a bundle

They were Colony American Finance which was renamed and are or were a part of blackstone group I believeIf any of you have any experience or information about the company it will bw great if you can share.Thanks in advance

Lottery winners are more likely to declare bankruptcy within 3-5 years of winning than the average American.

It wasn't some great job with matching 401ks that put families into covered wagons just to fight native Americans... it was dream of property ownership. 

@Douglas GratzData sources such as the American Community Survey, also known as the annual Census, can help you judge a location by considering key market indicators, which I list below.Some of the metrics that I find valuable to understand are:- Population Total- Population Age- Home Values- Household Incomes- Rental Vacancy Rate- Homeowner Vacancy Rate- Poverty Rate- Educational Attainment Rate (High School/GED & Bachelors)- Number of Housing Unit- Rent to Income Ratio- Rent to Price Ratio- Population on SNAPS (supplemental nutrition assistance program) percentage- Property Tax Rate- Median Age of Buildings- Number of Structures by Units (SFR, Duplex, Triplex, Quadplex, etc...)- Median Rents by Number of Bedrooms- Unemployment Rate- Employment Sectors Percentages- Number of Building Permits Issued- Foreclosure Rate- School Ratings- Crime StatisticsAlso take into consideration the direction in which each of these market indicators are trending.

It's never the sort of thing where you have an utterly clear villain and an utterly clear victim -- it's the mechanisms of society that batter these people helplessly.The addicted, abusive husband who can't help himself from still wanting to see his kids and try to fix his marriage, but also can't fight his raging addictions without help he can't get from a system that just wants to process him as cheaply as possible.