Unfortunately it was another dry, dusty and relatively boring Roubaix ... it's been so long since the last wet edition there's a whole generation of riders who have never had the experience.

The deals have definitely dried up though and I’m looking st other markets, possibly Gainesville.

You've got plenty socked away to start with something small and keep some of your powder dry for future deals as you learn.

Those MLS opportunities dried up 2012-2014.

Thankfully ours has been high and dry.

Topping a tree that is not meant to be topped - which is most deciduous trees with a central leader - encourages weak lateral growth that will be inherently weak and rot in the center of the tree.

Once the dust settles and the ink on the precedents set by case law dries I think we are going to find Dodd Frank to have little if any real impact on the real estate investing community.

But , we're not going to leave you high and dry!

If you have over $100M in dry powder sure.

Rot was found on many of the joists when we opened up some walls, so we ended up having to pull plumbing and bathroom rehab permits with the town to make sure we were re-building the bathrooms properly.