There are countless examples of markets where housing prices have NOT kept up with inflation and other examples where prices have exceeded inflation and these trends below or above inflation have been sustained for DECADES ... it all comes down to long term supply and demand fundamentals.

I have seen this in countless houses over the years, including my own, we purchased a builder spec that came with laminate in the kitchen, it started to swell in the first year.

There are countless stories and stereotypes about contractors failing deadlines, blowing out budgets, screwing clients, and being generally inept.

Lenders will usually, if not always, ask for a personal guarantee, and i've seen countless instances where the lender asks for an assignment of rents in the case of a default.Sorry - kind of a roundabout answer, Best of luck.

I've listened to countless BP Podcasts,   read more than my fair share of forum posts, and have sifted through hundreds of blogs on my quest to educate myself before I began posting.

I've seen countless examples on this site about getting REO's BEFORE they go on the market.

We read a couple books and countless articles and from what we understand it seems like the best way to get in this and get some hands on experience is to become a birddog for a mentor.

I am located in Houston Texas and I have been trying to learn as much about wholesaling as possible, I've asked countless questions and read some books and I've joined several websites( including this one) that are focused on Investing.

There are countless stories of people accepting a lower offer because they didn't like the person making the higher offer.What are your real estate goals?

Get used to searching the forums first for information because a lot of times these questions have been asked and answered countless of times.