Collectively we've been sold an "american dream" that has been shaped by a surplus of land, relatively low population levels, racism, cheap financing, and automobiles. 

A POLL OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION FOUND 93 PERCENT OF ITS MEMBERS AGREEING THAT ''A CEILING ON RENTS REDUCES THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF HOUSING.'' 

Anyway, my sis and I just bought a $330K property in Elk Grove as her first home, this is managed by a PM and looking at the math after all expenses & mortgage, we have a small gap but between me and her It's not too bad ($400) as the primary goal is for her is to own a property and start investing (she's considered a high income earner) between this change in mindset win, tax benefit and the joy of owning a piece of the American dream having a nice 3 BR 2.5 bath in Elk Grove were happy, this is our first investment property, we own a house in San Leandro.

This data comes directly for the most recent american community survey and is representative of the data collected for the census tract that most closely approximates the Mayfair neighborhood boundaries. 

interesting article talking about how institutional money is merging with competitors.does anyone see this as sign of the top of the market or is there another way to look at this trend since American Homes 4 Rent and American Residential Properties Inc. aren't the first big players to do this recently?

Home ownership no longer seems to be the American dream.  

American economy was built by men like Cornelious Vanderbuilt, John Rockefeller, and Henry Ford.

He's entertaining, he's a Tennessean like me, and he has a message that most Americans need to hear - not just the ones who make $30-$40k a year.  

But our economy and society is making more and more people desperate.

Wouldn't we (as a society) accept the minimum level of "safe" is something that meets code?