Can you let us know what your background is, that led you to form an interest in this feld?

Or so you may be led to believe.

Huge meetings just don't do that much for me and the last smaller group I attended was a bunch of bookworm/no-do types led my a snake-oil saleswoman :)Call me a bit disenfranchised with our local groups at the moment.

I believe that one of the reasons we're in this mess is because the Fed forced rates to stay low for so long after they were due to increase, which led to the buying spree, inflated prices, and further blowing the bubble.

I am very involved in the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the National Independent Electrical Contractos (IEC) - my fellow members are laying off folks left and right.Construction, which has led the country in the past to wealth and riches, may just end up being another casualty in this economy.Bail out for small electrical firms in Harrisburg, anyone?

Outliers specifically deals with very successfully people, and investigates the factors that led to their success.

But hey, my low-income properties on the 'other' side of town that house blended families will always be safe because of the race card.Unfortunately, I don't see matters much improving as we transition into our wonderful socialist future led by kind and caring bureaucrats......

I got into the survey work, positioning assets for oil companies in a marine environment, which led me to some networking and real estate deals, which led to my working for the investor group…..none of which are any less stressful than the previous jobs.I look forward to networking here and learning from more experienced people

This then led to another book by the same author about real estate and renting, and this is when I became hooked.

Many scholars believe that the lack of unity in direction led to a deepening of the financial crisis aka. depression.