The most popular trade has been to sell dollars and buy other currencies or assets tied to the dollar like gold or oil.

It seems that many of our most adamant 50% rule believers are also gold bugs and are worried about a coming currency crisis.

For ex. if an owner purchased that house in 2005 for 150k it now has a mortgage on the property (lien).

The currency situation makes the UK more interesting for investment currently if nothing else.I'll help you if I can.Kind regards,Charles

Free markets are based on private businesses transacting with an agreed upon currency -- in this country, that currency is typically cash.

Currency, Real Estate, Businesses, and the rules and lifes of the 1%.

Things might have changed, but I have two sets of renters making good money, 100k, and they're renting and have been for years.Sounds like there is no way to give a redecoration allowance in ready spendable currency...what about a prepaid account, like a gift card to a granite place or Home Depot.

I had a 3.00% interest rate but I would not gain the benefit of the continued devaluation of the currency and inflation along with it killing my cash flow but knocking out my principal.Again this was part of the learning process and BP along with other real estate investment books helped me understand this.

But also worry if there will be a fire, a strike, utility price increases, and how to feed the workers.He said the best investment was when my mother started investing in FX (forex). no strike, or fire. its risky but if you do it right very profitable.

I've been investing in stocks and currencies for about 7 or 8 years, and I've always been interested in expanding into real estate, but the money was never there for me to get serious about it.