Statistics about inflation, unemployment, etc are manipulated (reported artificially low) like crazy (as are gold and oil prices) so people don't panic and pull their $ out of the stock market and stop buying crap they don't need.

Social security is putting out more in 2010 than it takes in - YEARS AHEAD OF GOVERNMENT PREDICTIONS!

Everyone moves in, I get $1000 a month for a couple of months, then mom and the girlfriend predictably move out, supposedly out of state.

Remember when you buy a stock you're buying a black box too--you could have the next Enron or Lehman Bros, no matter how much research you do.

It is the 2% rule that is only applicable to a narrow range of purchase price; the 50% rule is used for predicting the approximate long term expenses of the rental property for just about all types and sizes of rental property.

Many people are used to the connotation of “broker†(as one who represents another) as it applies to real estate broker, mortgage broker, insurance broker, or perhaps even stock broker.

Everyone was helpful in getting me set up with the game.As I said no one asked me anything about myself so when the organizer began explaining to me what a mutual fund was as he had to explain to another player how stocks work - I was probably rude.

As for cabinets, sometime local cabinet makers can be cheaper than stock so look around.

They say, "just imagine that something happens and all of a sudden 10 year bond rates go to 8%, do you realize what that would do to the stock market, government bond market, real estate?"

From Realtors, attorneys, banks, trust companies, government, bankruptcy, insurance agents, stock brokers throwing notes my direction I never had to write letters and run to the court house....a completely different level of operations.