Link is to the article about the new tax called a rain tax http://www.gazette.net/article/20130405/NEWS/130409397/-1/the-x2018-rain-tax-x2019&template=gazette.

This guy doesn't seem to think so much about extra bedrooms;http://www.kmov.com/news/local/One-of-the-largest-homes-in-US-being-built-in-SW-MO-125730363.htmlSo, ther is a big concer about wear and tear, parents, one 17 year old girl, one 16 year old boy and a 9 year old girl, there are lots of 3 kid families.

I start with city-data.com, although figures are a few years old, then google for other, newer stats, as news, magazine articles, etc., tend to show good info once you've narrowed down different places.

An article stating that pre-approved mortgage are a sham http://homes.yahoo.com/news/why-getting-pre-approved-for-a-mortgage-is-a-sham-163333787.html.

I came across this interesting article on Yahoo finance today regarding the new-build inventory that will be flooding the market in coming years.http://finance.yahoo.com/news/multi-family-home-construction-overheating-160959716.html

Exciting news for Bigger Pockets and all of us who enjoy the site.

Resignation letter written on cake http://finance.yahoo.com/news/man-brilliantly-quits-his-job-to-pursue-dream-job-with-resignation-letter-written-on-a-cake-194551591.html

Awesome news that your mailer is already turning up good results!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/17/detroit-shrinkinghttp://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-24/half-of-detroit-s-streetlights-may-go-out-as-city-shrinks.htmlDETROIT, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Imagine a city with open space larger than the size of Paris, where people are planting hardwood trees and vegetable gardens, and neighbors have plenty of room to spread out.It would sound so idyllic, if only it weren't Detroit.The open space is largely abandoned land, the lack of neighbors the result of an inexorable exodus, the planting the work of residents striving to stop the blight from spreading.America loves a big comeback, but Detroiters harbor few illusions.

Any news yet?