Here, the restrictions aren't too bad as to residential, if they are on a federal register you may have other issues.The market is so unique that values may not be impacted at all by local market fluctuations, economic conditions or other factors that usually influence other homes, at least here.

This is especially true in my backyard when buildings are going up despite slow economic change.

Residential and small commercial investors would be required to go through a brain damaging process that would serve little economic value making it worth the effort to prove a value.

The number look fantastic on paper, but the reality of the market in terms of economics, infrastructure, demographics, etc are far from being in your favor.

First, with the appraisal, is that it can be very difficult to determine what the appraisal price is going to be until it's performed BY THE LENDER who is going to provide the financing (unfortunately, they can no longer take the appraisal that YOU ordered like they could pull off back before the S&L crisis.)

This one focuses a little more on the debt cycle and basis of our economic fluctuations.

For examples 10 years from now the debt service you can get for loan, regulatory control, the economics of the area you are planning to buy in, rent rates, saturation rates, your life circumstances will all be different.

Either way, I'm not envious of having that position during the crisis.

Dallas-Fort Worth is doing very well economically but TX has some of the highest property taxes and homeowners insurance in the country that really cuts in to your cash flow.

Since properties and their owners have an economic stake as residents, some with long-term histories (even generational), while newcomers may envision a different community (eg.