I know that area gets nuts in the spring/summer and I personally know people who rented there over the summer religiously and paid extra because they were getting paid so much through the summer. 

That doesn't mean you have to retire at 65.That thought process leads to leaving an employer match on the table, which I think is nuts.

If I told you in 2001 I would end up doing what amounts to over 1000  deals in Jackson MS from Portland Oregon I would have said your nuts..

Inverness and Citrus county are just going nuts with prices on a serious rise, DAILY!

Oil demand is rising pretty fast in the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India And China).A slow down in the US does matter a lot to global oil consumption.

@David Nolan I thought I would put some more SPECIFICS to your comments about what would happen to investments back in 2008, as I stated previously I had written about steady appreciation in the Bay Area in other posts, but here it is in a nut shell: 1) 1997 Purchased 2 bed 2.5 bath row home $298,500 sold in 2004 $616,0002) 2000 Purchased 3 bed 2.5 bath zero lot single family home $699,000 sold in 2006 $838,0003) 2003 Purchased 3 bed 2 bath single family home for $1,095,000, added 1000 sqft for $500,000 in 2004, refinancing appraisal done this month for $3,200,000.4) Late 2012 Purchased 4 plex, all 1/1 units for $840,000 appraised this month for cash out refinancing for $1,500,000. 

Tweekers are completely nuts!

Originally posted by @Russell Brazil:@Ti Jackson...I just made the move from a small brokerage to Long & Foster.

I'm envious, can't wait to go back to Brazil and hope to invest there someday soon.

Russell Brazil I've noticed a lot of that living in the city especially since I've started looking.