They did a total of 17 transactions with book values ranging from about $100 million to $1 billion.

This isn't really far fetched because, think about it you just acknowledged it here on this board.

I am always looking for an extra million or so at 5% for 30 years.

condo, new construction, commercial retail (none was the same)grab as many ppl, resource, ask a million question.

You couldn't retire on one million in a property?

The ramifications could be profound for the retirees, families, government and social institutions.By Mike Dorning May 24, 2009 Reporting from Washington -- Instead of seeing older workers staying on the job longer as the economy has worsened, the Social Security system is reporting a major surge in early retirement claims that could have implications for the financial security of millions of baby boomers.

Just read an article about a car worth millions being found in a garage in England, and it made me curious about what some of you may have found in properties purchased.

. $1.7 million "for a honey bee factory" in Weslaco, TX 9. $475,000 to build a parking garage in Provo City, Utah 8. $200,000 for a tattoo removal violence outreach program that could help gang members or others shed visible signs of their past 7. $300,000 for the Montana World Trade Center 6. $1 million for mormon cricket control in Utah 5. $650,000 for beaver management in North Carolina and Mississippi 4. $2.1 million for the Center for Grape Genetics in New York 3. $332,000 for the design and construction of a school sidewalk in Franklin, Texas 2. $2 million “for the promotion of astronomy†in Hawaii 1. $1.7 million for pig odor research in Iowa The irony of #1 cannot be faked......

David Schumacher, a very successful RE investor who made millions in the SoCal market said a capitalist economy cannot exist without some degree of inflation.Should the money supply be strictly fixed or should it be allowed to increase based on some quantitative measure, such as GDP, rather than by waiving a magic wand at the Fed?

Existing-home sales1, which are completed transactions that include single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, dropped 9.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.88 million in February from an upwardly revised 5.40 million in January, and are 2.8 percent below the 5.02 million pace in February 2010.Lawrence Yun NAR chief economist, expects an uneven recovery.