I think once we get through the historical seasonal downturn of winter, we'll start to see some local improvements in various large markets.While the economy has seen growth the past 3-4 quarters, the fact that employment is just starting to trend up is going to have a big impact on home sales, and in general, the more houses that are selling, the more stable the prices are going to be.Again, I'm no expert -- and I think we still have plenty of economic issues that will continue to plague us until they're adequately solved -- but I just don't think we're at risk of another major market drop in the next 12-24 months.

I believe that the purpose of these accounts is to facilitate in international growth of Chinese businesses and to aid in foreign direct investment and repatriations.This is a quote from the China Daily just a few weeks ago:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2011-01/14/content_11852118.htmThe People's Bank of China (PBOC), or the central bank, said in a notice on its website that banks and businesses which were allowed to settle cross-border trade in yuan would also be permitted to conduct direct investments overseas using yuan, or Renminbi.

Your talking about something like condo conversions in good areas with expected growth, right?

Favorable absorption and rent trends - Google search, broker conversations, property mgmt Most important thing is job growth and projections.

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As the downtown population grows there will be a lot of sub groups of wealth growth like we see in NY.  

seriously guys, look into cheaper ways to buy. using the funds from a re-fi from one house to buy more than one new house is growth. growth is what you want to do. make your money work as hard for you as you can. finding houses that are dirt cheap is the answer. there are several ways to buy real estate that are nonconventional. several years ago, the federal government restricted the number of foreclosures a bank can put back onto the market. consequently, that forced the banks to hold onto the less than desireable foreclosures and market only the best that they have. that added to the carrying costs of the remaining houses that they could not market. finally, they had to make a decision; hold onto those houses until they could market them, or dump them in light of loosing the carrying costs. most banks chose the latter. so, now, you have thousands of houses that the banks just dumped back to the previous owners by filing a release of lein with the counties that they are in. legally, you have a house that the bank no longer has a claim on, and the previous owners either do not know they own it again or they don't want it. there is potential for a hell of a deal.i bought one for $2000 on a tuesday and sold it for $10,000 on thursday. i also bought one for $2250 and picked up the back taxes for $4000. that one i am holding onto to rehab and will be worth $50k when i am done. tax sales are a great place to pick up extraordinary deals too. your problem is NOT on your cash end, its on your buying end

Ambrose Evans-Prichard at the Telegraph said this last week: "The US seems caught in a Japan-style trap, endlessly masking the effect by stealing a little extra growth from the future with artificial stimulus" Then he had this: "Former Fed chairman Ben Bernanke said recently that long-term yields would never reach 4pc again in his lifetime, portraying a changed world where nothing returns to normal." http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/5055/blog_posts/37898-interest-rates-must-be-going-up-soon-right Good hunting-

There is a lot of development and population growth in the city and demand is there.I'd love to hear some successful war stories and strategies.

The building are in good shape, new metal roofs, the location is a growth area, a large part of the lot is undeveloped, never a vacancy, very good intangibles.The problem is that the owner has no record keeping ability.