More demand.3) A number of Baby Boomers who have prospered in a great economy and have done well for themselves will want and have the resources to move away from cold winters and humid summers for California in retirement.4) Population in the world, United States, and CA continues to increase with more people...same amount of land.

I'm a former physician (25 years in orthopedic spine medicine) who fell in love with real estate investing along the way, and retired from medicine to invest full time in 2005.

Initially, the boomers were the stimulus of economic expansion:•1950s -- parents buy new houses and cars, suburbs emerge, and America is King of Production•1960s -- more housing, more cars, college educations, Made in Japan = cheap, Vietnam, shaken values, Johnson's "War on Poverty"•1970's -- the Boomers emerge with jobs, are new consumers -- more housing, international manufacturing becomes more competitive, US corporations locate operations overseas•1980s -- Reagan tax cuts = increased discretionary spending, revenues up, social programs funded, Iron Curtain falls, technology enables global expansion•1990s -- peak Boomer earnings, corporate America dissolves pensions (funding liabilities, regulatory liabilities, increasing PBGIC premiums) and convince Boomers to "control" their retirement with self-directed 401(k)'s, Moore's Law at work in technology, the Internet becomes hostile to profits, emergence of private equity and venture capital on a large scale, increased financial engineering•2000s -- oops, where did the American Dream go?

She's stressed out that she's worried the bank will confiscate her retirement money because she's losing her home to foreclosure.Anyone ever crossed this bridge before and know what the legal scoop is regarding this?

Thus i see no need for me to reduce my price by 1% to accommodate this.If i had a dollar for ever REI who told me i needed their services to do deals id be retired...Show me your going to bring some skills to the table and id consider it.Good conversation, im very much enjoying everyone's response.

Otherwise, no work force population to sustain entitlements for retiring baby boomers. 9.

In the spirit of keeping it simple, my personal strategy is to put all of my tax advantaged retirement accounts into low fee index funds.  

My wife and I are in disagreement with our retirement house.

At a point in time when most are planning for retirement and touring the world, do you really want to trade wealth building (appreciating markets) and stable cash flow for markets where appreciation would be less likely ?

Now, I will free myself up and I always thought that I would be able to make more Money in my retirement, than when I was working.