Does anyone have any experience in this market, or have any predictions for the long term growth (or otherwise) of markets in this city? 

I predict a lot of lawsuits coming out of this Subject To mainia. 

I don't know if I would say it artificially increases returns, but I would say it creates a more predictable return for the investor.

I predict your poll will be about 9-1 in favor of child over pet.

I predict the market will be on fire for quite some time though. 

And both factors will continue to worsen in coming years, unfortunately.After all the many storms in 2005, especially Katrina, I read a lot of these same predictions, Al Gore's name pops up prominently.

I'd predict things won't go well for you if she takes you to court for renting out the property she had possession of.If you're going to move someone in, I would offer her money for at least those nine days in exchange for the keys.

This isn't an exact science though - you just need to know what costs you're going to have and then do you best estimating them based either on actual facts (like taxes, insurance, PM costs are easy to know exactly) or good assumptions based on your knowledge of the area and property type (for things like vacancy, maintenance, cap ex, etc.).I don't think anybody can predict operating expenses for years to come 100% correct.

Hi, :woohoo: As predicted, mortgage interest rates closed their latest rise, as muted economic data trimmed the rising pressure of earlier weeks.

As a predictive tool, it is best used for things with an ultimate future value of zero, like the depreciating value of machinery or tools or the declining balance of a note.