Funny how you always tend to do that sort of thing after getting argued into a corner...Well, not really funny, but predictable...

I'm sure it can be argued that this 20 billion is just the start of payouts but that tends not to play out well politically over the long term.

I tend to follow Reagan's advice: Trust but verify.

Really good contractors are really freaking busy and tend to have a pretty high opinion of their time.)Things to think about...

I tend not to invest by polling but it is great to see how others are viewing things to maybe see things that I have not previously considered.

The ones with flaky jobs or no bank account - again they tend to be non-payers after a time.

-Older brick buildings tend to mean landlords pay all utilities.

The closer you get to bigger populations, especially big cities, vacancy rates do tend to increase due to transiency.

I tend to forget that when I'm venturing into something new and don't know the "rules" yet.This thread has been great so far.

I tend to think that with the extra money HUD will have to spend on relocations, inspections, etc. from the move outs, that they will end up spending more that they think they are going to save by reducing pay outs.