After all, Buffett, Icahn, Drunkenmiller, Paul Tudor Jones, Dalio, etc. do not necessarily all  agree on this.However, since an inflationary environment is more predictable (or at least more familiar to us), I find myself wondering what would be the impact to REI if long-term deflation comes upon us?

Now I have no mortgage and a line of credit on my home that I can use for other investments.I couldn't have predicted all this when I made my initial "investment" in the house; a lot of this scenario played out because of the housing crash.

You may be lucky enough to have a property that runs at 25% for the next 10 years or you may be unlucky and run at 85% over the next 10 years and you cannot predict what will happen.

How you have handled credit in the past as if it will help predict what you will do in the future.Specific issues to consider.US tax ID.US address as part of the score is based on your presence or lack of presence.History of having credit so working to get credit established.Assets that show up or can be verified.Bank accounts and other such things.You might need to do deals where you are effectively paying a bit of money just to build up credit.

I had no idea that was not allowed by S8, and someone more experienced than I was could have predicted what happened - the grandmother and girlfriend moved out after the 2nd month, and the remaining mother/daughter simply told me their voucher was $800 and that's all I was going to get.With this group's low credit scores and amnesia about certain debt, definitely pass.

Time will tell but there should be data that can predict. 

There is a palpable sense that the economy is slowing down and the media is picking up on that.Look at the Atlanta Fed prediction for fourth-quarter GPA, it is down to 1.4%.

Some people think they can predict their electric bill even though they don't know what a watt is!

I understand it may be difficult to predict numbers and thus drive demand down. 

The PopulatIon of Texas Is predIcted to double by 2050.