Not sure what to do about it on an individual level other than bank local, buy local, try to educate your friends, invest directly and/or locally (stay out of the stock market), and be as smart as possible about not paying any taxes you can legally get around paying.

There are a few smart people saying that the DOW and Gold will be at the same price, i.e.

BUT You might be smart to see what you can get going BEFORE Your deadline.

Calling for 'For Rent' signs around each of my investment homes is very smart!

Is it smart for me to buy a house not at a crazy discount and just buy it rehab it and sell it and even if i break even that will get me out of my hump and i learn some rehabbing tools as i go along.

It was written by a former mortgage broker and tells about the various scams and games they play and how to shop for a mortage the smart way."

What did smart me do , I rehab and rented it in a sellers market.

Work smart.

and just be smart...do some decent screening of tenants, cya with your contracts, etc.i've had some great landlords over the years.

There are lots and lots of smart people with lots of ideas who are doing lots of interesting things that will appear on store shelves and web sites in the days to come.