Their March quarterly balance sheets say they're still lying through their polished teefies..

About three quarters of the way through the renovation our primary subcontractor started asking for a significant amount of money in change orders, which we rejected and then he just stopped showing up all together.

I was reading an old quarterly publication of The Appraisal Journal and ran across an interesting article on accessor dwelling units.

As bad as the publicly traded SFR REITS have been beat up by Wall Street since their IPOs for poor execution of their models and failure to make it into the black at their quarterly reports, I don't think anyone is going to make the argument that they are less competent than subprime borrowers.Absent some massive scale fraud or global collapse of the US or worldwide economy (and again, we did both of these things with subprime, so its not entirely out of the question), I think that the securitization of rental cash flows will provide more liquidity to a market that could certainly use it, and have a net positive effect on the economy.

Teachers take a lump of clay and mold it into a priceless vase.Your thoughts would be appreciated on my experience and resulting opinions.I am aware that some of the credit and financial challenges of the 2000s were blamed on sub-prime lending and lenders using Adjustable Rate Mortgages.I feel the blame is shared by borrowers.

One small town --north of Chicago --used to be a head quarter for Motorola.

I'm guessing prices peaked here in South Fl between the 3rd and 4th quarter of 2005.

I like to invest where the good jobs are for most of my properties with the exception of the trailer court I have in Idaho...JBU.S. 2Q OFHEO home price index up 4.7% annualizedPrintDisable live quotesRSSDigg itDel.icio.usBy Rex NuttingLast Update: 10:06 AM ET Sep 5, 2006WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. home prices were appreciating at a 4.7% annual rate in the second quarter, the slowest gains since 1999, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight said Tuesday.

So the data we have shows rents escalating year over year and price per square foot on both the purchase and sale of the property as higher on a quarterly basis, year over year.One thing we have noticed in Houston is that there is less competition right now.  

Also, to make sure the pets aren't destroying your unit, I would cover that with quarterly inspections.- Connor