On a side note, shouldn't we see some crazy community improvements as a result of the unexpected tax revenues throughout the early 2000s?

Just this week, through well written articles with good analogies, I am finally starting to get a grasp on how serious it is.

Are you seeing vacancies as a result of day laborers leaving?

You can rest assured you and I will still have our investments "marked to market" each and every day, and we'll get a margin call the next day if the result isn't positive.

coming onto BiggerPockets asking for help with their foreclosure/refinance/creative sale of their home, has really increased as a result of the current market crisis.I haven't been on this site for very long at all and I can tell there is a sharp increase in the amount of people the log on and immediately post their 'situation' regarding their over-leveraged properties.

We just closed on our house and got the final settlement (we live in California).

Something like, "Sale and transfer of title is contingent on said property passing final inspection."

The owner finally got tired of being fined hundreds of dollars for each occurrance and kicked the druggies out.

It is good to see how your business is tracking to fulfill the lifestyle results you want, while accomplishing what you want to do for the year.

We learn from past results what we can expect.