Go to the lease signing and try not to walk in with a chip on your shoulder.I'd think most judges would side with a tenant if your worst case scenario happens.

Encourage people from all walks of life to serve their country as senator or congressman or council member and then after a couple terms let them get back to doing some 'real' work.I want a party made up of people with common sense, people with honor, and people with courage.

I think if you can develop a "what if" balance sheet and income statement, you can play with the scenarios to confirm this is a good way to go.

The cost to repair common elements such as roof, gutters, landscaping, driveway, etc, can be split in half.

As Josh said, anyone with common sense knew that the average blue collar worker can't afford to live in a $500,000 house!

Common sense tells us no, but investors actions during the boom shows us that many believed it was possible

That's called "cross collateralization", and is a common technique to use one property's equity to acquire another.

Right now, sales concessions are common.

Here is a scenario for you J Lamar:I come onto the board and say this:"Hello my name is James Hiddle and I have a wonderful real estate program you need to try out.

So, one possible scenario would be five years of flat prices and then 3%, inflation driven inflation.Of course, it could be prices will continue downward and drop another 15% in the next year.