As soon as reality sets in and the government checks for welfare, medicare, medicaid, SSDI, free cell phones, food stamps, etc, etc, etc. stop being sent or are seriously cut back, the economy will collapse and civilization will break down.

First, thank you for posting...Second, thank you for posting in the real estate forums, and not the Politics forum...while this is clearly good fodder for over there, it's better here...This is clearly a ridiculous rule, for lots of reasons...if you want to protect renters, that's great...but don't pretend like you're protecting renters just to generate revenue for your government department...

There's a LOT of conflict involved in being a LL that will come at you from many directions: neighbors, government, tenants, repair-people, and so on.Your best defense is a strict adherence to all codes and laws, a clear and enforceable lease, and documentation.Unfortunately, in spite of being totally in the RIGHT you can still show up in small claims court and LOSE!

I have written about this subject over on the Bigger Pockets News Blog for months... and the general consensus I have found is that we are headed to a double-dip and it will stay that way until unemployment stablizes.That coupled with all of the anticipated changes in Governement policy and we are in for one hell of a ride.For real estate investors... stay limber... don't be afraid to adapt to the changing conditions and keep the communications open, right here on BP, to what each of us is experiencing.

Since the assets they purchased are government backed, they had a number much higher than the retail market would allow.

You have to watch out for certain sectors of Las Vegas that seem to still be dropping.

Does anybody have any updates on the government regulations that restrict lease to own programs?

But at this point, just a stable market where it is easier to figure values and banks are lending looks very good to me.Of course, I also suspect we will get a lot of crazy inflation to go along with all the government spending of non-existant money.

A referal fee, a consulting fee -however isnt a "finders fee" a term most local governments use to describe legitimate and illegitimate real estate sales?

In addition, here is a presentation made to the government, the office of safeguards and security.