Prediction: if the REI community doesn't start policing the activities of these types of Wholesalers, then some Regulator will eventually step in, draconian laws/regulations will be passed and these modern day aluminum siding salesman will be shut down, but so will a lot of honest folks trying to make a living and add value the right way.

- lolSecondly, nobody can predict the future.

My opinion is that if your investment strategy depends on your ability to predict if the stock or real estate market is going to go up (or down) within the next 1-2 years, then you are in deep trouble ... that's not investing, it is speculating.

Based on this analysis, LA was predicted to be at a peak in last June. 

 :)The moral of the story is that nobody can really predict what will happen with that economy and how it will effect our markets.If your number look good and you like the deal then I would not let that stuff stop you.  

The market changes in its own way based on various factors, I may not be the same as you predict today.

I can't fully predict the future, but I can say with some degree of confidence that the market will most likely be like such & such for the next 1-2 years.  

assisted living exemplifies the shift from "care as service" to "care as business" in the broader health care arena predicted more than three decades ago. 

Trying to predict prices is a fools game. 

One of many stupid predictions by the man who if not for his generosity would still be the wealthiest person.