The one thing I have learned about real estate is you can make money in a good market and bad, One simply has to adjust to current conditions, I'll admit sometimes that's easier said than done.

I have been a mortgage broker for a year and a half, i was told i came into the business at a bad time.

By having fewer knobs to tweak (really, just the expense ratio), you have less opportunities to "tweak" things until a bad deal looks good.

I want to get some opinions on fsbo verses using an agent.I bought and sold my first house FSBO back in 2001 and I didnt think the process was that bad.

She thinks that it is a very risky and bad idea to buy real estate.

From my perspective that is the only way to go, but there are bad managers and if you end up with one it will cost you money.

Short of really bad neighborhoods, I have not found any deals that come close.

I should ask the government for a bailout because I made a bad bet and lost :roll:

Some good and some bad.

It is quite clear you are very dissatisfied with our country's President Elect, but speaking more optomistically, I believe our country will prevail from this recession and prosper once again.I have many complaits as well, but I have realized it is futile to waste time and breath expressing them at this point.