In ~ 2008 thousands of foreclosed homes were bought up by large corporations that have $$$ to buy off politicians.

Do not be confused, this is another, all too common, case of politicians who are winning votes with your hard work, and they do not give a damn if it ultimately will cause deterioration in their community. 

I bought a condo in South Lake Tahoe, CA for that purpose which is currently rented because I can't retire until these politicians decide what they are doing with Obama Care.

Talk to your politicians so they know you are watching. 

I'm trying to sell some prime building lots right now and all of the builders I've talked to don't want them mostly due to being backlogged on work thanks to labor shortages and not wanting to deal with the huge hassle and time commitment/expense to get a building permit.Ironically, politicians in the past have contributed to the problem by actually going to job sites to round up and deport workers because many are undocumented.

Ok, maybe 3rd grade classroom is a bit much, ok, 2nd grade classrooms, that's maybe more on par, we don't wanna show-boat to much to make the pro politicians look too dumb. 

Because if that's your stance, your in the wrong line of work my friend, your a politician, because that's the only place that math makes sense, politics....

My taxible income is 10k or $2,500 at 25% tax rate or an effective tax rate of 8%. 25% of those savings over 16 years in my case will require me to return $17,500 at the close of sale which I included in my figures above.According to case shiller, real estate has only increased an average of 4%/year (worse than bonds) over the long run and average cash yields in Cali is 3-4% making turnkey property investing today for the average 9-5 guy obsolete and unaffordable for the middle class thanks to our politicians and institutions, hundreds of get rich quick books, videos, seminars and sites like these for creating an environment that treats single family homes like a pump and dump stock.

The state politicians (Senator Wienkowski, etc) in CA behave as though they believe everyone who wants to live in those cities should be able to even at the cost of what makes some of the areas special.Changing rules statewide to increase zoning will lead to the highly desired low density areas to having increased density resulting in no desirable areas maintaining a low density situation.Many people love city life and are fine living in high density areas (like downtown San Diego).  

I think unemployment will get back to its pre-coronavirus numbers though it will take time (at least 6-9 months).The economy is good if you look at the classic definition: An economy (from Greek οίκος – "household" and νέμoμαι – "manage") is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services by different agents.However when I look at US debt - which pretty much every politician with few exceptions have kicked the can down the road - I see a massive problem with inflation.