Even though Brazil's stock market wasn't immune to this world-wide economic downturn, Brazil still has a lot going for it economically.

Short sales in particular seem more immune to the potential effects of cash vs. financed portion of the deal.One word on condos - it is tougher to get loans, and you have to either do your own or pay to do diligence on the HOA.

Legal issues arise as well, officers and directors are immune from personal liability except under intentional acts of wrong doing, basically.

It is a real danger to people with compromised immune systems.

I think the difference is that people are less immune to handwritten because it feels less "commercial".Best Wishes,

However, while there I discovered I have MS, which is an auto-immune disease which leads to eventual loss of muscle control.

pid=20601109&sid=a2jrSPqYhVzY&refer=home Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The classified ads in Dubai read like an obituary for a real-estate market that until a few months ago seemed immune from the global credit crisis.

I guess they have immunities to it.. then you get one little black dot and people freak out.. 

It's the old story really, and even the "righteous" appraisers are not immune, that when people have a vested interest in something and someone comes along and threatens that, people fight it to the end, no matter the morality either way.What I love about the BP/Investor community, is that there is really not much room for an appraiser!!!

Investors are more savvy and less susceptible to the madness, but they too are far from immune.