I wonder what is going to happen to the market in Miami without Venezualan and Russian oil money?

For all I know, their previous house may have been gas or oil heat and wall AC rather than HVAC, and smaller SF.  

You were offered retail pricing, and the rent numbers were cooked - I'd redirect the super-secret hookup to your spam folder - they're wasting your time.

Are you going to be working on a oil rig in the gulf?  

BUT, it probably costs me around $2000 a month after adding in insurance, taxes, electricity, fuel oil, dump fees, cable tv, plus maintenance costs, plus maintenance and yardwork time, plus owning lawnmowers and tools, blah blah blah....I love my home and it's a big step up in privacy and luxury from my apt but it was a LOT cheaper to live in the apt :-)Investment properties, bought and managed properly, are investments.

I could never make money selling used cars :)...Well, you see....The brakes are flakey, the tires are worn so it is going to need an alignment, I hear a knock in the engine, it uses oil and the transmission doesn't shift right......Who would buy my car at retail?

Oh, that's right, except the other mishaps with no warning:Panic of early 1900'sGreat Depression (few decades later)Oil speculation in 70'sSavings and Loan '80'sTech company failures 90's[pulled from larouchepub.com]"the Dow Jones Industrial Average has dropped 1,677 points (18%) in 11 trading days, falling below the level it hit in the aftermath of Sept. 11"ANDa complete surprise and "panic" which no rational human being saw coming....

High oil prices are going to put a clamp on big box centers and commercial real estate.

How many times have they announced that they are going to raise prices to offset higher steel/rubber/oil/wages/healthcare in the last year?

It's an oil rich country and the haves vs. the have-nots is very wide.