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Making these "assumptions" is a big mistake. Properties need repair for lots of reasons. Tenants damage them, burn holes in the carpet, scrape, chip, in general wear out paint, stuff things down the toilet and other plumbing. In fact, a huge percentage of ongoing repair has to do with...

First, I know you all want to know what the #2 group on the NYSE was today. Right? See link. http://www.ttrader.com/mycharts/display.php?p=29273&u=oldtrader&a=OldTrader%27s%20Charts&id=1300 By the way, this index is comprised of most of the major builders. They seem to be doing very...

Since you guys are evidently looking for longer perspectives....here's a link. The monthly 10 year note: http://www.ttrader.com/mycharts/display.php?p=29229&u=oldtrader&a=OldTrader%27s%20Charts&id=1300 This chart looks like a test of the lows could be forthcoming. Again though, you be...

Just thought I'd point out that this article is an old article. Patterned after a book which assigned PE ratios to houses! :D :D In any case, rates peaked last summer just for the record. OldTrader

Sorry about that. Hit the wrong button. I don't know a soul...not one....who expects anything other than higher rates. If you look back through just this thread you will find that everyone "assumes" a higher rate. Yet, for the moment, the yield is under the 20, 50, and 200 day averages...

Just thought I'd post another link. Alot of folks forecasting higher interest rates. Yet the 10 Year Note for instance has a distinct look of heading lower, not higher. You be the judge. http://www.ttrader.com/mycharts/display.php?p=29227&u=oldtrader&a=OldTrader%27s%20Charts&id=1300...

What I was referring to in terms of prices not "collapsing" right after new all time highs, is the idea that typically a "crash" occurs AFTER some type of top is made, after the the market then declines for a while. Normally markets don't turn on a dime. That said, the gold market back in...

I'd love to accept your apology, but frankly, in the process of apologizing you managed to get a couple of more shots in. Let's just say that if I felt you were a "more knowlegable source" I would listen. Nothing you have said leads me to such a conclusion. And certainly your continual...

Darkhorse: First, thanks for a couple of well thought out posts. Let me say that my ability to read the future in regards to real estate is low. You would have to be blind not to see some of the credit abuses that prevail in today's market. And one has to wonder about the wisdom of...

I agree with you. The people financed to the hilt will probably get hurt at some point. But it may interest you to know that non-owner occupant type loans are a fairly small part of the housing market. (Maybe 6-7% if memory serves). And of course, non-owner occupants are typically required...

It seems that when one expresses some disagreement with your ideas that you enter into attack mode. You attack credentials, you attack one's ability to think. Unfortunate. And lacking in class. You attacks caused me to re-read your qualifications. Interesting that you mention your Dad's...

BillBuild: Lets hope you read your charts better than you read my name. That would be "OldTrader". Let me also say that I would never be too presumptious about someone's qualifications. Again, I would hope you don't "presume" in your trading as you have in this post. I've been active...

A while back I posted some charts of publicly traded vehicles that stand in stark contrast to some of the "opinions" expressed here. In short, the opinions expressed in this thread have been harmful to your financial health up to now. In fact, while you were reading some of the views you...

First, let me say that I'm not actively seeking to acquire real estate today, nor have I been for the last few years. I am a holder of numerous investment type properties, mainly houses and small apartment buildings. I've been listening to people talk about the imminent demise of real estate...

Here is a link to the leader of the Uranium group that you evidently like right now....Cameco: http://www.ttrader.com/mycharts/display.php?p=28601&u=oldtrader&a=OldTrader%27s%20Charts&id=1300 I'd be interested in your explanation of how my investment real estate with considerable income is...

You might want to take a look at the links to the two indexes I've posted just above. They seem to reflect your idea "the trend is your friend". Secondly, most of the stocks you have mentioned above are what I call junk, with the exception of CCJ. Either way, I find it interesting that you...

Here's a link to a couple of charts that show how the stock market is viewing real estate at this time: http://www.ttrader.com/mycharts/display.php?p=28591&u=oldtrader&a=OldTrader's%20Charts&id=1300...

I don't hear of any inventory build in new homes, and it doesn't show in the numbers. But hey, like you say, maybe the rest of us just aren't in the know with this "inside info". In terms of that 75% decline you say you've witnessed a couple of times....I haven't seen that in my 30 years of...