I do believe in the next couple years that we will again see a boom in employment, jobs, stock market, real estate.

Right now we are in a down time, and i think with the new leadership here in the U.s. things will change for the better, it will take time, but they will chance.

So I still think real estate right now is a good investment, and if you have good credit you can still get a mortgage for a fair rate.

The buyers will once again show up and make this a sellers market, all’s we need as home owners is a little patience.

Thanks for reading by the way, I appreciate it.

Jason James

The plan you outline is the same plan everyone who has a house has in mind. Mortgage payment = equity, as opposed to rent payments.

Today’s market has taken such a bashing that other factors have entered the scenario.

Job lost = fewer potential buyers. Nest eggs are required to survive.

Mortgage money is almost as hard to find as your first family doctor.

None of this changes the fact that he who can afford to acquire and hold his own property is making a wise investment, but, even if the market starts to rebound in 2009, potential buyers will not.

The employment opportunities must be there. Salaries must be high enough to meet every day needs and leave a surplus to accumulate down payments.

From the way that everything, especially rents and food are going, that will be quite a challenge.

My electrical services are up this year, heating coses (gas) are projected at a 20% increase and the tax man sent me a nitice yesterday to the effect that an evaluation of my property indicates a 33% in market value over the next four years.

That last gem is to let me know that I can look forward to a respectable hike in mt tax assessment.

It is true that my property is going to increase in value - but - unless the purchasing power of the folks in the market place can handle it - at any price - I look good on paper.

If I have to move, and this has happened to me in the past, you have to live with whatever the skill of your sales person can drum up.

That wee emperilcal evaluation from nearly 38 years of hustling from pillar to post due to the requirements of my employment.

Jim Parsons
http://www.learntolive.info

Maybe i’ll try it again someday… but I think I would only fly with one those ballistic recovery systems…. those single engine planes are not all that reliable sometimes.

Anyway, I hope all is well with you… Have a nice weekend.

Jason

Hope all is well and rock on…

Lon Naylor
http://screencastprofits.com

I have just signed up for your program greedy give aways

I am going in to see if I can find you on twitter I have just sigh up her 2 days ago I never know what to do here

I am looking for a game site that pays you to play their games …I am thinking of putting it on my bloggs to create traffic

Do you know of such a site games that are easy to play like ole Solitare card games or match up , or jigsaw puzzle etc

cheers

Makere

You’re right, it’ll get better. To see the light, we need to go through the darkness.

Let me know if you ever need to vent though =)

I hope your problems will all work out for the better. Like you said: It always gets better. Yes, it does, if you seek out the positive to learn from the problem and have a positive attitute, like you have.

Many years ago, I worked in a supermarked, and everyday this lady in her fifties came in. She was always smiling and laughing a lot, and we used to talk a while each day.

One day I said to her: You are always so glad and happy. You must have had a good life.

But she answered me: My husband and my two girls died many years ago.

And yet, she overcame, and she made the days happier for a lot of people with her positive and happy attitute. I still admire that woman, now, more than twenty five years later.

Best wishes,
Britt

If you would like to get away from it all for a few days I can recommend this:

http://www.cashcruises.com

Chris

Sorry to hear about the recent challenges in your life.

If you haven’t already, I highly recommend checking out The Last Lecture (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo)…

or watch it again.

Brian