[KKoher]

Sorry...but I'm super excited, and since my husband is still at work I had to spill to good news somewhere.....I just got my Rent dropped by $1,000! Which is a 50% reduction, since my normal rent is $2,000....how awesome is that! I'm SUPER excited!!! can you tell??? jk

[Upperz]

Well, when I hear such good news, it makes me happy too :-)
can you share the secret?

[tazman9r]

How did you do that?

[FUN-GUYZ!]

Congrats!! How did you do that?

[RLorenzen]

Awesome! How did that happen?

[Jay Brass]

Glad to hear of the great news! You should make a point to invest the extra cash you saved!

[Crysco]

Congrats! I second Jay... How much did you really save if you spend it. Make money work for you and invest it (atleast some of it).

[Aletheides]

How did you do that...!!?

[HarveyJ]

Those rats from petsovernight.com came in handy, huh? :lol:

Good going, looks like you'll finally be making some take home pay, even if it's only a small amount.

[GuyBBY]

Congrats K, did it have to do with the condition of the unit or a consequence of the housing market? Did you threaten to leave, or do some research and present a case to the Land Lord?

Awesome - invest away!

Guy

[jesterx]

yes the US will go into a severe recession soon...prices of houses and rent will come down.

But then sorry if i sound all doomy and gloomy........but US will go into a depression, starting 2009 natural events will occur, A tsunami will hit the US coast soon.

When Obama and Bill get in, they might be able to fix the problems. Who knows.

[tazman9r]

I think your getting a little ahead of yourself, predicting a tsunami and all. No one can accurately predict the path of a hurricane, or tornado, nor the occurrence of a tsunami. And I am quite sure that the US economy is not a weather predictor. Using that logic it would be safe to suggest that trailer parks cause tornadoes.

And if Sen. Obama wins the White House (by Bill I presume you mean Richardson, I was unaware anyone had been chosen as VP yet) and raises taxes like he says, that will only send us into economic troubles faster. There is less incentive to create wealth if you know that the government is just going to confiscate it through taxes. By the way, while we are waxing conspiratorial, did you know that rich is defined as somewhere between $200,000 and $300,000. This is designed as an assault on the moderately successful small business. It's also an assault on those who succeed in the corporate sector or independent sales sectors. After all, it's "dangerous" for people to become too successful on their own. They might decide they don't need the government to do things for them.

Even CNN now realizes that in this year's presidential race anything is possible. I believe the wise will sit quietly and watch things unfold as we continue down this strange parallel universe where Democrat attacks Democrat with the same tactics they use to assault Republicans.

The only thing that will cause houses to fall in price is a fall in demand for houses. If they are priced out of reach for a populace suffering in a recession, the home's price will fall to accommodate, as long as Europeans don't keep buying up property here, since it is so cheap for them right now. And of course, profit vs. loss will be a consideration.

As far as a recession goes, while I certainly will not deny the indicators, have you seen the movie Sneakers. I wonder if the press is not engaged in the attempt to convince the populace that the economy is worse off than it really is right now. They have their objectives, and they have been influencing elections for ever.