swjam wrote:
the X| means you don't like property investors or you wouldn't want to invest yourself in the current US property market?
I am looking to buy a place to live in, but I would not buy a place as an investment property, especially in cities with declining value and populations.
swjam wrote:
i read about your government planned shutdown, hopefully your job isn't affected (maybe being in IT, I'm assuming you are, your job is safe from the shutdown)
Technically government employees will qualify for unemployment through their states during the shut down, so hopefully people make it through unscathed. Myself, I actually work in a more relevant industry to this discussion: the currency exchange division of a brokerage. It's quite interesting, the more volatility there is, the more volume there is, leading to more profit, leading to a bigger bonus. It was initially concerning that horrible world events benefit me financially, but it's not like I profit because of suffering, I profit because people speculate. I am also very charitable and always have been.
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!" — Hunter S. Thompson