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Strategies & Market Trends : The Residential Real Estate Crash Index -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (32807)	6/6/2005 2:46:44 PM
From: Mike Johnston	Respond to of 306849

5 signs to look for that will point that the bubble has probably burst: 1. A wall street analyst receives death threats after downgrading the homebuilders. 2. A guy who puts his house for sale is harassed by his neighbors on the block. 3. A guy who listed his house below a previous sale in the neighborhood has his windows broken and tires slashed in his car. 4. CEO of a major realtor warns people not to sell. ( happened already) 5.Jack Kemp warns Alan Greenspan :'Mr. Chairman, keep your hands off the housing industry of America, please,' Kemp said." (already happened)

To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (32807)	6/6/2005 2:53:48 PM
From: Mike Johnston	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

If you cash out 500K of profits now and invest it in corporate bonds yielding 6%, you have 30K to spend on rent. You could rent a place for 2500/month just from the coupon payments, which means you could rent a comparable place to what you sold.