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To: Srini who wrote (100998)	2/6/2009 4:09:28 PM
From: Horgad	Respond to of 110194

If we get high enough inflation, there will be a mad scramble as people rush to spend all there money as fast as they can. Everything will inflate including houses, but everything will inflate at different rates depending on market fundamentals. So if the housing market is still bad when the high inflation hits, inflation in housing will under perform other assets. That being said having your money "invested" in your house will be multiples times better for you than having it in cash. Maybe or maybe not it is going to far to try and figure out which asset will inflate the fastest. Maybe it is good enough just have assets over cash. For the moment my house is paid off, but I have been tempted more and more to get a mortgage and find an asset that I think will inflate faster...

To: Srini who wrote (100998)	2/6/2009 7:25:46 PM
From: RJA_	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

In Wiemar, houses were not such a good deal as there were: 1. Rent controls 2. Taxes. Still better than Zimbabwe style notes. What was best was 1. Hard asset income from over seas. 2. Gold. 3. USD (at that time, equivalent to gold).