housing is a great investment, unless you let your house go to pot or in extreme ill repair it will grow in value, and if you improve upon a house in ill repair you are guaranteed a good return on investment.

There was a lengthy thread on http:www.talkaboutinvestments.com - i looked for the link but it must be in the archives -there were some very salient concerns about this -it certainly is a long term strategy, not a get in and get out thing

Hey--found the link-- see post above!

http://www.talkaboutinvestments.com/group/alt.invest.real-estate/messages/32446.html