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Old 02-12-2013, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by cmac2012 View Post
Another good eample of a craving for profit that has nothing to do with efficiency hits close to home for me: the housing bubble. Fools across the spectrum thought they were going to cement their financial future in the 'wealthy' category by building houses like there was no tomorrow, often using cheap illegal labor. Now there's a glut on the market and gentlepersons like me are semi-adrift, hunting for a way to pay the bills.
Those homes are all going to need to be caught up on the deferred maintenance, so they are a gold mine for people with your skills.... provided the market turns enough that they get lived in rather than razed...
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