1. The mom-and-popization of real estate 4
  2. Weekly resort-area rental houses 5
  3. Real estate and nursing home costs 8
  4. Real estate and nursing home costs, Part II 10
  5. Hyperinflation and real estate 13
  6. Baby boomers numerous but poor 15
  7. Real estate and the information superhighway 16
  8. Real estate and the information superhighway, Part II 18
  9. Information superhighway & Wall Street real estate 20
  10. Farmland loses 90% of value in five years 21
  11. Careers in the ’90s 21
  12. Days to not close 24
  13. 40% drop in commercial values since peak 24
  14. Can you spot hot markets in advance? 24
  15. NAFTA and real estate 28
  16. Appreciation in WA and FL 30
  17. ‘Close enough for government work’ 30
  18. Motel development 33
  19. Vehicle navigation sysems and real estate 35
  20. Natural disasters and real estate 38
  21. Geographic information systems and real estate 39
  22. Schools and real estate 42
  23. Sea change 45
  24. Important trends: RVs and real estate 46
  25. RVs and real estate, Part II 50
  26. RVs and real estate, Part III 52
  27. Young leaving home later 55
  28. Hillary’s ‘investment’ 55
  29. Condo prices flat 55
  30. Boom amidst bust 56
  31. We never close 57
  32. Finding the best places to invest 59
  33. Apartment cap rates 61
  34. Fuzzy logic and real estate 61
  35. Nonconforming uses 64
  36. Rural growth 66
  37. Factory outlet centers 67
  38. Hot Springs, Arkansas 67
  39. Gilder on dispersion 68
  40. Political violence and your real estate 68
  41. Community centers top retail property 70
  42. Mobile offices 70
  43. ‘Location-independent’ 71

    44. Index 72