[quote=CONCHO] . . . If you want to see the future of the US, just visit Brazil. Huge underclass, small middle class, and a tiny elite that manages the whole affair from their helicopters, private jets, and island getaways.

At least here in SD we will still have good weather![/quote]

Uhh, concho, I intend on managing my “stable” of “elite” rental homes (hopefully always full of regular-folk tenants) from my lofty “New Balance” jogging shoes. I don’t know about Brazil but American landlords who live in or near their rentals (there are millions of them, btw) don’t have any of that stuff. They collect rent on foot or in their well-maintained 1986 Buick or 1991 Toyota.

I have found throughout life that the most prosperous people are usually the ones you would never suspect are worth anything at all.