You sound like a good person to me and you definitely can read the real estate tea leaves better than I do. I am looking at some of the macro stuff, but that can always change for the better. You are 100% right, this is the greatest country in the world. The founders set it up that way and the people who settled here made it so. The sun will still rise in the morning. Most politicians are very unscrupulous. Not too many public minded pols around these days. Maybe it is the 24 hours news cycle that is too happy to point out all the flaws and foibles. Most humans are weak willed. I would prefer things improve. I do not like the thought of more homeless, higher unemployment. Desperate people seek desperate solutions and that is not a good mix for good government.