Doug Malam

Finally, assuming you believe we are going to avoid a full-blown double-dip recession, my may want to give real estate and other look, particularly if you wouldn’t mind being a landlord. There’s a big opportunity in buying single-family homes and renting them out, says Mesirow Financial chief economist Diane Swonk. “People can’t qualify for a mortgage, but they want the lifestyle, the fence, the dog in the back yard. So while you can’t go in and flip to sell, you might want to flip to rent.”

From a Newsweek article the week of August 22^nd by Jean Chazky,

Financial Journalist and Financial Editor for “The Today Show”