{"id":7563,"date":"2009-03-22T11:53:45","date_gmt":"2009-03-22T18:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=7563"},"modified":"2009-03-22T11:55:12","modified_gmt":"2009-03-22T18:55:12","slug":"why-should-you-buy-real-estate-and-lots-of-it-now-well-inventory-abounds-prices-are-low-and-interest-rates-are-incredibly-low-and-theres-one-other-factor-you-might-take-into-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/7563\/why-should-you-buy-real-estate-and-lots-of-it-now-well-inventory-abounds-prices-are-low-and-interest-rates-are-incredibly-low-and-theres-one-other-factor-you-might-take-into-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Why should you buy real estate &#8212; and lots of it &#8212; now? Well, inventory abounds, prices are low, and interest rates are incredibly low. And there&#8217;s one other factor you might take into account&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/CurrencyInflationGraph.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Follow the tiny blue line. That&#8217;s the growth of the U.S. money supply. That vertical surge you see there at the right is, essentially, a doubling of the number of dollars in (virtual) circulation since August 2008. Every dollar you own will soon be worth fifty cents. And every dollar you owe will soon be worth two bucks. You do the math&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow the tiny blue line. That&#8217;s the growth of the U.S. money supply. That vertical surge you see there at the right is, essentially, a doubling of the number of dollars in (virtual) circulation since August 2008. Every dollar you own will soon be worth fifty cents. 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