Report current local rental market conditions here. Many who move to unfamiliar locations to find rare available employment subsequently discover too late that housing is too expensive, unavailable or otherwise unacceptable conditions. Help others avoid money wasting adventures.

Discuss current local real estate market observations in this area. Spot the opportunities and steer others clear of hazards and pitfalls only you as the local eyes and ears know well.

One of the biggest gambles of a lifetime is trying to determine what a community is really like before committing to a home purchase or lease contract. This is the place to share the real scoop, not what the sales agent or landlord wants you to believe.

Report on your personal and objective experience renting from a specific property owner. Renting from either a good or bad landlord can make the difference between financial peace of mind or setting the stage for lasting money troubles.

They can provide a trouble free source of needed income or become a personal 'Pacific Heights' of hell. (A must see movie title for any landlord). Did they protect your property or trash it into oblivion? Help others avoid an unrecoverable cash drain or recommend a tenant you had a good experience with.

Temporary residency and lodging on a free or inexpensive basis. Swap property caretaker services for a roof over your head or trade properties with others at your vacation destination. A good way to conserve cash or take a vacation at a fraction of the cost. Offer or bid for temporary residential trades or temporary or permanent property caretaking services.

By investing and utilizing renewable energy sources, the impact of utility rate increases and inflation can be better controlled. Share the details of your successful implementation of an energy conserving lifestyle.

Discussions related to cooperative and communal communities 'intentionally' created to benefit and thrive from the combined efforts and pooled talents and skills of it's inhabitants.

Discussions focused on group living situations. Those that vary from renting a room in a home to several senior citizens sharing common living and kitchen areas away from private sleeping areas. Efficient living with greater or lesser degree of privacy.

A large and rapidly growing problem in this crisis economy. This area is for sharing one's story of life lived without a permanent address and the essential survival mechanisms learned from life on the streets.