Reality Radio for a really great future.

We're talking real money.

Hello again, and welcome to the little get-together we call a show, a podcast, a gathering of minds who care about money.

It's minds over money radio podcasting stuff.

I'm Don McDonald, right?

Right in the center of the target of a hurricane.

It's not even a hurricane yet.

And they're saying we're going to get hit with it.

It's not even a hurricane.

It was just a number a few hours ago.

Not even has a name. It's got a name now. At least he's got a name. It's Ian. And Ian is coming to visit. Guess who's coming to dinner on Wednesday? Oh, well, I'm Don McDonald. Tom's in the relative safety of the Pacific Northwest until you guys get hit by an earthquake or something.

And, hey, we all have our crosses to bear climate and nature-wise, don't we?

True.

Something's going to kill us someday, somehow.

But we want to talk about money with you.

And we want to talk about all the things you do with it that involve spending it, making it, and growing it.

And there are some obsessions we have in the financial industry. And one of America's great obsessions is the idea of homeownership, owning real estate, buying real estate. And you know,

strangely enough, real estate prices pretty much estate. And, you know, strangely enough,

real estate prices pretty much across the country,

but particularly in hot markets,

soared back before we got inflation.

As a matter of fact,

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