All the world's a stage ...

I stumbled across an old Calvin and Hobbes cartoon which seems to have gotten it right: life is obviously unrehearsed and everyone is ad-libbing their lines.  Sometimes, when watching a movie, I'll respond to a character's question by saying that if they read the script they'd know what was happening.

Trailer Park Investment Vehicles

Today, Yahoo Finance's Nicole Goodkind interviewed Anthony Effinger, the author of a forthcoming article, "Double Wide Returns", for Bloomberg Markets.  Describing trailer parks as “a supply and demand curve that’s super attractive to investors”  Effinger pointed out the demand is created by the shrinking middle class: "people with bad credit and criminal histories who are often unable to rent or buy homes."

There are problems of course.  Home meth labs and the occasional visit from a SWAT team can add to the excitement of the investment.

A comment by Mariner calls for a bumper sticker: "Paperless office to cardboard box homes in less than two decades. I am America (and so can you!)"