My money is definitely not going as far as it used to these days. I just got my tax return back and it is already gone completely. I was not even able to pay off all of the bills with my refund and my paycheck. I have been thinking about investing in some sort of property, maybe rental, to help with the bills. I mean, I cannot even open my email without having it flooded with spam about San Francisco Bankruptcy Laws and every other sign that the economy is bombing. I know that right now is a good time to buy some property because the government is repossessing a lot of property. I was thinking about either flip it and sell it, or rent it. I think renting might do me better because if my situation gets a little worse a little later, I can always raise the rent. I do not worry at all about renting it out, I have seen some horrible places that people pay a crazy amount of money for and great places people are getting at a steal. At the very least, I hope to have the property offset my own rent so it can be one less thing to worry about. Then again, I know having a property will give me about fifty new things to worry about.