Most probably like you Monica, my California home now is worth twice what it was when the market crashed in 2009.  Thanx, Obama.

It is very edifying to hear that you "resisted the urge to make a quick profit in an artificial market."  "As usual," it's really nice - and not the least bit "condescending" - to lecture the prey in the herd that they need to "resist" the predators on the prowl.

BTW, how reassuring it is that Twitler's Treasury secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin ran a "foreclosure machine" - mostly here in California; making hundreds of $million - that once foreclosed on a grandmother who missed her mortgage payment by just one dollar?  I guess this woman just didn't "resist" sufficiently enough and allowed herself to be overwhelmed by her desire for a "quick profit"?