Link Between Housing and Immigration?

A quick thought:

If the U.S. cracks down on immigrants entering the country, which has been a goal of late, won't that negatively affect the housing market?

Simple economics suggest that immigrants make up a sizable chunk of the nation's population growth and all of those people need houses (even if they rent, they still need some sort of shelter). Therefore, if there are less people moving to and subsequently living in America, fewer houses are needed and the demand and prices for houses should level off.

Or perhaps it has already?

And if this does happen, is this good or bad?

Just something to think about...

Domestic Problems

Can somebody please reveal to me the secret behind folding a fitted sheet properly?

Impossible, I say.

Money Does Grow on Trees

I recently became a first-time homebuyer of a house with a cozy little townhouse complete with a mini-backyard. The innards of the house are coming along and shaping up nicely. A few odds and ends need doing, but overall, everything is settled.

The backyard, however, is a bit of a disaster. I've got some overgrown bushes and trees that take up too much space for the small area and other than that, just a spread of patchy grass covers the rest of the ground. Pretty basic and uninspiring, really.

As a nature lover, I relish the idea of planting a more engaging yard, but I have no real experience of ever doing this. It's somewhat intimidating when I go on different sites and/or listen to pros tell me the steps and upkeep of planting a garden.

But just when I start to think about ditching my goal of planting a garden, I start getting bombarded with catalogs in the mail. Gardening catalogs with bright, exciting flowers, luscious green plants, and eye-pleasing formations just so happen to find their way into my hands. And my brain.

All of a sudden I'm looking at these catalogs thinking-- yeah, I can do this. And the prices are reasonable, only a few bucks for a packet of seeds, a few more bucks for a delivered plant, and a few more bucks for the tools of maintaining a garden. These catalogs are marketing miracles! I'd be a fool not to start a garden, right?

Well, whether or not I forge ahead and build this backyard bonanza remains to be seen. But it's plain to see that money really does grow on trees... if you happen to be a plant catalog producer...