It sounds like a cliché, but we truly are all connected. A slowdown in one business can easily have a negative effect on another- including yours. So new homes aren't selling. What does that mean to me? Actually it could mean quite a bit. And what brought this on was the settling of the Writer's Strike and seeing the aftermath of all the various connected- and unconnected- businesses and how they too were damaged. Like the real estate slowdown, this is not an easy or quick fix, so it's best to be aware. "Those who do not study the past are doomed to repeat it, said George Santayana.