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Bill Austin was a Real Estate broker in Southern California during the early 1980's. Bill is now in real estate media and PR as well as doing advertising, marketing and Search Engine Optimization (SEO.)
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WaMu reported today that they lost $3.3 Billion in the second quarter of 2008.  They increased their loan loss reserves by almost $4 billion to $8.46 billion and expects 2008 to be "a peak year for provisionioning" meaning - they expect to lose a record amount on bad loans this year.   Chief Exec...
07/22/2008
Carnival Of The Recipes The Greatest Hits Edition of the Carnival Of The Recipes is up! Some favorites: From the hostess  Pasta Bianco by Jamie Oliver.World Famous Recipes gives us a looong list of Cookie Recipes plus Pancake RecipeDiabetic Recipes has a diabetic solution for Herb Roasted Chicken...
07/17/2008
Another Patent: Wireless intelligent real estate sign and electronic lock boxUnited States Patent 6624742Abstract:An intelligent real estate system including an intelligent real estate sign having embedded processing functionality and a wireless communication device capable of receiving wireless ...
07/17/2008
Very Funny Jokes Funny Jokes - Guilty or not guilty? Guilty or Not Guilty??? You be the Judge! Defense Attorney: Will you please state your age? Little Old Lady: I am 86 years old. DA: Will you tell us, in your own words, what happened the night of April 1st? LoL:  There I was, sitting there in ...
07/17/2008
When Great Grandma Rheam says - "You should make this" we all know that we should listen and make it at our first opportunity. Bill Austin - World Famous Recipes Guacamole Recipes Tried and True   1 tablespoon red onion1 tablespoon chopped/seeded jalepeno1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro1/2 tea...
07/17/2008
James Wexler asked for Good News ... and I replied. "... outside of Phoenix in Scottsdale, AZ. ..." No, no, no James - Scottsdale is the CENTER (the heart) of the greater Phoenix Arizona area. The universe revolves around us. Good news - Affordability is up and continues to rise.  More qualified ...
07/17/2008
US housing starts rebounded in June 2008 rising 9.1% but Phoenix Arizona Home Prices were Down 18 Percent.  Housing starts were down almost 27% from a year ago.  The increase in housing starts was almost exclusively in the apartment and multi-family dwelling market while the single family home dt...
07/17/2008
This should give us a better idea of what is going to transpire near term in the mortgage markets.  Washington Mutual will announce their earnings and hold a conference call on July 22, 2008. They (WAMU) recently raised $7.2 billion in capital. WAMU tangible equity to total tangible assets ratio ...
07/16/2008
Here is the abstract and claims from one of my patents in tha field of Real Estate. Searshing google for the patent number will give you the rest if you are interested. Patent #7177819 Wireless intelligent real estate electronic lock box Document Type and Number: United Sta...
07/15/2008
Housing Market - Expert Calls A BottomThis week we have quite a few experts calling a bottom in the housing market downturn.A Barron's cover story By Jonathan R. Laing predicts that an upturn could happen within the next quarter.Recent Housing start data is so low that Laing can't imangine it goi...
07/14/2008