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Food for thought: If a friend or family member seeks your services in being his, hers or their agent, it could be the opportunity of a lifetime, for that person will have come to you for the professional that you hold yourself out to be. Needless to say, that person apparently holds you in high e...
09/11/2008
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I've previously commented on reverse mortgages...... in a negative manner. I do so again! Personally, whenever I see media cracker jacks hyping some product or position, I cannot help but feel that Madison Avenue is in the process of attempting to screw, blue and tattoo the public. So it is with ...
09/06/2008
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The Great Wall Street Debacle vs. The Great Global Warming Consensus This post has got absolutely nothing to do with real estate, but then again, maybe it has, depending on whether you're interested in wanting to purchase or liquidate property that is dependent on factual financial data or predic...
08/31/2008
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I guess my stance on Warren Buffett is of record, so I will merely post my latest find regarding The Oracle of Omaha. This guy, Buffett, in my book, is definitely a guy worth studying. And the following quote is just one comment that Warren made in his interview on Friday morning's SQUAWK BOX on ...
08/23/2008
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Because of the legality and complexity of contract law, it is my opinion that short sale proponents need to get a grip on reality. By now, I feel that I can safely assume that almost every real estate agent in this country has had at least one personal experience with a short sale scenario. But, ...
08/23/2008
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In an earlier post today, I brought to view about how the United States REALLY is not that much alone, and in many ways not all that bad. Fortunately for any self-sustaining ego-percs I may or may not need, I came across a brand new article that pretty well bolsters the point: "It barely seems po...
08/22/2008
Looks like the United States wasn't REALLY alone in any housing boom. In fact it might be considered to have been lack-luster compared to some of our overseas counterparts. Here's a link to an article I stumbled upon, posted on November 11, 2004. (note the date) http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/11/re...
08/22/2008
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Yup! Warren Buffett saddles up his well-nourished philosophical steed and gobbles up $500M. For the novice investor who might be hastily wanting to plunk down some of his or her hard earned investment cash on the latest hot ticket recommendation of his or her stock market buddy, I cannot help but...
06/25/2008
OK, call me partial, that's OK, I can handle it. That's because I hail from the (sometimes wet and wild) Great Pacific Northwest, where, maybe, everybody wishes they were at, or from. All fun aside, here's the latest (I guess) information coming from one of our government's sources of informatio...
05/24/2008
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Well, coming to pass, it looks like, is the impending bankruptcy of Vallejo, California due to current market conditions. What originally caught my eye regarding that situation last February was my noticing in an article on Bloomberg's website that "Police and firefighting salaries, pension an...
05/07/2008