RSS Archive for September, 2008

How to turn the crisis on a dime - Bailout Alternatives

ABOLISH CAPITAL GAINS TAXES

This could be our Golden Parachute.
Okay I didn’t go to Harvard business school but I do think there is a simple solution to the problem of what to do with all of these delinquent mortgages that doesn’t have to cost the taxpayers 700 billion dollars. I wish that I could say [...]

The bailout plan on it's way to the Congress

The House Committee on Financial Services, with Congressman Barney Frank chairman, has released the text of the draft of The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
The bill, widely touted as the “The bailout bill” will go to House of Representatives tomorrow and to the Senate on Wednesday. The speed at which this bill [...]

First Time Homebuyers - Where to Start

I want the house, where do we start?

Well this weekend I met a young couple at a home that they found on my website. It wasn’t one of my personal listings, it was listed with another company. They walked through and liked what they saw. This was a foreclosure that was listed for sale for $79,000 and it had three bedrooms [...]