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by Richard Warren
| February 23, 2009
Sales are up! Sales are down. Foreclosures are up. Foreclosures are down! Which statements are correct and which are wrong? They’re all correct, if you spin them the the right way. But two opposite statements can’t both be right, can they? Yes, if you choose the proper time frame in which to measure them.
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Blogs
by Richard Warren
| February 9, 2009
On the surface, real estate is a terrible investment. With rental properties you have to deal with tenants, vacancies, maintenance and repair, insurance, taxes and so on. It is definitely high maintenance when compared to stocks, bonds or other investments. The rate of return isn’t so great either. If you pay $100,000 for a property [...]
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Bring Back Those Cute “WIN” Buttons!
by Richard Warren | March 9, 2009The Federal Reserve, Treasury and two Presidents have been throwing everything at the current economic downturn in the hope that something might actually work. Despite interest rates reduced to near 0% levels, $700 Billion thrown at banks, the $168 Billion stimulus (remember those checks?), various rescue schemes to save major corporations, the economy continues to [...]