politics

Barack Obama: America’s Top Real Estate Broker?

by Charles Feldman | April 14, 2009

A lot of people thought it strange when Barack Obama traded jokes with Jay Leno on the Tonight Show. But that pales by comparison, if you ask me, with Obama’s new role as America’s unofficial (official?) top real estate broker. At what seems to be one of his endless news conferences (you certainly can’t accuse [...]

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Commentary

Ramifications of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008

by Tom Koziol | August 15, 2008

Last week I said I would present a solution to the foreclosure mess in today’s post. However, I was sidetracked by two pieces I read in a friend’s newsletter. Since they are about the recently passed housing bill, I think they are important. After you read them, you too may decide they are important. The [...]

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On the Brink of Rebellion: National Priorities and the Housing Crisis

by Tom Koziol | August 8, 2008

A friend of mine sent me to this website: National Priorities Project The headline on the page reads: National Priorities Project analyzes and clarifies federal data so that people can understand and influence how their tax dollars are spent. There is a link titled Affordable Housing Units on the page that tells you how many [...]

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Commentary

Politics & Real Estate – Strange Bedfellows

by Tom Koziol | May 16, 2008

Real investing is, and has always been, a topic that has generated a lot of interest. Some people are actually accomplished investors while others are dabblers with the remainder being “wannabes”. That’s the American way and nothing wrong with that unless you fall victim to a real estate hustler. What’s a real estate hustler? If [...]

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