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People without Money Shouldn’t Own Houses

Those who can do.  Those who can’t teach.  So the saying goes. Robert Lerman, a professor of economics at American University and senior fellow at the Urban Institute and Robert Cherry, a Brueklundian professor in the Department of Economics at … Continue reading

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Read and React: Affordability the Key to Recovery

To Christians, Jesus was the messiah.  God with a bod.  But in his hometown of Nazareth Jesus was just another guy.  His own family thought he went crazy after he left home to teach in the synagogues. This is why … Continue reading

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But what about the Shadow Inventory?

Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme, Beauty and the Beast.  That’s a catchy tune.  And my little girls love the movie.   Honestly, I enjoy it too.  Lumiere, the suave French candelabra, cracks me up.  His big … Continue reading

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Do You Suffer from Analysis Paralysis?

“The sense of paralysis proceeds not so much out of the mammoth size of the problem but out of the puniness of the purpose.” -          Norman Cousins Dateline:  Rocky Point, Mexico – March, 2010.  My business partner Manny Romero and … Continue reading

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Follow the Numbers, Not the News

It started out innocently enough.  An email popped up in my inbox from a real estate investor I’m connected with on LinkedIn.  This investor, who shall remain nameless, was responding to an article titled ‘Mortgage Picture Brightens, for Now’ I … Continue reading

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