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A Move Towards Socialism - Should the Government be Buying Stocks?
15 October 08 09:18 AM | realestatepolitics | with no comments
By Marc Grossman Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson at the conclusion of the G7 conference of the major industrialized nations announced that the U. S. Government is going to be buying stocks of financial institutions . Granted, these will be non-voting...
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The Bail-Out – Who's Being Bailed Out & Who's Bailing Out!?!
07 October 08 09:55 AM | realestatepolitics | with no comments
By Marc Grossman So which is it? Last week, 10/1/08, the US Senate voted to approve a new version of the $700B Bail-Out bill for Wall Street . I’m not impressed. Yes, they would like you to think that this bail-out is for Main Street, but that is...
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Blight - Or Do As I Say and Not As I Do?
03 September 08 08:44 AM | realestatepolitics | with no comments
By Marc Grossman Campaign Election Signs vs. Open House Signs Yes, this is somewhat of a rant. OK, I take that back, it is a rant – not somewhat! It appears that everywhere you turn there are political campaign signs popping up all over the place...
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Campaign Contributions - Who's in Whose Pocket?
15 July 08 10:14 AM | realestatepolitics | with no comments
by Marc Grossman As was alluded to in a past post, I’d wanted to tackle this issue. We elect our legislators to work in our best interest. Yet, most of us would not think to look and see who’s financing their campaign. I think that the majority...
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"The Subprime Primer"
07 July 08 02:42 PM | realestatepolitics | 1 comment(s)
Here's one take on the subprime mortgage mess that we found a while back. It's a downloadable PDF. /files/storage/SubPrime_101.pdf Warning: contains strong language.
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Welcome to Marc's Corner!
30 June 08 12:57 PM | mrzabka | 2 comment(s)
by Marc Grossman Marc It Sold! Thank you for stopping by and reading. My name is Marc Grossman & I was asked by the staff at Zolve, after they read a couple of my blog posts, if I would contribute to this site. I must admit that I was thrilled at...
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Honestly?
26 June 08 04:43 PM | mrzabka | 4 comment(s)
A post I read today written by Teresa Boardman really got to me. Not the post itself, but the subject matter of the post – the point she was making. She was talking about trust – how real estate agents are painted in a negative light and are...
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An Inconvenient Truth about 1 Famous Green Home
23 June 08 09:00 AM | realestatepolitics | with no comments
A couple years ago, a story was written about current standards-bearer of the green movement, former Vice President Al Gore, questioning if he was practicing what he was preaching ( http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-08-09-gore-green_x...
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The Flood Effect
19 June 08 01:02 PM | realestatepolitics | with no comments
To say the flooding of Midwest cities along the Mississippi has wrought significant damage is an understatment. Thousands of residents are displaced, thousands of homes are ruined. Levees are falling, rendered ineffective. Crops are ruined. Dorrie and...
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Memorial Day - Thinking of Brian Freeman
26 May 08 05:12 PM | mrzabka | with no comments
Memorial Day means much more to me today than it did before I went to Iraq. Now I really do think of those who have died for causes beyond them. That is the real spirit of the day: sacrifice for the common good. Since soldiers do not get to choose what...
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The Buddy System?
26 February 08 12:18 PM | mrzabka | with no comments
A filmmaker in Canada has begun work on a new project called "House for Sale," which will highlight the proper precautions necessary for real estate agents to take to avoid and even escape the inherent dangers of the profession. Robin Webb is...
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And the winner is...
19 February 08 08:35 AM | mrzabka | with no comments
Voting for "The Great Debates: Realtor.com: Friend or Foe?" is now closed. Our readers have determined that Russell Shaw of No Hassle Listing (69.6%) won this debate over Brian Wilson of Zolve (30.4%). Thank you to all who participated. Stay...
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Controversial blogging and Yossarian...sort of
15 February 08 09:07 AM | mrzabka | with no comments
We choose not to avoid any given issue because of its potential for controversy, agitation or even lack thereof; instead, we choose to establish Real Estate Politics for the civil, level-headed discussion of such issues for the sake of education and betterment...
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Shame on you, Citimortgage
12 February 08 03:33 PM | mrzabka | with no comments
It is a low-down, dirty, shame Citimortgage... Janet Latta is a nice woman. 5 years ago, she and her husband bought a reasonably-priced with his Veterans Association loan and they chose you as their lender. You accepted the 1% origination fee plus things...
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The Great Debates: "Realtor.com: Friend or Foe?"
11 February 08 01:22 PM | mrzabka | with no comments
The Great Debates: "Realtor.com: Friend or Foe?" Realtor.com is possibly the most valuable asset controlled by the National Association of Realtors®. However, some NAR members believe it is being poorly utilized or even used to undermine...
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