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Option ARM and Pick a Pay - Negative Amortization Loans
(This is a republish of one of the first articles I wrote back in early summer of 2005. Everything I wrote then still applies. I am grateful that lenders have for the most part, stopped offering these, as they were...
Find An Agent With Enough Time To Devote To Selling YOUR Property
Not very long ago, the purchase market in many areas of San Diego went through a phase that could only be described as "piranha feeding frenzy". This sort of market reinforces several pieces of advice I have given here....
Games Lenders Play (Part IV) - Lying About Loan Type
I was approached by these folks a while ago via email. I attempted to get them to write up the experience themselves but I wanted to write something about this before I completely forgot about it. This whole exchange is...
Links and Minifeatures 2009 06 08 Monday
Megan McArdle is blogging up a storm with lots of really good points about abortion and the murder of George Tiller. This debate is not going away. Those who believe abortion is murder are not going to mysteriously vanish,...
Links and Minifeatures 2009 06 01 Monday
Carnival of Personal Finance Carnival of Real Estate ********** Did Obama Target GOP Donors In Chrysler Dealer Closings? every single dealer he checked out except one were either GOP donors or donated to Obama's rivals in the democratic primary....
Links and Minifeatures 2009 04 29 Wednesday
Come back Thursday morning for the Consumer Focused Carnival of Real Estate ********** For those who missed my article on Home Valuation Code of Conduct (the new appraisal standards), or just decided not to believe me, here's a video...
Links and Minifeatures 2009 04 27 Monday
Carnival of Personal Finance ********** The Cost of Media Bias Andrew Breitbart has more. ********** The Government Becomes a Loan Shark When I first heard rumblings in the Wall Street Journal and elsewhere that the government would not allow...
Links and Minifeatures 2009 04 14 Tuesday
A word of explanation and apology: I have been sick as the proverbial dog since the night of Good Friday. I had been completely exhausted, and when I took a chill it hit me hard. The reprints this week weren't...
Links and Minifeatures 2009 04 08 Wednesday
A Message to the Rich So let me now send a personal message to The Rich in America... As an American and a patriot, I implore you - I go to my knees and beg you - LEAVE NOW....
Links and Minifeatures 2009 04 06 Monday
Carnival of Real Estate Carnival of Personal Finance ********** Victor Davis Hanson: President Obama's First 70 Days: It really does all make sense. In other words, if you believed as President Obama and many of his advisors do, then you...
Links and Minifeatures 2009 04 01 (Wednesday)
Yes, it is April 1st, but as much as I wish these were all jokes, most of them are not. ********** Free the Job Creators I always take the wisdom of crowds with a large grain of salt, because in...
Links and Minifeatures 2009 03 25 Wednesday
Here is the difference between Israel and its Arab enemies Well, one of them anyway: When terrorists kill Israeli women and children with bombs or missiles, they regard it as a triumph worthy of celebration; sweets are passed out;...
Links and Minifeatures 2009 03 23 Monday
Carnival of Personal Finance Carnival of Real Estate ********** Iran's response to US shows mind-set of leadership "It's the first stage of the bargaining in classic Iranian style: Be tough and play up your toughness," said Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, a...
Links and Minifeatures 2009 02 23 Monday
Carnival of Real Estate ********** While New York Bleeds Washington Thrives That's because the growth industry is government. Of course the Washington DC economy is growing - Barack Obama and the Democrats who control Congress just agreed to spend...
Links and Minifeatures 2009 02 16 Monday
Carnival of Real Estate ********** Projected jobs numbers don't quite add up A + B adds up to considerably more than A + B when certain politicians want it to. At least on the reports written by them and their...
Links and Minifeatures 2009 01 27
Carnival of Personal Finance Carnival of Real Estate ********** Obama is sounding an awful lot like Bush. At least in some contexts. Even John Stewart has noticed. ********** The Return of Carterism? Among the first duties of the Obama...
Links and Minifeatures 2008 12 29 Monday
Carnival of Personal Finance ********** via Michael Barone, an historian compares today not to 1929, but to 1873. I think the data is a much better fit. ********** Reconsidering Watergate and Deep Throat A bureaucrat, disgruntled for being passed...
My Impressions of the First Debate - Calling Obama's Bluff
When I set the poll last night, I said I'd hold off on my comments until later. Here they are. I can see why some people are saying Obama won. He sounded good. He seemed to make sense on...
Links and Minifeatures 2008 09 24 Wednesday
You'd think I'd learn - but every time Movable Type upgrades itself, I have to restore the comments settings. I've just done that yet again and confirmed it. Sorry to anyone who has tried to comment recently via anything...
Russia's Assault Upon Georgia, and the Implications
Rock. Earth. Gravity. Russian convoy heads into Georgia, violating truce A Russian military convoy thrust deep into Georgia on Wednesday and Georgian officials said Russian troops bombed and looted the crossroads city of Gori, violating a freshly brokered truce...
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