Coming Soon: National Lampoon’s Litigation Vacation
So, this is way off topic, I know, but really, I couldn’t stop myself. As Bloomberg reports today, the SEC has sued National Lampoon (NLN) ... with the FBI who he believed had connections to “corrupt” brokers. Whoops! Fake mobsters! In the suit ... in the future, and is seeking to impose an unspecified fine against Laikin. Maybe Chevy Chase could play [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 20:22:02
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How are they doing now?
After yesterday’s less than stellar day on Wall Street, I couldn’t help but think of this post that I wrote back in October 2006. A mortgage broker had a suggestion for his clients on how to deal with a cooling housing market ... do so at lower prices. What does this mean to me? Now is the time to think about the future [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 13:00:22
Sellers Are Frustrated In California
The Union Tribune reports from California. “Almost two-thirds of property owners who sold homes in San Diego County this summer lost money on the ... up. She feared for her future and that of the 19-year-old granddaughter she is raising.” “‘So many Americans ... in business,’ said Shawn Harris, a mortgage broker based [more...]
Date: 2008-09-14 18:47:31
Henry Poole is Here
All Henry Poole wants to do is to be left alone. In most neighborhoods, this would not be a problem, but, in this unpretentious LA neighborhood, for some odd reason, people care. It begins with his perky real estate broker Meg, (Cheryl Hines) who is baffled by Henry’s insistence on buying a certain home which isn’t on the market [more...]
Date: 2008-08-29 06:00:51
Henry Poole is Here
All Henry Poole wants to do is to be left alone. In most neighborhoods, this would not be a problem, but, in this unpretentious LA neighborhood, for some odd reason, people care. It begins with his perky real estate broker Meg, (Cheryl Hines) who is baffled by Henry’s insistence on buying a certain home which isn’t on the market [more...]
Date: 2008-08-30 06:00:51
Economic shock and awe
George Will:FDR's hyperkinetic New Deal created uncertainties that paralyzed private-sector decision making. Which sounds familiar.Bear Stearns? Broker a merger. Lehman Brothers? Death sentence. The $700 billion is for cleaning up toxic assets ... have been plentiful. The Republican message for the foreseeable future is three words: "It won't work." [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 13:53:00
A Freshly Cooled Financial Volcano
Some more words of wisdom from the dusty annals of Wall Street courtesy of Google books ... ; by failures of their brokers, by frauds of their contractors, by panics, by corners, by tricks and stratagems ... them any day in one common ruin." This article was written by Stock Market Prognosticator [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 11:30:00
If you’re going to judge me, get your facts straight
Commenting on this article is *almost* as exciting as finding out that the New Kids on the Block have reunited, HOORAY!Who’s Doing the Scoring? ... written all over the RE.net in regards to online reputation and how important ... s what I found on homethinking.com: For those who don’t know, I was a Realtor-Broker until November [more...]
Date: 2008-08-09 19:54:40
I'm Refinancing!
I had recently mentioned that I might look into refinancing my house, and I actually just mailed off my application ... three years, I probably wouldn’t have seen any savings. So then I contacted the broker ... as I get that, I’ll report how it compares to the online estimates and my own feel. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 02:02:00
Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney 09/15/08 “ICH” Bank of America is buying Merrill Lynch for $45 billion, ... The news of Wall Street’s Sunday night massacre has already send foreign stock markets into a deep ... it like this: “All of the independent broker dealers are going to disappear. In March it was Bear Stearns [more...]
Date: 2008-09-15 18:53:57
Re: What is a “Sustainable and Durable” Ceasefire?
Rick, it’s not a good sign when the State Department adopts environmentalist jargon to address military conflicts ... that we see in Al Gore’s plan to save the future of mankind through the use of “eco-friendly” light ... by a reporter, Rice said she had no plans to visit the Middle East to broker peace in the waning days [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 18:07:48
It Happened One Weekend: Market Still Getting Good Grades, a Trump Foreclosure, More!
1) Because many post-peak deals have yet to close, the brokerages' fourth-quarter reports will actually appear quite rosy ... , but we're not talking about a stock trader or a hedgie here. The owner, who is also listing apartment ... phones at the offices of mortgage brokers to ring off the hook. Should you make a move [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 13:25:01
Somehow, the Dollar Regains Safe-Haven Status
Risk aversion is driving the action in currency markets Wednesday, as investors unload foreign positions — in many cases, ... in corporate debt and U.S. equities markets, as well as commodity markets, are emerging in the developing ... Brokers. “It’s easier to acquire dollar funding, which can be swapped into the desired currency [more...]
Date: 2008-10-22 17:34:43
Targeted T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference New York City 2008
Foreclosure.com Founder, President and CEO, Brad Geisen, was today a featured speaker at the 2008 T.R.A.F.F.I.C ... investor, developer, broker and property asset manager who has launched multiple businesses ... a virtual portfolio empire that includes several of the stickiest online real estate destinations available [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 18:41:16
SEO is an Internet Marketing Strategy
Search engine optimization or SEO is an internet marketing strategy that involves altering a website’s on and off page information in order for it to ... important for any online business to undertake SEO. for more detail go to:www.greatseosecrets.com.Research ... broker opting to target a term such as ‘mortgage’.Whilst it would be possible for this [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 23:00:24
Facebook Was Never Worth $15 Billion
Back in December, Valleywag and Silicon Valley Insider tried to estimate the current valuation of Facebook by calculating the price at which ... last year that allows Microsoft to broker display ads on Facebook’s U.S. site until 2011. (…) As part ... to exclusively power search across most Fox online sites, including Myspace.” That deal had minimum [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 21:10:14
Every good boy deserves fudge…uh, I mean, goals.
Get out of your feed reader and comment on this post- we PROMISE that the ShamWow guy won\'t pop out when you do... I hate writing things down ... for calendar notes, but never for “to do” items. My broker gets on my case constantly about goals and what mine are for the future. My reply is usually “I’m working on them.” I just hate to nail myself down [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 00:08:01
AVA SOLAR - Named a Top Startup 2008
The excitement surrounding AVA solar and the potential for this company to bring down the cost of solar generated power on a global scale is at a ... equalizer in an energy starved world. I am not an economist or a stock broker but I must say ... this process of producing cheap solar cells is manifested. Owning proprietary rights to some steps in [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 20:07:00
Feeling A Bit Of Deja Vu
It’s Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. “Gresham and its working-class neighboring cities have caught more than their share of the housing pain. On the north end of Main, real estate broker Darren O’Halloran’s sign hangs in front of a vacant lot. O’Halloran bought the plot with a partner and hoped to resell it for a profit [more...]
Date: 2008-09-26 19:21:04
How to buy foreclosures homes training online
Check out the best real estate investment training around that ensures you cash in on hot foreclosure deals with easy-to-understand instruction ... session, Tara — Founder & CEO of REThinkRealEstate.com, as well as a successful real estate broker ... foreclosure buying, including online tools for making your life easier during the process Mortgage [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 15:19:46
Making Profit in the Foreign Exchange Market
The currency fluctuate continuously due to reasons such as political, economical reasons, sometimes the changes could be extremely great, therefore, ... Introducing Broker program provides a highly organized program for individualized services and organizations ... the Forex traders also can have the opportunity in among which makes a profit.For example [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 18:34:00
How They Earn a Living
The traditional definition of a forex broker is one who puts buyers and sellers together for a commission or fee ... , one of the primary costs of your forex trading, are measured in pips and the slightest variances can make a big ... who had quit their day jobs, anticipating income from trading forex, only to learn their profits [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 20:15:00
New York Taxing the Internet
Remember back when you received bogus Email's claiming there was going to be a tax on the Internet? Ahhh… those were the good ol’ days ... who broker affiliate deals that I wasn’t wanted.Dear element 5 / share-it! Affiliate,We have been working ... forward to resuming our relationship in the future if the situation allows.We have appreciated [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 16:43:00
Late Breaking News: OJ Is GUILTY!
Exactly 13 years to the date that OJ Simpson was found not guilty of killing his ex wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, ... last night, including armed robbery and kidnapping. He is now facing a life sentence. E! Online reports ... of his accomplices cut deals, leaving Simpson to stand trial with Stewart, a Vegas mortgage broker. And now OJ [more...]
Date: 2008-10-04 15:25:43
Fake Agent Scams
I am selling my home to this couple and from day one I wanted this to be strictly a buy-owner sale and they knew this but they brought in a Realtor ... . On her business card it states Broker but after further research she is listed as an agent if this is even ... that she's even a Realtor, just the Buyer's best friend. First off, even if this person is a [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 14:56:03
Poor Old Hedgies Face More Rough Sailing
It is hard to work up much sympathy for newly-less-well-off hedge fund managers, given how rich the good times were ... funds from some of the biggest names in the industry, such as Tudor Investment Corp, Citadel, Cerberus Capital and Highbridge Capital – have limited redemptions. Prime brokers, which provide services [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 04:05:33
Find a lender that truly cares - Interview with LendingLadies.com
At SmartHippo, we aim to keep consumer’s best interests in mind and we love lenders who think the same way! ... -founders of LendingLadies.com–a unique broker firm that does things a little differently ... working for us. However, our investment clients are pre-dominantly male, so we are trying to even [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 16:08:28
Tough time to be the new LendingTree
The folks at IAC (NASDAQ:IACI) broke into five different companies this week with the real estate and mortgage related assets now under the ... broker with simply the best domain name in the business. The rest of the properties are a collection ... Realtor.com is lumbering more quickly these days.) The big question for the future of this unit is whether [more...]
Date: 2008-08-21 16:34:58
The worst still to come
From the Jersey Journal: Prediction for Hudson: Housing crisis will get worse The subprime mortgage crisis has not hit Hudson County as hard as ... - in the near future. According to a report released earlier this month by the Federal Reserve Bank ... . That’s no surprise to Emad Nairooz, a broker with Top Quality Realty, a Jersey City real estate [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 10:22:23
TicketPredator.com - Finding & Buying Tickets Online
What it does If you reside in the United States and are looking for tickets for any upcoming event such as a concert or a crucial sports match, ... directly from the ticket broker that you feel suits your needs best. In their own words “Ticket ... tickets from the comfort of your front room. Some questions Will the site branch out in the future [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 14:35:00
Learn the Ropes with Real Estate Partnerships and Mentors
by Rob J. Nani The real estate market is constantly changing, making it necessary to implement new or modified strategies of investing ... with you on important investing issues. As with any type of investment, the greater the risk ... to know, including investors, brokers, property managers, rehab contractors, title companies, mortgage lenders [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 18:05:17
Craigslist now requiring broker registration
Craigslist in the Seattle/Tacoma area is now asking for real estate brokers to register before being able to post ads on the site ... lame, no-photo ads online. [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 05:08:01
Low Mortgage Rates to Spur New Wave of Defaults
Mr Mortgage is a 20-year mortgage banking veteran, specializing in wholesale and correspondent sales and sales/operations management and bringing ... as an independent finance and real estate sector analyst, consultant and ‘risk enlightener’ to investment ... month start to finish process. Fall-out will be extreme over the near-term as brokers and [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 12:00:56
Odds And Ends
Odds And Ends Security concerns? What security concerns? John McCain talked in detail about Barack Obama's trips to Afghanistan and Iraq ... racing might be in retiring Sen. Joe Bruno's future - he owns a colt that is the baby of City Zip ... criminal charges against a Craigslist apartment broker. Some former Hillary Clinton campaign [more...]
Date: 2008-07-18 23:24:35
Finding Money for your Borrowers
With the credit crunch in full swing, investors should start to pay attention the the lending options available to their buyers ... the future, but lets look into the 2009 crystal ball and see what is coming. With FHA seller down payment ... or mortgage broker, these banks go by their own set of rules. I still see 98% programs that allow [more...]
Date: 2008-08-07 22:30:34
You asked for fiction
As the golden sunlight of a late Michigan afternoon poured into Bob’s neat but modest home in one of the oldest residential sections of Detroit, ... to investments he could control. The market was soaring, and Bob had taken his broker’s advice to move [more...]
Date: 2008-10-12 05:07:10
The Wall Street Ponzi Scheme called Fractional Reserve Banking
Borrowing from Peter to Pay Paul by Ellen Brown January 3, 2009 Cartoon in the New Yorker: A gun-toting man with large dark glasses, ... or broker that the funds will be there? The fact that banks are subject to “runs” (recall Northern Rock, Indymac and Washington Mutual) suggests that all may not be as it seems on our online screens [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 16:28:15
Sarah Palin: Serial Liar
One of the disturbing trends we're learning about Sarah Palin (R) is how many of her favorite lines on the campaign are actually not true ... in the country). We learned that she didn't sell the state plane on EBay (a private broker sold ... the state of an unnecessary jet using a creative and cost-effective online measure. What is left [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 17:47:40
Getting Started
Opening a brokerage account is a relatively simple procedure. On average, most brokerage firms will open an account for about $2,500 ... your account with them. Whether you open an account online, by telephone, or in person, be sure and ask ... of what type of broker you will be using, it’s probably a pretty good idea to get information on a couple [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 09:14:07
Holder Sure Career Was Over After Clinton Pardons
The Clinton official who predicted his public career was over after orchestrating the shameful pardons of a fugitive financier and a pair of jailed ... a leading role in Bill Clinton’s disgraceful last-minute pardons, including millionaire commodities broker Marc Rich who fled the country to escape prosecution for tax evasion, racketeering [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 18:29:24
navigator.geolocation now available in Firefox via Geode
When I posted about using navigator.geolocation now the only support that I had was via Gears and the ClientLocation API ... before shipping it in a future Mozilla product release. We’re particularly interested in ensuring ... have to sign up for an account). Yahoo! Fire Eagle is a service that acts as a broker for your location [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 18:32:14
Forex Trading Common Mistakes
Learning about the common mistakes made in foreign currency trading will help you to improve your skills and chances of being successful ... potential losses.- Abusing LeverageWith Forex brokers offering up to 400:1 leverage, it’s easy ... for trades based solely on what the technical indicators are telling us can result in large losses [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 19:48:00
Update from the meeting with the agent.
The agent came to our house today. She was very pleasant and a good saleswoman - assertive without being pushy ... with all of the looking that I've done online, and with the sense of what we could afford by doing some rough calculations, it would be good to sit down with a broker to have him run the actual numbers. Once we've [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 02:03:00
Stocks Or Foreign Exchange - Which One
Stock trading is similar to owning part of a company or organization ... PartnershipForexGen offers three types of business partnerships. * Introducing Broker * White Label ... it works.On the other hand, though, not many realize what Forex trading actually is. Forex trading [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 02:34:00
Goldman Sachs: Has the Leader Become the Laggard?
Wall Street often is described in terms of bulls and bears, but really it is about sheep: ... the decline in the stock markets and how Goldman’s transition “from a broker to a bank in a very short period of time, is raising questions about its future earnings power.” Mayo cited at least five [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 10:22:00
Lehman Brothers filing for Bankruptcy - more Bushenomics in action
[UPDATE: I would add this NY Times article as a preface to this great diary. Julien. And It's not just Lehman -- Merrill Lynch is being taken over ... and futures trading are now indicating a minimum 400 point drop on the DJIA in the morning ... desperately to broker a sale of the bank to anyone. Inside sources have said that the problem [more...]
Date: 2008-09-15 12:05:49
On the Road with Amy Chorew
Time flies when you\'re commenting on Agent Genius... It has been a very busy September and it will be a busy October on the road ... , Camera, Action! · Contact management using Outlook. · Internet Lead management at the broker ... online for the NAR convention in November one of the registration screens allows you to pick free [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 20:25:11
Energy/Credit/Currency Crisis Open Thread
In what feels like the middle of a multi-round heavyweight bout, the world financial markets continue to be buffeted tonight, ... energy and commodities prices and considerably less confidence in the overall system than in weeks ... banks. And since this liquidity goes only to banks and major broker-dealers, the rest of the shadow [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 13:50:22
The Wall Street Ponzi Scheme called Fractional Reserve Banking
Borrowing from Peter to Pay Paul Cartoon in the New Yorker: A gun-toting man with large dark glasses, large hat pulled down, ... of coins or paper bills. How do we know that when we demand our money from our bank or broker ... and Washington Mutual) suggests that all may not be as it seems on our online screens. Banks themselves [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 03:36:48
Customer Support
Forex is a 24-hour market; therefore 24-hour support is essential. Can you contact the firm by phone, email, chat, etc? ... an account.One thing you could do is contact a number of forex brokers to get a feel of how quickly ... for choosing and monitoring appropriate investments for the client.Benefits of being a Money Manager [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 18:08:00
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