Dec 25

With imminently giant losses, insurers are “increasingly confident” they can hold banks accountable for the loans,

via Agent Genius.com.

Dec 25

With the real estate market poised for a positive turn in 2010, a recent study commissioned by the Guardian Life Small Business Research Institute reveals 94% of real estate small business owners are optimistic that their companies will emerge from the recession intact and well positioned for growth over the next two years.

via RISMedia.

Dec 25

The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up. - Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)

Dec 24

The situation illustrates the struggle city and county code enforcement officials face in striking a balance between the freedoms and wishes of differing neighbors.

via San Bernardino County Sun.

Dec 24

The majority opinion was scathing in its appraisal of how the “scheme was hatched,” using terms like “sophistry” and “idiocy” in describing how the state went about declaring the neighborhood blighted, the main prerequisite for eminent domain.

via NYTimes.com.

Dec 24

Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts. - Bernard Baruch (1870-1965)

Dec 23

Good news folks; one of the foundations of economic prosperity in the 2000s – manufacturing products other countries want house flipping – is making a comeback as trillions of free money is borrowed / printed, and thrown into the system. It's amazing how “resilient” the economy is when you trash future generations with a few trillion of extra liabilities.

via Seeking Alpha.

Dec 23

A day after she told a judge that her live-in boyfriend had brandished a gun and promised to end both of their lives, the managers of her Elmhurst apartment complex served her with eviction papers for violating the terms of the lease, citing the criminal activity she had reported to police.

via chicagotribune.com.

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