Turned Into A Money Vehicle

A report from the Associated Press. “Existing home sales in the Northeast dropped more than 9 percent in October from last year, while the median sales price in the region sank 5 percent to $277,000, the National Association of Realtors said Monday. Michael Lynch, regional economist at Global Insight, said the largest economy in New England, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 16:48:32

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FICTION - BIONIC BOYFRIEND - AMOR PRIMO

           "Last call for flight 714 with non stop service to Las Vegas," the voice of the effeminate flight attendant crackled over the sound system.     With a sigh Twenty-one year old Justus Montgomery lifted his satchel and laptop case, swinging them both over his shoulder. "Well," he swallowed hard. "I guess this is it [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 06:48:50

HIMYM Season 4 – Episode 12 - Benefits

My Thoughts: Is How I Met Your Mother taking some cues from Scrubs? The episode was truly funny but threw in enough to make you feel a little emotional about friendship. Despite my objections and strong feeling about playing the Ted & Robin card again, I liked the way the episode played out as a whole [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 04:15:39

Good things about my neighborhood

I know I complain a lot about Williamsburg. Rightfully so, but was recently reminded about all the good ... , it's overpriced, but it's also clean, huge, open 24/7, and one block from my apartment. I wish it were ... had a bad meal here. And it smells good too. • Flesh and Bone pilates studio If you're going to eat [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 22:20:11

Catching Up

So.  I should really go over what I have accomplished last year (and this year, to date) in my quest to become debt-free. I managed to totally clear up my credit card debt, and, to my surprise, when I sent for my free annual credit reports, and ordered my FICO scores, I found that it had improved, over the time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 05:41:49

Polyamory

“Perhaps our greatest acts of violence are reserved not for those experiences that are most foreign to us but for the ones that are closest to the ... can lead to plenty of hurt when they go bad, and it seems reasonable to assume that polyamory could ... getting hurt is that they’ve had some bad experiences in the past and haven’t fully recovered yet [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 05:45:18

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/13/2008

My favorite story tonight is the one about the Bedouin tribe in north Israel who claim Barack Hussein Obama as a long-lost member.Should be an interesting family reunion…Thanks to Abu Elvis, C. Cantoni, Diana West, Insubria, JD, Kahane loyalist, TB, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 04:59:00

Shock & Awe! - NOI Gets Bombed

Noah and I have been talking ad nauseam about the imminent threats to the New York City land market, ... of the tentacles of the credit debacle going back quite a stretch. We opined over and over that job losses ... of the bad news, but sprinkled in with the positive sound bites are some honest comments [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 00:25:02

The 2:00 a.m. “Stuck in Portland” Redesign Launch Story

I mentioned in the comments about the redesign that there was a back story to this week’s launch, and I thought I’d share the whole story here for those who are interested. According to the new publication schedule (Mondays and Thursdays for main content), you can also check back tomorrow for a more typical article [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:38:16

The Money Diaries: The 25-year old restaurant worker on his way up

The Money Diaries: The 25-year old restaurant worker on his way up November 28 24 Comments latest by Jane Today is another post in the Money ... up maintaining my bills while training for this job and pulling only minimum wage. How was I going ... that automated credit card payment. 6:11 p.m: Mailed rent check to landlord. I always hate sending [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 21:30:29

Special Ticket Report: Illinois politics, Rod Blagojevich and Barack Obama

Because of the federal arrests today of Illinois Democratic Gov ... whose apartment was found packed with shoe boxes of checks worth millions from applicants for driver's ... , a Chicago-area lawyer, is admitting to conspiracy, extortion, bribery, fraud and other bad acts while [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 20:36:46

Why Your Credit Score Is So Important To Your Ability To Borrow

Your credit information may be of no use to you. If you’re not planning on buying a house or renting an apartment, buying a car, taking out a loan, paying for college or getting a new credit card, then you won’t need to worry about getting ... you are and where you need to be financially. Bad Credit To improve your credit information, you’ll need [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 13:04:13

Commercial Developers: Not a Credible Threat

Ok, I’ve been tardy in posting. I’m very sorry about that, lot’s of things are going on ... , there are multiple metrics for value and credit worthiness of a commercial property. Residential properties ... of loan amount to value). However, these are not created equal: FICO is used to ascertain [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 02:24:52

Credit Repair! You May Have A Bad Credit Rating And Not Even Know It

When we talk about credit repair, most of us believe that repairing our credit rating is directly related to our mismanagement of our finances, ... every year find out they have bad credit due to credit fraud, and if you’re not 100% sure on how ... it for financial criminal activities. Criminals do this by obtaining your credit information which [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 08:37:18

Kieran Culkin Joins Scott Pilgrim and His Fight Against The World

If you haven’t read the “Scott Pilgrim” series of comic books, you probably won’t know what I’m talking about, ... that was. This project is basically an Indie Kid’s dream, and Culkin’s casting only adds to that credit ... ? Are you excited to see Kieran Culkin acting again? Have you read the comics? Good casting or bad cast [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:14:34

Today in Palestine! ~ Headlines January 14, 2009 ~

US cancels Israel arms shipment over Greek objections The US military has to had to cancel a planned shipment of munitions from a Greek port to a US warehouse in Israel due to objections from Athens, a Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday. "I think the Greek government had some issue with the offloading of some of that shipment in their country and [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:18:00

The U.S. as a Banana Republic?

Plane Ditches in New York River, All Aboard are SafeReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - A US Airways jet with 155 people on board ditched in the frigid Hudson River off Manhattan after apparently hitting a flock of geese on Thursday and officials said everyone was rescued."We've had a miracle on the Hudson," New York Gov [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:10:00

The Rest of My Life

I’ve been writing kind of heavy stuff lately, and I think it has skewed what this started out to be, which was a chronicle of how people who are crazy live in the normal world, how we are mostly invisible to everyone. Lately, you’d think that all I ever am is crazy.Which is understandable [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:12:24

Should video games aspire to be films? Passive vs Active viewing

by Stefan Delatovic ... scenery. My girlfriend noticed that she couldn't build him a three-bedroom apartment and manage ... Theft Auto IV - which featured a credit sequence and opening footage clearly aimed at being viewed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 17:37:00

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/5/2009

Read through the official European reactions to Israel’s ground offensive into Gaza: Zapatero, the Vatican, ... Gaza, the Vatican Raises the White FlagItaly Urges Gaza TruceItaly: Verona to Target Home Sex ... in DemonstrationsGush Katif Expulsion Victim Returns ‘Home’ as SoldierHave Israelis Finally Learned the Strategic Value [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 04:54:00

Kicking Off the Panic of 2009

“Sir, there are no seats left. You’re going to have to stand in the back.” I was only 10 minutes late, but the conference hall was packed. Every seat was taken. The walls were lined with people. At that point, I knew without a doubt, there was a lot more downside left in real estate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:47:37

Happiness interview with Nina Smith.

During my study of happiness, I’ve noticed that I often learn more from one person’s highly idiosyncratic experiences than I do from sources that detail universal principles or cite up-to-date studies. So from time to time, I post short interviews with interesting people about their insights on happiness [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 04:12:44

Kicking Off the Panic of 2009

“Sir, there are no seats left. You’re going to have to stand in the back.” I was only 10 minutes late, but the conference hall was packed. Every seat was taken. The walls were lined with people. At that point, I knew without a doubt, there was a lot more downside left in real estate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:10:34

Police: A Personal Story

by Star JohnsonWhen I was 18, I loved being bad. Hanging with the wrong people at the wrong place. Doing the wrong things for all the wrong reasons ... grounds to find it swarming with police.They had gotten a search warrant for the apartment next ... shit out the window. Which gave the police probable cause to search their apartment. No one lived [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 21:26:00

30th Birthday Weekend

Ok, first of all - I've bought myself a birthday present, kind of ... about. ;) So anyway, I had no choice but to order one and put a 20% deposit on my credit card ... in, to help me lug it to the car then lug it up four flights of stairs to get it into my apartment [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 11:30:00

What The Rise And Fall In Housing Has Done

The Ventura County Star reports from California. “Thousands of Ventura County residents were pushed out of their homes last year, ... a year ago because they see the price slide continuing and ‘want to get out before it’s really bad,’ ... with programs from some of the major lenders and loan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:16:59

How Do you Know if you Need Credit Repair

How Do you Know if you Need Credit Repair by Rob Kosberg When we first start to use credit, we tend to be very careful about how we use it. We might have an apartment, a credit card, and perhaps a car. Then we move ahead in the world and our financial world increases and widens. We become more involved with credit. Some of us are able [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 08:48:26

News and Commentary

Children Heavily Represented Among 917 Dead, Say Officialsby Michael Jansen - Irish Times / Common DreamsHealth officials in Gaza said yesterday that the Palestinian death toll since Israel began its offensive against the Strip on December 27th had reached 917 and the number of wounded 4,100 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:42:00

Credit Anarchy in the U.K.

My credit score stinks in the United States, and I might be moving to the UK - what impact will this have? ... credit score? If they do, will it be much more difficult for me to find an apartment or open a bank ... , but I’m wondering about how my bad credit will affect my move overseas. Will credit bureaus [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 04:46:36

Credit Anarchy in the U.K.

My credit score stinks in the United States, and I might be moving to the UK - what impact will this have? ... credit score? If they do, will it be much more difficult for me to find an apartment or open a bank ... , but I’m wondering about how my bad credit will affect my move overseas. Will credit bureaus [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 04:46:37

Credit Anarchy in the U.K.

My credit score stinks in the United States, and I might be moving to the UK - what impact will this have? ... credit score? If they do, will it be much more difficult for me to find an apartment or open a bank ... , but I’m wondering about how my bad credit will affect my move overseas. Will credit bureaus [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 04:46:38

Lost In A Sea Of Stark, Empty Houses And Vacant Lots

It’s Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. “Record numbers of Sonoma County homeowners are seeing property taxes fall, ... have been a little hard to swallow.’” “Bob DeKeulenaere says junk cars in his neighbor’s yard prevented [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 17:57:28

Clearing Out the Overbuilding Hangover in California

Patrick S. Duffy is a principal with MetroIntelligence Real Estate Advisors, a division of Beacon Economics. He has been working in the home building industry for 20 years. He’ll be contributing regular analysis of the market in California for the Developments blog. (Read his full bio.) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 11:05:00

Israel Strikes Back

See new post for latest updates. I have logged on to my computer after the Jewish Sabbath and discovered that the Israeli government has finally ... and installations as well as police stations, some of whom were located in civilian buildings. Ok [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 17:29:46

O.C. homes appraise 18% cheaper in a year Slice of Nixon’s Western White House? Only $15 million Bankruptcy sought for ocean-view homes in San Clemente Crystal Cove homesellers stubborn on pricing Higher-priced O.C. homesellers continue to discount Calif. home prices off 28.9%, nation’s worst drop O.C [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 08:22:21

High Des(s)ert

by G. Sax Avoidance. I am a master of the practice, and I have achieved the ultimate so far this week. As the snow is falling and winter's chill is shiver-me-timbering from Portland, Oregon to Portland, Maine, I am relaxing in Ridgecrest, California. Snowless, grassy Ridgecrest, California. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 09:49:43

Real Estate investing and bad credit reports

by Doc Schmyz Creditors and bankers approve or disapprove loans based on your credit worthiness ... . You will be able to pay your bills on time. Having bad credit reduces the opportunities of these things. You may get approved for a loan or for a credit card but with a higher interest rate [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 10:33:44

Third Hand Smoke and a Barter Opportunity

This report on the hazards of “third hand” cigarette smoke has me concerned. ... from my downstairs neighbor rises to my apartment and warms the place considerably. But there’s bad ... and a downstairs apartment. The kids and I live in the upstairs unit. This arrangement has its perks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 05:05:17

With 2008, Let’s Say Good-bye to Mediocrity

As 2008 takes its final breaths, I am sitting in my apartment, ... to respond (at our own peril) to the credit crunch and the financial tsunami that it unleashed. After ... who couldn’t make good cars and chipmakers who have seemingly no business acumen, we stood on the top [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 01:00:02

andrew wyeth

My favorite artist died last night ... Christina's World, to me Christina was always the other Suzie B. When I had my first apartment ... , but I still put white cotton bedspreads on my bed, and probably always will.  And I credit my ongoing love [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:04:08

“The State of the Economy: Pain Management or Redemptive Suffering?”

I am not Catholic, ... , how bad is it REALLY? For commercial real estate, here are some facts … from National Retail Online ... vacancy went up 1%, retail up 1% and apartments up 4 bps. Wow, I feel a depression coming on!&lt [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 19:28:40

Transcript: President-Elect Barack Obama and Michelle Obama on ‘60 Minutes’ | November 16

(Source: CBS News) (Narration) Steve Kroft:Since Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States 12 days ago, he has largely remained out of sight, getting high-level government briefings and conferring with his transition team. But he surfaced on Friday afternoon in Chicago, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 03:20:54

Full Interview: Mick Wall on Axl Rose

From 1987 to 1990, journalist Mick Wall says he covered Guns N' Roses more -- and more seriously -- than any other journalist outside of America, and has authored multiple books on the band, including last year's W.A.R. The Unauthorized Biography of William Axl Rose. Axl Rose even wrote him into the song "Get In The Ring" ( [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 16:14:38

Facts about the money and which God you worship

The Templars of the CrownThe governmental and judicial systems within the United States of America, at both federal and local state levels, is owned by the “Crown,” which is a private foreign power. Before jumping to conclusions about the Queen of England or the Royal Families of Britain owning the U.S.A [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:20:00

Tips for racist Joe Cannon (of Cannonfire)

Thursday! Almost the weekend! :DJoe Cannon is a racist and wants to be a biggie blogger. He attacked Stan today for 'daring' to point out that, yes, Barack's Senate seat should have gone to a person of color. Joe Cannon, ignoring the historical and systematic discrimination in US history, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:00:00

Some Little Real Estate Empires Are Crumbling

A report from the Oregonian. “Southeast Francesca Lane cuts up and around a hillside to reveal the boom-time promise of Happy Valley circa 2006 ... . Staring at a loan far higher than the home’s value, the Andersons faced losing the home to the bank [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 20:46:33

Anything That Could Go Wrong Did Go Wrong

The Gazette Times reports from Oregon. “After a months-long struggle to move through the city’s planning department and overcome objections by ... of the $27.8 million in cash it owed to clients. The company said its problems are a result of loans [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 17:24:14

The Great Recession

I’m seeing a lot of comparisons in the news between the current recession and the Great Depression of the 1930s ... and uncertainly.  It’s bad enough to be a victim of the economy.  Don’t become a victim of the media.  Ignore ... this isn’t like the Great Depression is because they can usually rent an apartment and buy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 21:47:49

Tokyo Tips !

Even tough I`ve only been in Tokyo a few months ago for 12 days, I had researched extensivly and managed to see quite alot of what Tokyo had to offer. I feel that everybody should deserve the best of Tokyo so I`ve taken the liberty of writing this little guide to Tokyo [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:49:48

Sometimes if one doesn’t have much interaction with the

Sometimes if one doesn’t have much interaction with the January 16th, 2009 Sometimes if one doesn’t have much interaction with the credit industry, ... a credit rating- or even negatively impact it if your loved one has a bad history in credit. While ... for an apartment or house, or even utility bills. This is an ideal way for the self employed to gain [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:51:37

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