Archives for Real Estate - Page 12
Monopoly and Capitalism
"What kind of society isn't structured on greed? The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm; capitalism is…
Book Review: Your First Million by Lynnette Khalfani
"The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year." -- John Foster Dulles…
Prevent Foreclosure — Dial the Lender
"The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink." -- Fran Lebowitz According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, there are 167,000 new…
Creating Intentional Communities in Retirement
"Retirement is the ugliest word in the language." -- Ernest Hemingway The baby boomers are making people think differently about retirement. Mitch Anthony in the New Retirementality explains that, "Most…
Maintaining a Lifestyle of Conformity
"A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it." -- H. L. Mencken Jeanine and I rarely sit…
Rent Checks and the Plight of the Poor
"History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes." -- Mark Twain I own a couple of rental properties and have given candid opinions about using real estate as…
Dreaming Big for a Tiny Home
I have to say it was wonderful reading about tiny homes in the recent issue of Time magazine. This has been something surfgirl and I have been talking about. We've…
Book Review: Invest in Your Nest by Barbara K!
"Young people on a lark might keep in mind that all birds, except cuckoos, build their nests before hatching their eggs." -- Anonymous When the complimentary review copy of Barbara…
The Standoff between Buyers and Sellers
"Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine." -- Robert C. Gallagher Several weeks ago, our neighbor put their house up for sale. It created quite a stir because…
A Room of One’s Own
"It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it." -- Voltaire I'm fresh off the BlogHer conference…