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Why absolute real estate auctions are big deals

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

(NOTE:  You're not experiencing deja-vu; I posted this twice by mistake.  My internet connection dropped when I posted it the first time and I didn't think it made it through.  But since there are comments on both versions, I'll see where they both go.  This is known as A-B testing.  ...

Why absolute real estate auctions are big deals

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

On the way home from town this past weekend, we passed a farm that was going to be sold at auction. My wife saw that the sale was an absolute auction. She asked me what was so great about an absolute auction. When she said that, my ...

Put that in your glass and drink it!

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Today I took advantage of a free water test. The guy was pretty nice, and it turned out that he had remembered my name from talking with my business partner just a couple of weeks earlier. (At least I know a good person to ask for an opinion ...

Removing the HELOC temptation

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Lenders are starting to pull the plug on borrowers' home equity lines of credit in light of the falling value of the collateral properties.  They're lowering limits or freezing the accounts, preventing the homeowners from borrowing more against their equity.Banks have certainly not been shy about giving borrowers more rope ...