Monthly Archives: August 2007

Follow the Herd – And You Know What Happens

So – what kind of person are you? Are you one of those people that listens to the screamers and over-reacters? Or perhaps are you’re a chicken little yourself? You know the kind of person I’m talking about – they … Continue reading

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Tools, Systems, and Processes

I realized the other day how much I really don’t like working on houses. Sounds odd coming from someone with a real estate business, doesn’t it? But I’m not alone. Most of the people that know in this business are … Continue reading

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Want to LAUGH at the Stock Market Volatility?

Ever since the dot com bubble burst in 2000 and the catastrophic events of 9-11, as a country we have been struggling to recover the value in our retirement accounts. One article that I read indicated that the losses in … Continue reading

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Introducing – NOOP

For those of you familiar with the real estate market in the Detroit area, you know that this is a ONCE IN A LIFETIME opportunity to build a real estate portfolio. Yes, I’m sure that you’re all used to the … Continue reading

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They Did WHAT?!?

WOW. Again. I had written up a long follow-up post on this Federal Reserve intervention that I had planned to post yesterday, but I got hung up in meetings and couldn’t get to it. I wrote long (and eloquently, I … Continue reading

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The Sins of the Past

Wow. I never thought that I’d see it happen. The Federal Reserve, that mysterious, secretive, “quasi-governmental” entity that has made a regular habit of thumbing it’s nose at the general pubic and the day to day performance of the market, … Continue reading

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Perspective – Part II: Kudos to Wagner, Shame on Mulally

More than 50 years ago, then-General Motors President Charles Wilson reportedly said “What’s good for General Motors is good for the country”. My how things have changed. There was a time back during the dot com bubble that even AOL … Continue reading

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To Hold or Not to Hold . . . . .

  This is the perpetual question, isn’t it? You have your target area and you watch it like a hawk. You know what’s available and where they all are price-wise. You pay attention to each new property that becomes available, … Continue reading

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Perspective is in the Eye of the Beholder

Perspective is an interesting thing. It can allow two different people to look at the exact same thing at the exact same time and come up with completely different opinions.  I bring this up because I just read something interesting … Continue reading

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