Real Estate Off The Leash

It appears that many congressional leaders believe that the $8K tax credit should be extended as it appears to have helped stimulate increased demand for homes and therefore industry related employment as well. The housing industry is still in a fragile state, but we are seeing fairly steady improvement.

Unfortunately, with every good program, there [...]

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This is just absolutely ridiculous! That we as a society have stooped to this level is abominable. Shame on us! If this is the only way for some to get their point across with misinformation and the selling of fear, then we should be ashamed. What happened to good old debates? Yes, even then each [...]

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…or is it just time to get rid of the Legislature?

In this day and age with lightening speed modern technology, why are we not the one’s making the decision on our future?

We put people in office to represent us, but is this really the case? Do they actually represent us or that of their own [...]

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Earlier this week I spent a couple of days in Tallahassee with the Florida Realtor® contingent for the Great American Realtor® Days, our Legislative Days in which we meet & greet our elected officials and discuss with them what we are supporting and feel is necessary to Florida’s future as well as asking them how [...]

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Yes, it’s been quite some time since I’ve written about real estate and politics on a regular basis.  Basically, I’ve just been sitting back and watching what this new administration is doing in efforts to try to correct a very bad situation that we’ve all been enduring.  I felt that my cynicism and sarcasm needed [...]

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…or at least that’s what he’d like people to think. Guess that’s why he’s named himself that on his website. But Florida Governor Charlie Crist is anything but. He is just a political animal looking for his next appointment. He can’t even get through one term in office and he’s already been vying for one [...]

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It’s not for a lack of something for me to write about, that’s for sure. Part of my reason is because so much has been said about all these issues throughout the media and blogosphere.

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There’s more that needs to be addressed since writing the previous post, The Bailouts of 2008 – What’s the Cost? Take a few moments to read it if you haven’t. It will shed more light on to what you’re about to read here. OK, good, thanks for reading.

The long and short of it is that [...]

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In a previous post, The Bail-Out – Who’s Being Bailed Out & Who’s Bailing Out!?!, the $700B government bailout of financial institutions was discussed. Unfortunately as expected, this has proven to be a fiasco.
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 was supposed to buy up distressed assets of financial institutions with the overall effect [...]

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I’ve stayed away from the politics of this election, or at least I’ve done so in the public eye. Last evening I was planning on going to bed at my normal time. I figured that I read all about the election outcomes in the morning newspaper. That didn’t happen. I ended not going to [...]

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