The dream of the people is a broken dream. In his book “The Four Agreements” Don Miguel Ruiz points out that if everyone follows the same dream, then by default it is unattainable. He suggests formulating your own unique dream and following it to its realization while the remainder of the herd blindly follows the [...]
What a difference a couple of years make. Up until just recently landlords were in the driver seat, treating prospective tenants as beggars who needed to jump through all kinds of hoops in order to rent a home. Their attitude was that they could afford to be picky, especially since their equity was growing so [...]
The good days have come. The good days have gone. It used to be anyone with a pulse could lock down a mortgage - call their cousin the plumber and uncle the electrician - slap some makeup on a shack and walk away with a tidy sum.
Home Depot stock shot through the roof as undocumented [...]
When I hear Realtors harking “it’s never a better time to buy” I can’t help but think of used car salesmen or MLMers trying to pawn off their over supply of MonaVie fruit juice and Herbalife Vitamins. Asking a Realtor if it’s a good time to buy is like asking an Evangelical minister if [...]
How is it the CEO of a multi-billion dollar company in 2008 saw an economy so promising that he went on a shareholder funded interior decorating frenzy in his Manhattan office costing a cool $1.2 Million? John Thain, the recently ousted CEO of Merrill Lynch did just that. If you were in denial [...]
This comic was emailed to me by a friend today. It captures our current situation perfectly. There is no candy for us this Halloween - unless of course you are a big bank or insurance company.
Our infinitely wise government adhering to their Trickle Down ideology has decided to ration all the candy this year [...]