All Forum Posts by: Ken Hughes

I did like Bayh's comment today in an interview that if he moves into the private sector and creates just one job it will more than congress has done in the last six months.

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The Cherokee suggestion was a good one but anywhere the western Carolinas is great and elevated enough to beat the heat. The low country is great also and will give you a good feel for the old south flat and hot though. If you are a history buff I would pencil in Gettysburg.

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I would draw the conclusion that he made a great investment. Much better than his investment in Citi.

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Originally posted by H Mann:

^ So your first two short sales, the lender said "we won't sell this to an investor"? Then you never had that problem again?

That is correct

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Hey Scott.
GO GATORS

There are several great real estate investors in you area that participate on these boards. Post your questions and I am sure they will help you every step of the way. Good luck with your RE investing.

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Only issue we have had is B-C lenders appraisel coming in below the A-B approval letter therefore nixing the deal. The approval came from Wacovia and by the time C's lender nixed the deal all of Wachovia's files were switched to WF and WF required the process to start all over again.

When we first started we agreed to the investors price only to have them come back and tell us they will not sell to investors and decline to issue the approvals. That happened on our first two short sale efforts.

Other than that it has been smooth sailing after getting the approvals. No issues at the closing tables.

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Originally posted by Mike M:

I have two Bumper stickers on my Jeep.

On the left, it says "Worst President Ever" with the "O" in worse the Obama logo. On the right, it says, "This car insured by Smith and Wesson"

No rocks ever get thrown at me!!

Tom, racist and offensive?? You have to be kidding me. I find Obama HIMSELF to be racist and offensive. I would vote for Condi Rice or Michael Steele in a second, but I find Obama to be seriously inadequate and unprepared for the White House. It has NOTHING to do with Obama's skin color. You looney lefts need to get OFF the racist bandwagon, it is getting really OLD. While there may be a small number of folks on the right, maybe 0.0000001 percent who don't like a black president, a vast majority, 99.9999999 percent who don't like Obama because he is a BAD president.

I saw one the other day that said "Please don't tell Obama what comes after a trillion"

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Originally posted by Eddie Ziv:

This is sort of diversion from the topic, but I would somewhat agree with Jawsette. If we came out of the past eight Bush years feeling as if we were on a governmental diet, I woud concur with you Ken. The truth of the matter is that congress like to spend. The different between the left and the right is only with regard to what to spend on. I think the system as a whole is bankrupt. The Senate is an anachronistic body that we ought to do away with. It is absurd that a senator from Nebraska with only 1.7M people can dictate policy to a state like California or Texas.
Everyone has a pet project, everyone has something in their back yard, be it a defence contractor or a failed auto plant that they are trying to protect on the back of the rest of nation. Disgusting back room horse trading that should shame us all.
Pathetic.

Both parties are afraid to stand by their parties values. Obama spent the first 30 minutes last night talking about all of his tax cuts after running on tax and spend. He does have the spend part down. As for Bush, he didn't veto a spending bill in his first 4 years while cutting taxes. I guess the topic could be called what happened to party values.

I switched to Republican in college after realizing Democrat JFK's most famous quote "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country" was actually the foundation of the Republican party. Today both parties are afraid to live up to that mantra. They want to be reelected. Regardless I will always defend capitalism and fight socialism to the bitter end. We need a Republican with cahones. It looks like Arnold is starting to grow a set.

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Originally posted by Tim Wieneke:

I'll post a choice quote from last night followed by my immediate reaction.

Obama: "No party should obstruct every major bill, just because they can."

YOU HAD A SUPER MAJORITY YOU NO RESULTS LOSER!!!! LOL People....this guy is beyond a liberal. This guy is an EMBARRASSMENT to liberals!

I found it interesting that he said that with Pelosi sitting right behind him. I thought I watched the whole thing but I must have missed the part about Guantanamo, What did he say?

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Originally posted by Eddie Ziv:

Originally posted by Mike M:

Eddie
The Republican Party is still based on the "Traditional Value" plank. That doesn't mean that everyone in the party is "Ozzie and Harriet" Nelson.

Just like the Democratic Party. Many in the Dem Party are anti-abortion, not pro-abortion (and don't say pro choice, the baby had NO choice). Many in the Dem Party are pro-gun, pro male-female marriage, etc....

I am sure the Democrats don't go around bragging that the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, etc... are party members.

The original thread question, "What is happening to the "Family Values" republicans?" can be answered, WE ARE ALL STILL HERE. The Bible says to JUDGE NOT, but to call sin, SIN.

And we are moving further RIGHT. Screw the middle, the mushy middle, the McCain middle. We are going to the REAGAN RIGHT!

Mike,
Nobody expect anyone to be Ozzie and Harriet. We live in the real world not in TV world. However, if you profess to a certain moral standard, isn't it expected that you live by those values? BTW, you don't have to be religious to hold moral values but if you are, you are called for a higher standard.
With regard to abortion, the choice is the mother's and when a baby becomes a baby, it is a matter of opinion. We can argue forever about it.
Not that I care to defend the democrats (bunch of impotents ) but where do you see evidence that Rev. Wright and Bill Ayers are actually registered Democrats? I think Bill Ayers is a member of the Anarchist party...:)

The Bible says to JUDGE NOT, but to call sin, SIN. Isn't it judging when you categorizing an act a sin? You already defined the act in derogatory term. To me it is judging...

With regard to the Wing... You are wrong sir. All polls actually show that we are moving to the center. There are more and more voters who call themselves independents and would like to see more cooperation between the parties. The wingnuts (Left or right) will always stay in the fringes where they belong.

We are actually moving to the center? That would explain the far left Obama easily defeating the centrist McCain and the overwhelming dominance of FOX news over CNN, even MSNBC the far left network has overtaken CNN. Noone is interested in the middle. We are all frustrated with Washington but we are as polarized as ever. You either think big government is the answer or you don't.

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