I believe Southwest Airlines turned a profit for 69 straight quarters...and made money hand-over-fist for 30 years, despite being overseen by government and not-for-profit organizations.As another example, consider all the nut-job religious televangelists who claim not-for-profit status as a church, make millions of dollars, and then don't pay a penny in taxes.

Mathew- I'm going to be spending a lot more time in that southwest area of NV, AZ and UT very soon.

I focus mainly on Southwest KY and Middle TN.

http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/press/2010/pr10125.html Everbank, Jacksonville, Florida, Acquires All the Deposits of Three Affiliated Florida Institutions Bank of Florida – Southeast; Bank of Florida – Southwest; and Bank of Florida – Tampa Bay This Bank was a deadman walking for quite a while.

I'm in Southwest Michigan.

Hello, My wife and I are in the process of looking @ purchasing our first REO property in Southwest Florida to flip.

We had an oil spill this summer in SouthWest Michigan.

I flew to Birmingham via Vegas recently (Southwest... what a great airline.)

Not sure it really implies a specific answer to your question, though.Here's their contact info:Service Area:Office Location:Contact:Oregon and Southwest Washington1020 SW TAYLOR, #700, PORTLAND OR [email protected] | 503/223-8295 | Hotline 800/424-3247Give them a call.

This happens all over the southwest.