The old-fashioned way of buying houses.

With five years of economic recovery now in the rear view mirror, it is clear that the average American is really not recovering as evidenced by the lowest level of home ownership since 1980.

Perhaps.Since state law here (and elsewhere in the West actually) states that signed escrow instrux SUPERCEDE a signed purchase agreement, it's not that hard to grasp why Chicago and Fidelity and First American where I am have no issue with starting with the instructions.I work some really convoluted title messes and I can assure I get no special love from title and escrow.

There is a much higher percentage of Americans that own or rent a house than own stocks.

Went to a settlement yesterday, settlement day whether buying or selling is one of my favorite days. Either its the start of a new project or a payday, hopefully big at the other end.

There was an agent at the settl...

Thanks James, yeah it's been a long time coming, I believe you really have to be IN the field to really know how to see potential problems and the fore-site to problem solve.Ned, thank you, I've been listening to the podcasts, just have never became a member hahaSteve, yea shoot me a msg anytime, I always working on something, right now my company has 14 of the 100 or so build-outs at the new Fashion outlet mall in rosemont!

Foremost is a subsidiary in some fashion to Farmer's Insurance Group.

Even the American Assn of Private Lenders (the organization that Don Konipol and I belong to) is going to cost you a couple grand to go to their events, considering air fare, the conference fees, hotel, transportation, etc, so there goes 20% of your capital.5.

Here's a link that is pretty good at summing up the historical facts that the American economy was in grave danger of a complete meltdown within a matter of daysYou are 5 years late.

Sounds a whole lot like the American dream.