"To be frank, since the TARP money came in, they are still selling off (properties at auction), but they kind of took a step back." . . .Real Estate Disposition LLC (REDC), which claims to be the nation's largest real estate auction company, held 300 ballroom auctions in 2008 and sold nearly 33,000 foreclosed homes for $3.4 billion -- a seven-fold increase in sales volume and nearly triple the proceeds the company generated in 2007.Company CEO Jeffrey Frieden said he expects to "smash that record" this year as banks and lenders continue to amass a huge inventory of foreclosed homes and are more motivated than ever to sell their inventory. . . .Some observers fear that if the massive amount of debt the government is taking on to stimulate a recovery, inflation -- and higher interest rates -- are inevitable consequences.

Well, I was selling houses, but now I'd just like to clear out these two domains, (if anyone is interested.)I appreciate Island House's ideas.

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Together with the nearby islands of Molara and Molarotto, on which 150 specimens of mouflon live, they form a marine park.

I'm a Systems Admin living on Long Island doing part time investing in Philly at the moment.

Edward Griffin (Author - The Creature From Jekyll Island - written in the 90s) are the same: The ultimate goal of the real people in power is a one world fiat currency and one world power structure.

They're turning the federal government into the largest mutual fund in existence, funded with taxpayer dollars, underwritten by the federal reserve and given the legislative power to take over or shut down the competition.

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I am a Builder, Realtor, and Investor in the Rio Grande Valley.

The largest, most accurate database of comps is the Multiple Listing Service (MLS).

@Michael Roesch I like to say, you can take the boy out of Rhode Island, but you can't take the Rhode Island out of the boy....Welcome to Houston Mike, let me know if you need any help, this is an amazing place, something for everyone