Yeah...I'm talking PhDs...like the one we have as our Technology Director.

What I don't get is we have the technology now to deal with oil well leaks on the surface of the land.

Technology is the future. period.

I wouldn't touch a Starbucks with a ten foot pole.They are contracting heavily nationwide and repositioning.When they were growing they had no competition.Now every restaurant chain practically has some kind of fancy coffee or frapaccino.Many now instead of a 4 dollar drink at Starbucks can go to Mcdonalds and get similar for a 1.00.I know it's not the same but people will trade quality for big savings for OK taste to get a fix.I know about the restaurant industry and was in it for 10 years before getting into real estate.Same goes for Blockbusters.They are getting crushed by Netflix and Redbox DVD.They are fixing to go into bankrupcty and go under.As lifestyles and technology changes some business will flourish and others will expire.This is why it's important to know what is growing and what is contracting so you aren't left with an empty space and no cash flow.

Requires free registration.Interesting quote from article"“I think everybody overestimated the borrower’s desire to do a short sale versus living for free until a foreclosure date,†said Christopher Saitta, the chief executive of Equator, a Los Angeles company that has created technology for servicers to process short sales through the government’s Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives program.There are only a handful of plausible explanations for why higher-value properties are going the short-sale route.

We fought them with what we had a decade ago and we are slowly retooling to fight them with new technology.

But don't disparage the smart people who aren't satisfied with those kinds of answers.Thanks to those types of people, you have modern medicine, modern transportation and pretty much every other technological breakthrough this world has ever seen.Again, there is a big analogy between ignorant people and people on welfare...they both look to the rest of us to make their lives better so that they can go through life not realizing what else there is.

He's got a ton of great ideas about marketing and technology, and you should definitely connect with him!

With todays technology their "meetings" could be held by tele-conference from the State government offices and no need for any Washington staff at all.

Thank goodness for technology, which has now advanced to digital presses.Michael - love the apostraphe abuse link, that is funny!