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13 August 2009 | 76 replies
Wait till it's devalued to the point where paying back the loan is effectively a short sale.
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4 November 2009 | 3 replies
Then let inflation come and pay back today's loans with devalued future dollars.
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31 May 2010 | 7 replies
Especially bad is when consumer good prices rise with capitalized assets devaluing, which is knid of where we are.
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12 September 2010 | 10 replies
he will have to eventually, probably in the next 2-3 years at the latest. we have a Balloon Payment as a country coming up and the only way to stop it is through high interest rates, or a heavy devaluation of the Dollar.
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27 October 2010 | 12 replies
Maybe you could argue we'll stay in this low rate environment for the next 5 years, but in 10 - with all of the money thats been pumped into the system and the government's apparent goal of devaluing the dollar I think interest rates will begin upwards sooner and more briskly than you might imagine (especially considering the multi decade lows they are at now).
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28 November 2010 | 24 replies
At one time your account was supposed to be protected up to $100K now due to the devaluation of the US Dollar - they have changed the value to $250K.
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8 September 2009 | 1 reply
Devaluation has already occurred in the now-factual doubling of the base currency, though its "formal" effect is staved off by fear in gov'ts outside our borders as well as inside our borders.
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4 February 2010 | 16 replies
5.Is this 100K property seriously devalued at purchase time?
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12 October 2009 | 30 replies
We may be able to offset it a little by the devaluation of the dollar if we have enough quality products to offer.
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1 November 2009 | 5 replies
You want this value to come in as low as possible...so meet them at the house and point out everything that could possibly de-value the property.