Of course, with the economy cratering, if someone makes me a RIDICULOUS deal, I don't know if I'll be able to resist.

You may get lucky with a "new" contractor just starting out - but once he realizes what it costs to run a business AND collect a decent wage - his rates will double, tipple, or he will go down in flames taking everyone with him.

No ethic or act of resistance is worth anything if it is not based on the real.

Think about it.. why would a bank who couldnt resist the greed before, all of a sudden resist the greed when handed a $700B check?

(New Jersey)PS - I know this is a pretty old thread - but I couldn't resist putting my 2cents in...

I don't like the idea of open flames in my rentals so no gas stoves.

I have a thick skin and I assume others do as well, let's face it one of the "benefits" of posting questions on line is that you know you may get a bit "flamed" for your posts.Again, I could just tell everyone "wow, you're a genius, you'll be a millionaire in no time" like the gurus do.

I'm going to have to take the next 5 months off to go help Democrats get elected in some competitive districts so that we can get some HONEST investigations of this bunch of crooks and liars.Please don't flame me as being a "big government, leftie liberal.

NAR has great lobbying power, but the drive to open the information architecture and platforms -- aka the drive for convenience -- is dominant to resisting change in the marketplace.This doesn't paint the picture of a really strong opposition (alternative real estate models for brokers, MLS, agents, etc.), but it's a start and at least they're off their couches and into Capitol Hill, where the battle gets waged.http://www.inman.com/hstory.aspx?

I would take you to court if you started out being the great neighbor with just your family and then built the tourist capitol of my county overnight with alot of traffic :)Something that gets in my head is - since it so close to the water, i know there's a test to find out about the percolation or the resistance to soil.