And this is where the lawmakers cross the line and begin patting the lobbyists on the back and pass laws that favor the voters with the most money.

Variations of this have been used for about 25 years that I know of and recently (last year) congress attempted to reinstitute this provision as a more favorable method to deal with foreclosure, but according to my Senator, Senator Clare McCaskell, it did not pass.

All that matters is your ability to close in a timely fashion.

The Austrian Nazi Party paved the way for the German/Austrian Anschluss, after which the Germans came in and they did the plebiscite vote claiming the 98-99% vote in favor.

I found out that this lender had a couple of cases settled in favor of the homeowner when they couldn't produce documentation of their right to collect the debt.

I think the biggest risk for one's portfolio is not taking any and that opportunity cost accounts for more "losses" than people realize.Can you describe how one would go about identifying out-of-favor, ETF-based plays for certain countries to make money?

and we have received some properties at a very favorable $$ amount.

However, as any economist would say, inflation favors debtors and deflation favors savers.

Do me a favor and hit that button on your typewriter that says "caps lock" so you can stop screaming at people here.

And now more then ever they are going to lean in favor of who is giving them the work, in most cases a lender is ordering the work and controlling it even though they are not paying for it out of their pocket.