When you have a data base, or you know how to find deals, their are more than you want.

Forget greed and be consonant of the sales price to ensure the buyer has room to make his money- If not your name will get a bad rap and you will not have nay more deals purchased from youBig E

Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the banks will need even more money to shore up their damaged balance sheets and feel secure enough to lend more freely. “Our economic system is critically dependent on the free flow of credit,†he said. “More capital injections and guarantees may become necessary to ensure stability and the normalization of credit markets.†And just in case U.S. lawmakers and Barack Obama’s new administration didn’t hear clearly, Fed Vice Chairman Donald Kohn delivered a similar message.

At the same time, I ensure that all lease terms are agreed upon before I commit and sign the lease.

Nc Mark,I have a friend that does data analysis for the prison system here in California.Recidivism rate is 80-90 % depending on who you ask.70k per inmate PLUS medical costs, (this information is a few years old) in a system where hepatitis.AIDS and TB are rampant.90 some percent of people in prison in California at least, are there for drug related crimes with the attendant drain on court systems, social services etc. tTe cost is staggering and has absolutely no effect on the use of drugs.The largest cash crop in California is green and smells like skunks but it is completely untaxed.

To add more injury to insult they asked me to provide my business and personal bank statements, to ensure that I was financially suitable to be making/receiving the type of money compared to the deposit they had on hold.

My thoughts on how we let the whole thing happen goes back the conception of the federal reserve system by a group of competing bankers in secrecy (all public data now).

Here is the meat of it:Statistics compiled by data aggregator RealtyTrac hint at the magnitude of the problem nationwide.

Here is an article that points out how the data from lenders is not to be relied upon without scrutiny from outside the industry.

If you don't have actual MLS sold data, you don't have the full story on prices.