23 February 2008 | 6 replies
In many or most cases the borrower is just a dumb, innocent person who did not know just how dumb they were being.Some knew they were betting the farm.
5 August 2008 | 13 replies
Investors eye growth at job networking siteAssociated Press June 18, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO — Four venture capital firms are betting Internet start-up LinkedIn Corp. is worth $1 billion, highlighting the lofty hopes riding on online services that connect people with their friends, family and business associates.The valuation is implied by a $53 million investment being announced Wednesday from Bain Capital Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners..... rest of the story at http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-wed-linkedin-investment-ventjun18,0,3358919.story

24 June 2009 | 8 replies
You can waste a lot time on this or you can actually do real estate :)Banks are not going to talk to you unless your a HUGE player and even then you would be buying on QCD - the fact your asking this question tells us your not a huge player - and when I say HUGE player like your one of 10 people in the country who can do this.Auctions are your best bet or pre-foreclosures lists but your not really going to be chatting with the banks much.You can try to create a relationship (which means buying from them over and over) with a broker who handles them.

29 September 2008 | 2 replies
I bet the San Diego market has lots of opportunity.

20 November 2008 | 7 replies
dmj4...that's a good idea but I'll bet a few months from now it won't matter because they will extend it to more people but the key is which banks will actually go for it.

31 January 2009 | 61 replies
These exemptions apply to corporations, and any community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, or educational purposes, or to foster national or international amateur sports competition, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.†Don’t see that one working myself...REITThis one I am very interested in but to qualify as a REIT it has to follow these basic rules1, Be an entity that is taxable as a corporation2, Be managed by a board of directors or trustees3, Have shares that are fully transferable4, Have a minimum of 100 shareholders5, Have no more than 50 percent of its shares held by five or fewerindividuals during the last half of the taxable year6, Invest at least 75 percent of its total assets in real estate assets7, Derive at least 75 percent of its gross Income from rents from realestate property or interest on mortgages on real property8, Have no more than 20 percent of its assets consist of stocks in taxable REIT subsidiaries9, Pay annually at least 90 percent of its taxable Income in the form ofshareholder dividendsBut the benefits are that a REIT PaysNO CAPITAL GAINS TAX.

14 January 2009 | 0 replies
However, I caution anyone willing to place significant bets that Obama's "stimulus" plan will reverse the current recession tide any time soon, to simply examine the largess of issues confronting our economy.

23 February 2009 | 17 replies
I bet they would be yelling and whining about that.

17 June 2009 | 46 replies
I bet you'd be amazed by what you'll find yourself getting when you give $1,000.00 to the right charity, not just $500.00.