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Chrysler shuts down for a month but workers still draw full pay and benefits. The UAW contracts call for workers to get paid whether they work or not. Is it any wonder that US auto...
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For all of you that don't want to scan through the entire State of the Union text, thought I'd do you a favor and include the relevant portion. See below. I'm actually pretty impressed. His staffers and speechwrite...
Has your local Real Estate Market been impacted?
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I'm refinancing a residential rental property, duplex, that currently has 11 years left on a 15 yr loan at 5%. I can get a lower interest rate at 15 yrs, but the monthly payment will still be a little higher than wha...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Renowned investor George Soros said on Friday the world financial system has effectively disintegrated, adding that there is yet no prospect of a near-term resolution to the crisis.
The rest of...
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is note buying big in Canada? Haven't heard of this before. Also, FDA loans...is there something similar to these so we can have the option to,put less than 20%down on a rental?
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There was a meeting in Tucson yesterday with Reps from States in Mexico. They're angry about the AZ law and not for the reason you think. If you read the attached, please read to the end. What a double-standard! No wo...
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Responses to a recent poll indicated a sentiment among the BP audience that suggests that members of this forum believe that rates are going to decline over the course of 2023.
I do not believe this, and want to mak...
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Let's talk about it. How is our situation in 2020 different from the 2008 crisis? What strategies worked then that will not work now; which ones will be just as successful?
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Has anyone else read this?
Housing: The one bailout America could really use
Definitely interesting. From the article:
"On top of the 2.5 million homes that have already fallen to foreclosure since the bubble burs...