Opinion

According to the U.S. Treasury Department, Washington now owes $7.9 trillion dollars to foreign investors and governments. The result of this is that those debt instruments issued with U.S. dollars, such as the imploded MBS-mess, along with the derivatives-junk Wall Street peddled world-wide, and t [Read More]

According to our Realtor magazine the existing homes sales grew 3.6 percent in June. This is the third consecutive month. The NAR magazine further suggests this upturn could possibly be sustained in the several months ahead. So-sellers-NAR is also optimistic that sellers will start entering the mar [Read More]

Bill Lockyer, the treasurer of the great state of California, which also just happens to be the lowest- rated, most populated state is preparing to offer up $15 billion dollars worth of bonds in order to refinance debts and to fund public works projects. Now, I lived in California, in the State Cap [Read More]

Bloomberg News reported today: “Central banks flush with record reserves are increasingly snubbing dollars in favor of Euros and yen, further pressuring the dollar after its biggest two-quarter rout in almost two decades. World leaders are acting on threats to dump the dollar ...” When [Read More]

FYI for buyers....There is a new rule that went into effect October 1st, 2009 regarding vacant properties here in Hernando County Florida that have Withlacoochee River Electric Coop.  Any property that has been vacant for 6 months or longer has to contact an electrician (I used Mike at Ke [Read More]

When I was a little kid I remember asking my father, who worked for the government all his life, where the money supply came from and him telling me that it was the U.S. Treasury and when questioned further by me, about six years old at the time, where they got it he said that they had it printed u [Read More]

The Federal Reserve is printing monopoly money, in other words it is (basically) counterfeit money. The reason for this is that we are off the gold standard, and any standard for that matter, except that the Fed says it’s still worth what they say its worth; it is simply a piece of paper, an [Read More]

The banks are in trouble; as everyone who can read and write knows but so are we. I mean, where do we, the average American, keep our money? And, why shouldn’t we, the banks are all insured by the federal government up to $250,000 in deposits, right? Well … ah … yeah but &hellip [Read More]

The $8000 tax rebate deadline expires Nov. 30th. There is still time to beat this deadline with these helpful hints: First you need to find a home which can close quickly. If your paying cash, this should be fairly easy. If you are getting financed, make sure your realtor finds out the answers to t [Read More]

We are realtors in Hernando County, and when a property priced right comes on, we can't get our offer in time. For example, an "approved short sale" came back on the market at a great price;we called two customers; met the first one within an hour; called to say we were putting an off [Read More]