By thefaz on April 9, 2009
Most people look at a real estate transaction as a buy or sell proposition. To a large majority of the folks out there it’s pretty simple. Bring cash to buy a property. Get cash when you sell a property. Obviously in many instances there are banks which give loans or they have loans to be [...]
Posted in Real Estate
By thefaz on April 1, 2009
Everybody thought real estate ownership was a part of the American Dream. It’s kind of interesting because the original premise was that a person could would work and save and when they had enough money for a down payment and could prove their income, a bank would give them a loan. Then came the new [...]
Posted in Buying
By thefaz on March 27, 2009
After the carnage that has gripped the markets over the last 6 months, it’s difficult at present to approach potential investments with confidence. Naturally, because very few people vocally predicted our current financial and economic crisis ahead of time, taking any investment authority as such these days is not exactly a conservative or rational call. [...]
Posted in Investing
By thefaz on March 25, 2009
Way back in time before there was money, people used to trade things. Then, when currency was invented, it gave people a way to buy and sell a product without needing highly complex exchange rates. It gave them the ability to purchase some other product or asset in the shape, color, size and quantity that [...]
Posted in Real Estate
By thefaz on March 24, 2009
The Commitment of Traders report, for those who don’t know, is a report detailing the positions of the three different trader groups in commodity trading. Those groups are made up of small independent traders like me, large institutional traders and hedge funds, and commercial traders who are not speculating but are actually using the futures [...]
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