Why We Need Higher Taxes on the Poor
by
BobbyS
on 14 Oct 2011
3 comments, latest
13 years ago
Reverse the current fed income tax rates. This would provide an incentive for people to earn more and dig themselves out of poverty. You know it makes a lot ...
Job Loss Could Put One in Three Out of Their House
by
BobbyS
on 7 Oct 2011
46 comments, latest
13 years ago
"Ten percent of survey respondents earning $100K or more a year say they would immediately miss a payment. The survey was conducted on behalf of a financial consortium comprised ...
Retailers Are Figuring Out How To Appeal To The New 'Forever Frugal'
by
BobbyS
on 7 Oct 2011
4 comments, latest
13 years ago
"Retailers are coming to terms with a new reality: the consumer who traded down during the recession and never came back. Buffeted by high unemployment, heavy debt loads, falling ...
Rick Perry was a Prolific Flipper
by
BobbyS
on 30 Aug 2011
3 comments, latest
13 years ago
In 1991, Perry found 29.1 acres of raw land near Lake Travis for sale via a liquidation auction. He purchased the lot for $55,288 with plans to build a ...
Kaiser Permanente
by
BobbyS
on 25 Nov 2010
10 comments, latest
14 years ago
I recently signed up for Kaiser insurance for the first time in my 2 some odd decades of life and think I am getting scammed. I went to see ...
Rents aren't dropping in Honolulu
by
BobbyS
on 5 Aug 2010
2 comments, latest
14 years ago
They are holding quite steady and have actually increased in the past year. I think many landlords are dellusional about their asking prices. I often experience deja vu while ...
Buying Leasehold property in Hawaii
by
BobbyS
on 26 Sep 2010
3 comments, latest
14 years ago
Does anyone here have any knowledge/experience with the real estate market in Hawaii and/or experience with purchasing leasehold property? Here are the numbers on a unit that's for sale: ...
Vanilla Ice's House Flipping Show
by
BobbyS
on 20 Sep 2010
1 comment, latest
14 years ago
"Vanilla Ice, the 90s rapper also known as Rob Van Winkle, has renovated his career several times. Now he's renovating a house on a new TV show starting next ...
Anyone seen Vanilla Ice's house flipping show?
by
BobbyS
on 20 Sep 2010
1 comment, latest
14 years ago
"Vanilla Ice, the 90s rapper also known as Rob Van Winkle, has renovated his career several times. Now he's renovating a house on a new TV show starting next ...
Bay Area home prices and sales rising
by
BobbyS
on 7 Feb 2010
24 comments, latest
15 years ago
By Eve Mitchell Oakland Tribune Posted:Â 01/21/2010 10:41:58 AM PST Updated:Â 01/22/2010 09:10:47 AM PST "Bay Area home prices and sales both rose in December for the third-straight month with the ...
Real Estate Time Machine or Hate to Burst your Bubble
by
BobbyS
on 22 Jan 2010
1 comment, latest
15 years ago
By Bertha Coombs Reporter CNBC updated 12:12 p.m. HT, Thurs., April 7, 2005 He’s a roofer and she owns a hair salon, and now Paul and Caren Matera are ...
The Number of Millionaires in the Bay Area up 10.2%
by
BobbyS
on 15 Jan 2010
48 comments, latest
15 years ago
“...the number of millionaire households across the nine-county Bay Area climbed to 136,120 last year, up 10.2 percent from 123,621 in 2007″ http://articles.sfgate.com/200 Hmm, meanwhile thousands more people are ...
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