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Is Bank Of America a good buy?
by
TechGromit
on 30 Nov 2011
41 comments, latest
12 years ago
Bank of America stock is hovering around $5 a share now. Does anyone think it's a good buy, or it is doomed to go bankrupt?
How long would you live without health insurance?
by
TechGromit
on 2 Nov 2011
41 comments, latest
12 years ago
I got to thinking about this, people in the mid 1950's had to health care that would be considered substandard today, but they didn't die like lemmings. In 1950 ...
The Consequence hammer is coming
by
TechGromit
on 28 Nov 2011
47 comments, latest
12 years ago
http://www.ftb.ca.gov/aboutFTB December 31st, 2012, the Mortgage Debt Relief Law expires. All of you deadbeats that walked away from your mortgage obligations will get your just due. Why do you ...
If you won the lottery you would....
by
TechGromit
on 11 Aug 2010
21 comments, latest
12 years ago
Take the money in installments or take the money in a lump sum? Most people jump for the lump some option, but is it really all that good of ...
Now taking bets on finding Bunning dead in a ditch
by
TechGromit
on 26 Feb 2010
53 comments, latest
14 years ago
http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/2 I'm not currently unemployed, but if I was and this asshole was the lone reason I wouldn't be getting a check next week to feed my family, you ...
Smart Banks should Foreclosure now!
by
TechGromit
on 30 Aug 2010
36 comments, latest
13 years ago
This is in response to the article that stated that banks are holding off foreclosing on homes so they don't have to sell there assets at fire sale prices ...
What would happen is congress elimated the Mortgage Interest Dedcution?
by
TechGromit
on 6 Dec 2010
28 comments, latest
13 years ago
http://homebuying.about.com/b/ If tomorrow congress eliminated the mortgage interest deduction tax write off, I predict there would be a HUGE increase in the number of foreclosures. Why? Well look at ...
I don't want to sell my house
by
TechGromit
on 19 Jul 2010
24 comments, latest
6 months ago
My situation is very different than most of the postings here. In Oct. 2007 we purchased a house for 400k, with a 5.5% fixed rate mortgage with 60k down ...
Are the there yet? (the bottom)
by
TechGromit
on 30 Jul 2009
42 comments, latest
15 years ago
Does anyone beleive the market has hit bottom yet? Prices have fallen pretty fall and although there may still be some wiggle room for prices to fall a little ...
Investing in Brazil
by
TechGromit
on 5 Jan 2012
18 comments, latest
12 years ago
The central bank's interest rate in the United States is .25%, the central bank interest rate in Brazil is 11.75%. There has to be a money making opportunity here. ...
Got an Offer on my House.
by
TechGromit
on 10 Nov 2010
41 comments, latest
13 years ago
If you been living under a rock the last 3 years I'm sure you blissfully unaware of my housing saga. Basically in me and my Wife were shopping for ...
Fifty Million Homes Sold last year!
by
TechGromit
on 13 Dec 2011
11 comments, latest
12 years ago
That's just a guess, but it's not far off what the National Association of Realtors do. It's funny, I always thought the housing sales were based on FACTS. After ...
Why buying a house is still a smart move
by
TechGromit
on 1 Sep 2010
45 comments, latest
14 years ago
http://www.walletpop.com/blog/ The guy has a couple of good points here. How many renters not currently saving for a house actually save the extra money they have by renting instead ...
How many people can Earth support?
by
TechGromit
on 14 Dec 2011
11 comments, latest
12 years ago
A recent post on birth control go me thinking, how many people can Earth support? While some would argue that there are too many people in the world even ...
Europe is Imploding..yea, so what?
by
TechGromit
on 22 Nov 2011
17 comments, latest
12 years ago
http://www.cnbc.com/id/4533618 I've heard a lot about the Greece debt crisis adversely affecting the stabilization of the Euro, but how does that affect me here in the United States. Sure ...
WOW! Getting foreclosed on has consequences?
by
TechGromit
on 19 Feb 2013
16 comments, latest
11 years ago
http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/2 Getting foreclosed on has consequences? I never would have guessed that. #housing
Social Security Tax cut
by
TechGromit
on 17 Dec 2010
30 comments, latest
13 years ago
Ok, let me get this straight, it is projected that, starting between 2018 to 2020, the program will have to start drawing on the U.S. Treasury Notes accumulated during ...
Does property condition affect a appraisal?
by
TechGromit
on 27 Sep 2010
9 comments, latest
13 years ago
Just think about it, if your asking for an appraisal of a house your thinking about buying (or selling) does the condition of the property affect the value of ...
Wall Street protests just noise
by
TechGromit
on 17 Oct 2011
20 comments, latest
12 years ago
A lot of attention has been given to the wall street protests recently and all I can say it's just a bunch of noise. At least the protests in ...
Premium High Speed internet not worth the cost.
by
TechGromit
on 3 Aug 2009
6 comments, latest
15 years ago
I get a kick out of the cable internet commericals everytime I see them, trying to sell me premium high speed internet at 16 Mbps for a premium cost. ...
Loan Modifications Unfair!
by
TechGromit
on 16 Dec 2009
15 comments, latest
14 years ago
http://money.cnn.com/2009/12/1 Some people are getting mortgages for as low as 2% fixed rate interest for the life of the loan. So the lesson here is, spend more than you ...
Violence in Egypt
by
TechGromit
on 2 Feb 2011
26 comments, latest
13 years ago
I think the protesters made there point, if the government doesn't start to crack down, the entire country could fall apart. If I was in charge, I'd give them ...
The Average Egyptian must be a rocket scientist
by
TechGromit
on 2 Feb 2012
7 comments, latest
12 years ago
http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/02/ Riots kill 79 after a Egyptian soccer match, so what do the Egyptians do? They riot against a police station, getting a couple of more people killed. Do ...
What ever happened to personal responsibility?
by
TechGromit
on 10 Jan 2013
8 comments, latest
11 years ago
http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/1 Consumer protection groups are complaining that banks can loan more money then people can reasonably be expected to pay back, and the bank are protected by lawsuits for ...
Haiti
by
TechGromit
on 19 Jan 2010
15 comments, latest
14 years ago
Is it just me or is anyone else concerned that the United States Government is gearing up to feed millions of Haiti people? Providing aid in a natural disaster ...
The bar exist simply to protect lawyers from competition
by
TechGromit
on 27 Oct 2011
11 comments, latest
12 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10 Yea so? Do you know the requirements to get a license to cut hair? You have to attend an approved California School (or schooling and experience from another ...
Unemployment rate falling the fastest in 50 years!
by
TechGromit
on 10 Feb 2011
11 comments, latest
13 years ago
http://www.postandcourier.com/ Despite adding virtually no jobs to the economy, the wizards that track the federal unemployment rate determined that unemployment fell from 9.8% to 9.0% in two months. This ...
Judge orders New York to allow protesters, tents, in park
by
TechGromit
on 15 Nov 2011
9 comments, latest
12 years ago
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11 I'm a tad confused here. Isn't the park Privately owned? If Brookfield Properties, the owner of Zuccotti Park said it's ok to set up tents, that be one ...
Verizon to charge $2 fee for online payments
by
TechGromit
on 29 Dec 2011
4 comments, latest
12 years ago
http://money.cnn.com/2011/12/2 The obvious solution here. Everyone start paying at the stores. When the stores are always crowded with a line of people out the door waiting to pay there ...
Government has help create the current walk away trend.
by
TechGromit
on 16 Jan 2012
5 comments, latest
12 years ago
http://ochousingnews.com/news/ I said the before and I'll say it again, The government has helped encourage people from walking away from there debt obligations, which in turn has help fuel ...
Michael Jackson
by
TechGromit
on 25 Jun 2009
9 comments, latest
15 years ago
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBI ... index.html I have a perdiction. I predict that Michael Jackson will never perform any of his concert engagements and the ticket price will have to be refunded ...
Mint
by
TechGromit
on 4 Oct 2010
19 comments, latest
13 years ago
http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/0 I took a look at the Mint website, it's an interesting concept, enter you financial information and they would offer you tips and advice to how to best ...
Bed Bugs
by
TechGromit
on 5 Nov 2010
7 comments, latest
13 years ago
Ok, let me first start out with saying I do not have Bed bugs and do not want bed bugs. There has been a lot of reports in the ...
Worse Article Ever written
by
TechGromit
on 7 Jan 2013
4 comments, latest
11 years ago
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/07/ I'm just baffled reading this article. First he's talks about how marijuana use is bad and we should send that message to young people by keeping it illegal, ...
Building in a flood plain
by
TechGromit
on 1 Jun 2011
13 comments, latest
13 years ago
I find it very strange that people how live in flood plains to not take proper precautions to solve there problems permanently. If you were to have 2,300 cubic ...
Fake News
by
TechGromit
on 3 Mar 2013
6 comments, latest
11 years ago
I saw this link on CNN.COM on the side under advertisements: Obama knows of an event set to occur in 2015 that could propel him into a Third Term... ...
Dancing With the Stars, Argentina style
by
TechGromit
on 2 Jan 2012
1 comment, latest
12 years ago
When you compare our Dancing with the Stars with Argentina's dancing with they stars, you'll serious consider switch cable providers with Argentina Cable. Picture this dance routine, Cynthia Fernandez ...
Taliban ready for talks, purported spokesman says
by
TechGromit
on 3 Jan 2012
2 comments, latest
12 years ago
http://us.cnn.com/2012/01/03/w I do believe Pakistan signed a peace agreement with the Taliban on February 7, 2008. The peace treaty basically said the Taliban could govern the areas they already ...
The death of the English Language
by
TechGromit
on 16 Dec 2010
13 comments, latest
13 years ago
Someone says The job I lost I worked at a Mortgage lending company & was laid off 11/07. The people I worked w/were the most amazing people. From the ...
GM will sell 365 million shares in $13 billion initial public offering.
by
TechGromit
on 3 Nov 2010
12 comments, latest
13 years ago
So the question is, would you trust these guys again? The stock that was worth $80 a share in 2000 is now basically worthless, and is now trading at ...
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