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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (5637)	9/27/2002 2:24:36 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 306849

This all illustrates many advantages of equities over real estate. > If you look forward to buying Microsoft shares near the bottom, you don't need to buy them at a foreclosure sale. > The distressed shares Microsoft shares you buy have been just as well maintained as the finest Microsoft shares on the block. > If you buy the shares on margin, there's no points charged. > Microsoft shares are free of local property tax. > Microsoft never calls you needing a plumber for their sink. > Microsoft shares can be bought or sold in minutes for less than 1/10 of 1%. > When markets decline, you can profit by short-sales, how do you short a house?