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To: Gotham Guru who wrote (48381)	12/29/2005 7:42:07 PM
From: UncleBigs	Respond to of 110194

I think you should go leveraged long the US stock market and buy as many houses as you can with 100% interest only loans. Show people how confident you are in George Bush and America.

To: Gotham Guru who wrote (48381)	12/29/2005 8:00:08 PM
From: chainik	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

OT OT Very deep thoughtful and insightful post. Reminds me newspaper "Pravda" twenty years ago. May I ask why you post it here in this liberal whorehouse full of communists? Do you expect anything more intelligent than liberal bla bla like "go suck the chimp?"

To: Gotham Guru who wrote (48381)	12/29/2005 10:02:38 PM
From: 8bits	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

"The real estate market has been collapsing for the last 5 years according to this board." This board was started 9/23/2004 so it hasn't been around for 5 years. I personally didn't sell my house until this year, escrow closed 11/1/2205. If you follow the posts routinely you recognize that most of the posters are aware that bubbles can last well beyond one's expectations. What you may have missed also is that Russ Winter has done a pretty good job on calling turns in the copper and gold mining markets. "Just about every post on this message board is by someone rooting for the destruction of the real estate market, and the economy as a whole. There can only be one answer for doing this: they envy and hate this country and capitalism." Well most of the posters on this board are die-hard capitalists, there are a few exceptions. "The facts are clear, real estate will be worth more in the future that it is now." I am assuming you have heard of the mantra "location, location, location..." Your statement about real estate does not apply to Japan for the past decade and a half (in nominal terms) and a large swath of midwest and plains states (on an inflation adjusted basis..) And here's an earlier statement from you: Message 19978062 "When, or if, this bubble bursts is anyones guess. Seems like we'll be living on the edge of foreclosures at some point in our future."

To: Gotham Guru who wrote (48381)	12/30/2005 2:18:47 AM
From: John Vosilla	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

Did you even figure this one out yet or read the response from CR correcting your mistake? Message 21479943 Bush sucks but I normally have voted Republican more than the other party but also supported Clinton and Reagan. I've done roughly 400 real estate deals and think a coastal housing crash is coming but think opportunties in many flyover country markets have never been better. I don't blame Bush for the recent hurricanes but for not participating in the recent talks on global warming he could have helped avert further catastrophe in the future. The economy in many ways has never been better and in other ways never has been worse in the modern post WWII era. Glass is pretty empty if you live in Toledo or Flint and need to live off the real economy. But folks seems to still be spending and living it up in the bubble markets where wealth has never been as great as today and has certainly helped me personally. Travel is doing very well with hotels and planes full.. Sure seems to be a phony boom to me that ends badly for many who are not already well off and playing defense..

To: Gotham Guru who wrote (48381)	12/30/2005 8:42:33 AM
From: russwinter	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 110194

There is plenty of money sitting on the sidelines ready to scoop up this real estate for the long term-because real estate is illiquid and is a long term investment for one's portfolio.> Nonsense, here's the reality: idorfman.com idorfman.com <they envy and hate this country and capitalism.> The US is a plutocracy not a democracy, and it's form of "capitalism" is of the dangerous corrupt deregulated cronyism school, and with a heavy dose of moral hazard. And saying so does not make me unpatriotic. Message 21107936