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The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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53107yea when I did this a couple years ago I answered a flyer that said list your hodeeno4/28/2006
53106OT: "Kenny boy" Lay's own son shorted Enron stock: blogs.chron.cobentway4/28/2006
53105Thanks Grace.bentway4/28/2006
53104$299 may get you IN the MLS but not access to it. You have to join the board forJim McMannis4/28/2006
53103RE:"Almost every day I read about how various levels of governments and schJim McMannis4/28/2006
53102*DJ AG Edwards Cuts Toll Bros. To Sell From Hold >TOL 04/28/2006 Dow JonesPaul Kern4/28/2006
53101FL legislature wants to anti up about a $billion of taxpayer money to bail out cJim McMannis4/28/2006
53100That's the trap that value investors usually fall into with the cyclicals. Think4Yourself4/28/2006
53099Rethinking Builder Bargains By Nicholas Yulico TheStreet.com Staff Reporter 4/Travis_Bickle4/28/2006
53098I was surprised by the "guides down" headline this morning. I looked Think4Yourself4/28/2006
53097Recently, the U Mich consumer confidence index rose in March, which confounded sLes H4/28/2006
53096Well now you are just plain wrong, about all mortgage debt being recourse. IGraceZ4/28/2006
53095It's up a tiny bit in PM 6:30AM Standard Pacific reports $0.10 above consenTravis_Bickle4/28/2006
53094TALLAHASSEE -- As Florida lawmakers struggle with a growing property-insurance cTravis_Bickle4/28/2006
53093Mortgage debt is not "non-recourse debt" even if there are anti-deficiElroy Jetson4/28/2006
53092The real estate brokerage industry is indeed less monopolistic with each loss ofElroy Jetson4/28/2006
53091SPF earnings out. The report looks pretty good. Orders only down 8% and they aThink4Yourself4/28/2006
53090Problem is you live in the state where it takes a whole damned village to raise GraceZ4/27/2006
53089saveonmls.com flatfeelisting.com flatfeelisting.comGraceZ4/27/2006
53088For those actually interested in what the IRS says about the tax consequences ofGraceZ4/27/2006
53087My concerns about property taxes in many regions are just that our sociopoliticaGeorge84/27/2006
53086"$299 gets you on MLS ANYWHERE." Could you expand on this deeno? I&#bentway4/27/2006
53085He'll make it up in the volume. -g-Broken_Clock4/27/2006
53084"doubts a crash will happen. He vows to keep flipping, even if it does.”&qubentway4/27/2006
53083The real estate brokerage industry is indeed less monopolistic with each loss ofBroken_Clock4/27/2006
53082The real estate brokerage industry is indeed <u>less</u> monopolistiElroy Jetson4/27/2006
53081But you still won't tell us how MLS is a monopoly when anyone can sell theirBroken_Clock4/27/2006
53080I see. A monopoly which charges, what you consider to be, a "reasonable priElroy Jetson4/27/2006
53079Elroy, I dont get your point. Or you refuse to give it. MLS is open to anyone tdeeno4/27/2006
53078"15% of the realtors make 85% of the money." and 42.7% of all statistdeeno4/27/2006
53077I have a request in to the MLS in LA to see what they say but in Hawaii that is Broken_Clock4/27/2006
53076Most could give a rip. I was a director of our MLS for several years. Never had Broken_Clock4/27/2006
53075Each MLS is owned by members . . . certain members in particular, and they must Elroy Jetson4/27/2006
5307415% of the realtors make 85% of the money.Jim McMannis4/27/2006
53073RE:"On property taxes: To me how it is going to be 5-10 years in the futureJim McMannis4/27/2006
53072Everyone on this board should call and ask 'em "Who owns the MLS?"patron_anejo_por_favor4/27/2006
53071RE"Anyone can call the local Board of Realtors and find out who owns the MLJim McMannis4/27/2006
53070RE:"But, by charter, it must be owned by Realtors®." They tell mJim McMannis4/27/2006
53069There they go again, trying to make real estate into a free-market! Don't wElroy Jetson4/27/2006
53068I think Craig's list is where all the good RE deals are found these days. OrGraceZ4/27/2006
53067The fun is just getting started.GraceZ4/27/2006
53066DJ Bush Designates James Lockhart To Be Acting OFHEO Director 04/27/2006 Dow Paul Kern4/27/2006
53065Lenders? How about title companies... stockcharts.comBroken_Clock4/27/2006
53064>>Lenders are particularly fierce today<< Blackhawk Ben is taking &patron_anejo_por_favor4/27/2006
53063>>Did EVERYONE on this board cover!?<< Not me....if everyone else cpatron_anejo_por_favor4/27/2006
53062I'm waiting for your analysis of how an MLS is a monopoly now that the courtBroken_Clock4/27/2006
53061That CTO is about as liquid as a concrete block, will have to try again tomorrowTravis_Bickle4/27/2006
53060Be sure to post the shareholder list when you receive it. We're all waitingElroy Jetson4/27/2006
53059They were very nice on the phone and asked if I would send an email with specifiBroken_Clock4/27/2006
53058OT SHHHH! I hear there is BIG money in being a real estate agent. people walk udeeno4/27/2006
53057You can call any private corporation and ask for their shareholder list, but youElroy Jetson4/27/2006
53056On property taxes: To me how it is going to be 5-10 years in the future is moreGeorge84/27/2006
53055In time you will discover what a free-market actually looks like. The real estaElroy Jetson4/27/2006
53054Stop before you expose your ignorance even more than you have. Anyone can call tBroken_Clock4/27/2006
53053LOL!Broken_Clock4/27/2006
53052That's one of the most stupid statements I've ever seen on SI. MLS is anBroken_Clock4/27/2006
53051Of course you can't find out who owns your local MLS. The ownership of eachElroy Jetson4/27/2006
53050now whose side are YOU on ;^D. They say MLS is a big deal. I say they can do itdeeno4/27/2006
53049I can't even find out who owns the local MLS franchise.Jim McMannis4/27/2006
53048So you think that having a real estate broker's license for 20 years makes iElroy Jetson4/27/2006
53047"Free-markets are relatively efficient." you mean like the real esatedeeno4/27/2006
53046Because they know being in the mls is in and by itself meaningless. That's lBroken_Clock4/27/2006
53045Free-markets are relatively efficient. Monopolies, even monopolies which claim tElroy Jetson4/27/2006
53044"The Realtor owned MLS is a monopoly." what difference does this makedeeno4/27/2006
53043RE:"He vows to keep flipping, even if it does.” Even if it does? That'Jim McMannis4/27/2006
53042and my point is then DONT PAY, big guy! The market is effecient! choose your podeeno4/27/2006
53041Jim You nailed it. Much easier to get into mortgage business ...easier than beinBroken_Clock4/27/2006
53040The Realtor® owned MLS is a monopoly®. Like all monopolies it will faElroy Jetson4/27/2006
53039RE:"Who cares? Thats what it COSTS me to sell it"" You'd carJim McMannis4/27/2006
53038I agree. Guess what? those agents that just put it in mls don't last.Broken_Clock4/27/2006
53037<i>You are so uneducated, you can't even comprehend the magnitude of wGraceZ4/27/2006
53036<<Yet maintaining an overstaffed real estate dealership creates high costsBroken_Clock4/27/2006
53035New Gold Standard globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Mishmishedlo4/27/2006
53034There's a RE agent working my partner's neighborhood (townhomes). EveryTheStockFairy4/27/2006
53033So your premise is those 95% would fail at anything? Those 95% come from all walBroken_Clock4/27/2006
53032There are far more agents than there is available business to provide a normal iElroy Jetson4/27/2006
530311. Call Merrill Lynch, I belelve the number of series 7 people is considerably deeno4/27/2006
53030RE:"Out of control property taxes hikes will encourage more people move to Jim McMannis4/27/2006
53029Opened a position in CTO to replace CTX. Trying to be more Florida-specific.Travis_Bickle4/27/2006
53028<i>Let's say I have a grocery store</i> the funny thing about tWyätt Gwyön4/27/2006
53027<I>Again, if real estate is so easy and so lucrative, why do 95% fail at iLizzie Tudor4/27/2006
53026"Let's say I have a grocery store. I, and my competitors, currently empdeeno4/27/2006
53025<i>So you know for a "fact" there are LESS stock brokers then beWyätt Gwyön4/27/2006
53024I think I'm going to wait until a fed pause is a sure thing before adding toTravis_Bickle4/27/2006
53023Elroy I think you misunderstand what he said. Getting a listing is still no guarBroken_Clock4/27/2006
53022That is so funny and sad. The same story repeated over and over through time. &Elroy Jetson4/27/2006
53021Grace, you haven't the slightest clue what you're talking about. You arElroy Jetson4/27/2006
53020Q: So explain to me why having so many employees around keeps costs high. Put anElroy Jetson4/27/2006
53019"The bottom line. American real estate agents spend most of their time compdeeno4/27/2006
53018<i>This individual in Arizona can avoid owing taxes on the bank's lossGraceZ4/27/2006
53017"The simple fact is, in Los Angeles, we could eliminate 80% of the real estdeeno4/27/2006
53016I don't really understand what your money will do. Will it just allow your bentway4/27/2006
53015<I>You may command the tide to recede like King Knute, but the waves will Lizzie Tudor4/27/2006
53014The bottom line. American real estate agents spend most of their time competing Elroy Jetson4/27/2006
53013ok here are three....+ the orginal post "Nobody thinks these services are deeno4/27/2006
53012I don't personally need more estate agents in London, as I'm an AmericanElroy Jetson4/27/2006
53011"well I suggest you read up on the car dealership industry because it was Jdeeno4/27/2006
53010<I>your the one thats outraged by the costs and justify it with false mislLizzie Tudor4/27/2006
53009"agents cant buy a 30,000 mercedes for selling an 800m house Who cares? Thdeeno4/27/2006
53008"The answer is that there are far fewer estate agents in the UK relative todeeno4/27/2006
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