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Greenspan: The Age of Turbulence
2007-09-18 07:01:00
I had to double post today because we have some interesting business ripples occurring sometime today with a potential interest rate cut from the Fed. The market is on its toes waiting to see what the outcome will be. On that note I will present to you another solid article from Fortune Magazine’s Q&A ...
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The New Land Grab
2007-09-17 06:27:00
I was reading this article tonight about a significant trend due to the real estate conditions which exists today. This pertains to opportunities existing due to the fall-out. The article names South Florida companies who are actively purchasing land by the multitudes for a 5-10 year exponential return. This investment is keying on the ...
More About: Marketing , Blogroll , California , Real Estate , Arizona

Hud News Update:Free Workshop in Miami and A Word About Excuses
2007-09-07 15:54:00
With all of the latest news coming from The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, I recommend www.HUD.gov as your personal bookmark to keep up with this potential FHA boom. I will replace The Associated Press RSS News feed with the RSS feed from HUD due to its more relevant content to our ...
More About: Miami , Word , Workshop , Free

HUD.gov News Release
2007-09-04 14:35:00
I know this news is a little late, yet very important for your eyes. Any advantage is good news right now in the whole industry. It is sad how long it has taken President Bush to react towards the real estate and mortgage industries’ issues. So many foreclosures have occurred, so many lenders are “belly-up”, so many people are unemployed, and nothing has been done until now? One thing for sure, if many “Haves” were losing their money during this financial disaster (like during Enron and Worldcomm) he would have had his face plastered all over the news. Yes, he would have been doing his tough-talking and chicken head gestures while makes his point in third grade English! Eight months later he finally wants to throw his hat in the ring. I guess too many “common people” were getting wealthy when things were red hot. Another lesson learned about George Bush: “The Have Nots” are not suppose to “Have.” When the common man s...
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More Jungle News On The Way!
2007-08-30 14:46:00
As you can see The Jungle Blog is still going through “beta” adjustments. I will have it up to par shortly. Thank you for understanding there is more work to be done to make this site consistently available for your reading pleasure. My goal for the immediate future is to publish articles and editorials ...
More About: Marketing , News , Blogroll , Real Estate , Miami

Hit and Run: Jungle News and Notes
2007-08-23 14:30:00
I have updated this site with a few adjustments. The Jungle News RSS feeds on the right column have expanded from 9 to 20 information sources. I will adjust 1 or 2 feeds in the coming weeks if they do not produce the reliable information I am hoping for you. If you have an ...
More About: Blogroll , Real Estate , Miami , Misc

The 800 FICO Spartans and Credit Score Guidance Marketing
2007-08-19 21:45:00
I have a marketing idea for you all in regards to reaching out to the public during this low industry period. It has much to do with improving a person’s FICO score. I have for you two great articles for reference starters which I will soon get into, but first off I will discuss ...
More About: Video , Marketing , Credit , Misc , Editorial

Excuse My Absence?
2007-08-16 14:22:00
Please excuse my absence. The week has gone by really fast for me with much work to complete and finish. I will be compiling reports and information ahead of time so I can have a steady flow of information for you. One of my concentrations is to gather more linkable sites and tools for ...
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Sub-Prime Mortgage Fallout: All Hype?
2007-08-10 17:03:00
This early evening I read an article from the conservative publication, The National Review, How Big Is the Sub-Prime Mortgage Market?, written by Jerry Bowyer. The story was inspired by Fox’s Cavuto on Business , with comedian Ben Stein as one of the guests. Yes, Ben Stein of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off fame ...
More About: Real Estate , Miami , Misc , Editorial

South Florida Realtor Evolves into Entrepeneur Mag?s Hot 500 List!
2007-08-08 21:26:00
Here is a great story about reinventing yourself and evolving your business with the marketplace. Laura Solis, of Presidential Realty Group, began her Hollywood, FL enterprise in the year 2000. After 7 years of using her wits and resilience her firm grew into one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s Fastest-growing 500 privately owned companies in the ...
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Florida?s Fastest Growing Suburbs!
2007-08-07 19:02:00
Today, I read an interesting article published by Forbes.com titled Americas Fastest-Grow ing Suburbs . The story compiled a Top 100 listing based on data by the U.S. Census from 2000-2006 and Demographia, a research firm located in St. Louis, Missouri. These Top 100 Suburbs are qualified cities and towns within a metropolitan trading ...
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Attention Realtors: Weak U.S. Dollar Encourages Foreign National Purchasing
2007-08-04 02:43:00
Here is a topic I have been discussing with a few people during these past few weeks regarding foreign nationals in the South Florida market. Domestic sales in this industry has been quite unfavorable the past 6 months, however nationally, sellers and builders have remained steady with purchases from foreign buyers seeking vacation homes ...
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The Florida Real Estate Bubble?.of the 1920?s!
2007-08-01 05:40:00
Today I was doing my usual discernment of current affairs by looking for nuggets of information to share with you. After reading several articles of the usual obvious doom and gloom I begin to ponder if this real estate “bubble” happen before in South Florida ’s history. To my surprise the answer was yes through ...
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?Take a Deep Breath?Stay Focused?Revise Your Strategy.
2007-07-27 03:48:00
If Stephen King were writing financial horror stories his titles would read like today’s headlines: Dow Plunges 400 Pts on Credit Concerns; New home sales fall, durable goods orders weak; Things go from bad to worse for U.S. home builders; Wall St. plunges on credit fears; Dow sinks two percent; New home sales down substantially; ...
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Your sales people can burn your business.
2007-07-24 19:21:00
The hardest people to attract in the world is a paying customer. Companies large and small spend obscene amounts of money in marketing their brand products and services to the needs and wants of their target markets. They heavily invest on billboards, magazine ads, stationary, automated phone systems, screen savers, websites, door magnets, vinyl ...
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?Gutter? Prime Woes and The future of The Jungle.
2007-07-23 18:42:00
I was speaking to a professional acquaintance Friday about the current shape of the mortgage industry. His lending experience was well over 20 years strong from the West Coast to the East. He says this is the worse he has ever witnessed, and he was very sad about the thousands of jobs lost due ...
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Today is a new day.
2007-07-20 18:06:00
Hello and welcome home. I am a 6′4″, 800lb Gorilla in South Florida who specializes in getting attention. I do not like being ignored, and I pretty much sit where ever I want. I am a happy and freethinking ape who loves interacting with others out there who feel the same way. I am an active ...
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