Carla Muss-Jacobs, RETIRED

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2010 

Lenn Harley makes good comments.  She made another one today on Richie Nagger's post:  FHA . . . Forgive & Forget . . . And so here we go . . . The greed was at the top.  And that greed did compel.  The situation -- and by situtation, I refer to the decline in property values, the foreclosure nig...
07/23/2010
(Continued from:  What Goes Up . . . PART I) Okay, remember that it's not complicated . . . for some.  Remember, like the chemist who sees a glass of water as a scientific equation, so too, the banksters treat mortgages (amassed) as "investment vehicles" -- which  carry with them very REAL mathe...
07/23/2010
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Why Do People Move? Liz and Bill Spear posted a great read:  Your Nirvana Might Be My Hades - The Fallacy of Best Places to Live Lists When I was thinking about why do people move I wondered if it had anything at all to do with what they've read on-line and/or in a published list. Sure, people wi...
07/22/2010
Pretend and Extend While channel surfing a few nights ago, I caught the tail end of PBS "Need to Know" with host Alison Stewart.  Her guest was Elizabeth Warren, and the conversation I walked in on had to do with "Extend and Pretend."  I've never heard of:  Pretend and Extend. Realizing they were...
07/19/2010
  Supra Lockbox Activity Week Ending 7/11/10 NOTE:  The Supra Lockbox is the magic access key that allows agents to open the doors on listed property.  It also keeps statistics, and as you can see, there has been an INCREASE in activity for Oregon, which also includes Portland, OR real estate act...
07/19/2010
The Voice of the American People update. As some of you already know, I made an announcment last month about a project I was undertaking. "The Voice of the American People" is taking shape. The logo is done!!  You like???  I met with the web developer who showed me the mock-up layout, and approve...
07/16/2010
Deborah Garvey has used me! But, it's OKAY by me!  I love being used this way . . . she makes a point!! The funny thing is . . . when I was out this morning, and most likely Deborah was posting her blog, I was actually stopped at the railroad tracks because a large shipment of timbered logs was r...
07/16/2010
As we're all heard, Goldman Sachs got a wrist slap by the SEC the other day.  They did not have to plead guilty, or anything messy like that.  They did not have to admit any "wrong doing." Goldman Sachs is touted as being a "blue blood" investment house.  Very little dealings with consumers, or s...
07/16/2010
There is a hilarious site I found . . . all about cats, their funny owners taking pictures of them in funny situations. If you like to LOL . . . check out www.LOLCats.com You won't be able to see them all, unless you're REALLY obsessed.  There's a TON of photos.  They're all good and funny.  LOL ...
07/15/2010
On Real Estate MSN there's an article: The 6 Phases of Foreclosure -- which should not be confused with the 7 Stages of Grieving, although I'm sure any family going through foreclosure is in grief. Personally, I have problems with articles that omit the human factor.  There's a family, or a singl...
07/14/2010
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