Quick Quiz: Who Said It? (Keep Reading) [Almost two years after the financial melt-down] precious little has changed about Wall Street’s massive gravitational pull in the U.S. and the world. Our banks are still too big to fail, their boards are still poorly composed, we have no Consumer Financial Protection Agency, no systemic regulator, no...Read More
Still Working on My “Draw” While I break in my new Smart phone, I’m temporarily carrying around my old one, too. So, for the time being, I’ve got smart phones holstered on either hip. Fortunately, whereas gun slingers slow on the draw . . . got killed — I just miss a phone call (Phew!).Read More
Where: 28xx Benton Blvd. What: 4BR/3BA home with 3,400 FSF; built in 1921 How much: asking price $1.050M When: originally listed July 20, 2009 Who: listed by Coldwell Banker Burnet Normally, the land underneath a home accounts for one-quarter to one-third of a home’s tax assessed value. So, for a home worth $300k, the land...Read More