Quotes of the Day - 19 Nov 09 - 11/19/09 08:11 AM
"Better never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.  For you're sure to make your trouble double trouble when you do."  - David Keppel

"Do what you're good at and everything else will fall into place." - Willnett Crockett

"Forgiveness doesn't make the other person right, it makes you free."  - Stormie Omartian

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Wordless Wednesday - 18 Nov 09 - 11/18/09 08:40 AM

Wordless Wednesday - Coastal Carolina Fair 2009.
Photo taken by a close personal friend - Rickey Gregg.
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My Top 10 Favorite Videos Games of All Time - 11/17/09 08:59 PM
I grew up in the 80's during which time video games sprung on the scene.  I can remember days of going to our small town's local arcade with a few dollars, buying a pack of Now-or-Laters for 10 cents, and using the rest of the money playing Donkey Kong and Pac-man.  I remember getting my first Atari 2600 when I was around 6 or 7 and playing games like Combat, Pong, and Pitfall.  The memories of heading to the skating rink on Friday night and playing Defender while waiting for a better song to be played.  Needless to say I have … (5 comments)

Understanding the Title Search - 11/16/09 07:11 PM
Understanding the Title Search
Among the many areas of due diligence in buying a home, a title search, or sometimes called a title examination, is one of the most important.  The title is a document that gives evidence of an individual's ownership of property.  The title search is usually performed by an attorney (usually the closing attorney) in an effort to ensure that the title on a particular house is free of encumbrances.  An encumbrance is any lien, liability, or charge against a property.  The attorney performing the title search will be looking for many things including:
Mortgages - looks for … (0 comments)

Quotes of the Day - 11 Nov 09, Veterans Day - 11/11/09 10:21 AM
"This is not peace. It is an armistice for 20 years." – French Marshall Ferdinand Foch, Supreme Allied Commander during World War I, upon seeing the final draft of the Treaty of Versailles
 
"More than any other war in history, this war has been an array of the forces of evil against those of righteousness.  It had to have its leaders and it had to be won-but no matter what the sacrifice, no matter what the suffering of population, no matter what the cost, the war had to be won."  - Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower (1945 in Frankfurt).
 
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Understanding Real Estate Property Rights! - 11/10/09 08:14 PM
Buying real estate is a a great long term investment.  After all, as Mark Twain once put it, "Buy land, they're not making any more."  When getting involved in real estate it is important to make the distinction between the two major types of property and the rights involved in each.  The two types of property are Real Property and Personal Property. 
What is Real Estate?  Generally speaking, real estate is defined as any interest in land.  Note that interest in this case is defined as one's rights, powers, privileges, and/or immunities in real estate.  Land is best described as the … (0 comments)

Quotes of the Day - 9 Nov 09, The Berlin Wall - 11/09/09 05:38 PM
These are quotes from today's 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall:
 
"The remembrance of Nov. 9, 1989, not to mention the remembrance of the horrific proceedings of the (Kristallnacht) pogrom on Nov. 9, 1938, unmistakably teaches us: Walls — whether real or in the heads and hearts of people — walls do not solve any problems." — Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, head of Germany's Bishop's Conference.
 
"The wall was an edifice of fear. On Nov. 9, 20 years ago, it became a place of joy. For 28 years, East Germans could not even approach it. On Nov. … (0 comments)

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Quotes of the Day - 5 Nov 09 - 11/05/09 08:29 AM
"I had rather starve and rot and keep the privilege of speaking the truth as I see it, then of holding all the offices that capital has to give from the presidency down."  Brook Adams, The Degredation of Democratic Dogma, 1919

 
"Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society."  - Ralph Waldo Emerson
 

"Truth like-like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold.....Y-Y-You push it, stretch it, it'll never be enough. You kick at it, beat it, it'll never cover any … (0 comments)