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2010
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One of Frederic Bastiat's famous parables is called "The Fallacy of the Broken Window." It describes a shop keeper whose young son breaks a window. He is forced to employ a glazier to repair it. It conveys his thoughts on economics and the circulation of money. It goes like this: " Have you e...
08/03/2010
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This is my favorite recent short sale again. The one where if there are things done incorrectly outside, there are likely to be things done incorrectly inside! Well, the day does follow the night... Whenever I enter a house and see ceramic tile that has been installed unprofessionally*, one pla...
08/01/2010
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Sometimes when I pull up to the front of a house I can see problems from the car! This particular house, a short sale, showed a lot of deferred maintenance. But what maintenance that had been done was done incorrectly. It is important that when repairs are made to a home they are done properly....
08/01/2010
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