Mark Cooper's (markcooper) Blog

The Obama rage is sweeping across the nation. I was at Legoland near San Diego on Monday and they had the Capitol Steps done in Lego complete with a tiny Obama getting sworn in as president. Nobody can deny the last few years have been rough, sub-prime loans, a tidal wave of foreclosures, stock m...

I only shopped at Mervyns a few times in my life, once in college to buy some dress shirts, and again last fall when I picked up a golf shirt on sale, I'm not surprised it went under. I felt the store interrior was dated and the sales people were less then helpful. I want to say it was no target,...

  last year I focused on buying income property, 2008 is behind us now, in 2009 I will make it possible for my dad to live within an hour drive of my house in Tiburon, Ca. Simple enough, right? He lives in Kiltchmagh, Mayo, Ireland, making it real hard for him to visit his grand kids. Dad owns an...