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2008 

 Las Vegas is Still Growing even when the Market is Down - by Robert Swetz (Photos attached)  Yes, Las Vegas is still growing with leaps and bounds because it is such a huge tourist city  The old Aladdin was bought out by Planet Hollywood quite a few months ago and has really become a hot spot f...
10/31/2008
 This beautiful photograph was taken in Singapore by Robert Swetz in May of 2008.  On my trip to South East Asia in May of this year we had to leave Myanmar (Burma) because of a huge storm that hit the delta by the ocean that killed over 100,000 Burmese.  It was either Thailand or Singapore and ...
10/30/2008
 Robert Swetz, Nu Nu & Cherry Roller blading in Singapore.  Here are some photographs of Cherry and myself roller blading in Singapore in May of this year. Cherry had never seen roller blades before in her country and it didn't take her long to get the hang of it.  The photo above was when Cherr...
10/30/2008
 " The Good with The Bad "  My post before this one is quite sad so I wanted to follow it up with something nice.  This is Beautiful Mammoth Lakes in California around a 5 hour drive from Las Vegas, Nevada and not far from San Fransisco and Los Angeles.  It is a very beautiful place to vacation,...
10/30/2008
   Never judge a Book by it's Cover or by the way a person Looks - By Robert Swetz  I want to share a short story for you that I wrote for Active Rain Members.  This story is about a little boy that was born in the 1400s with a head that was shaped like a triangle.  When he was born, everyone loo...
10/29/2008
Owner Financed/ Owner Will Carry Real Estate Properties  There are many different ways of getting financed to purchase Real Estate.  There are Banks, Private Investors, etc. There is also Owner Financed/ Owner Will Carry (OF/ OWC)  which I have used many times when I was purchasing Lake propertie...
10/29/2008
 I ran into this Lady at the Venetian a week ago and asked her if she could give me a hand and help me with something, she said I would be more than welcome.  Then I mentioned to her that I have this huge group of friends at the Active Rain Network and there are some that are always looking for ...
10/28/2008
   Should you show homes to clients before loan approval?  This is a good question because I get so many clients that call me and walk threw the door saying, I'd like to look at homes.  How do you tell them in a nice way, have you been pre-approved or approved to purchase a home?  When I was firs...
10/28/2008
 It seems we live in a world with both nice people and cruel people, ying - yang, positive & negative, what comes around goes around, do on to others as you would have them do on to you.  My food for thought this Tuesday morning is Possitive, like the beautiful scene you are viewing in the photo...
10/27/2008
 Here are some of my groups at Active Rain and I manage most of them by myself. As these groups continue to grow I will be looking for moderators, etc., to help me with these groups.  With all these groups, blogging aound 15-20 blogs per week and commenting to most of the members in my groups, I...
10/26/2008
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