Americans Selling Second Homes in Aruba … Morgage Crisis in US Hits Aruba

The mortgage and financial credit problems in the United Sates have seem to had an effect on real estate in Aruba. Americans are selling their second homes in Aruba. I guess the saying is true, ever cloud does have a silver lining.

ORANJESTAD – Amongst Americans it’s almost impossible to find buyers for a house on Aruba due to the financial credit crisis in their country. Those who already have a house on Aruba, more often want to get rid of it. Several well-known real estate agents have noticed this since the real estate bubble burst mid last year in the US. (Amigoe: 7/24/2008)

Bad Timing for Barack Obama … Tony Rezko Trial Starts … Change? Looks Like Political Business As Usual

The Obama momentum may be coming to a quick end …

The timing of the start of the Tony Rezco felony trial, a once a top fund-raiser for Sen. Barack Obama, could not be any worse for the Democratic candidate of “Change and Hope”. After months and months of the media asking little no no tough questions of Barack Obama, no gloves may be ready to come off. Prompted by the Clinton campaign, Barack Obama is about to get a lesson in what it means to be vetted. Obama’s Rezko ties hardly seem like a political change … looks to be political business as usual.

In politics, perception is everything … Barack best answers the questions.

Sen. Obama hasn’t been accused of any wrongdoing in the case. But in recent days, the campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton, his rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, has leveraged the opening of the trial to spotlight Sen. Obama’s ties to Mr. Rezko.

Sen. Obama has acknowledged his ties to Mr. Rezko. During a news conference Monday, he rejected the idea that “we have been trying to hide the bone on this.”

Rezko In Debt $50 Million; How Did He Afford Obama Lot?

Accused Illinois fixer Antoin “Tony” Rezko is in debt by $50 million and relies on “family” handouts of $7,500 a month to pay monthly costs, according to a previously sealed court transcript reviewed by ABC News.

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Woodstock For Sale … Sex, drugs and Rock n’ Roll for Sale for $8 Million

For just $8 million, you too can be the proud owner of a piece of “free love” Americana.

The famous or infamous farm in Bethel, NY farm that drew some 400,000 fans in 1969 for three days of sex, drugs and rock n’ roll is up for sale. Although if you ask people today if they went to Woodstock, the numbers that say yes swell to over a million.

(Woodstock Today)

Up for sale is the2,000-square-foot house that belonged to dairy farmer Max Yasgur, along with a larger farmhouse, a barn and 103 bucolic acres about 80 miles north of New York City.

(Woodstock of yesteryear)

Included are a gourmet kitchen with stainless steel appliances, double convection ovens, Viking stove, antique soapstone sink, 22-foot vaulted ceilings and expansive views of the Pocono Mountains. There’s also a double whirlpool tub, steam shower and bidet.

There must be some baby-boomer sell out one time hippie out their driving a Beamer and  now owning their own multi- million dollar business who would like to own “Woodstock” strictly for the nostalgia. The house on the farm where Woodstock took place has a bidet? Why does that just seem so wrong?

Dracula’s Castle For Sale

All of these Beverly Hills and Palm Beach homes that have been listed in the 30-50 million dollar range have nothing on a good midieval property out of the heart of Transylvania. The home that inspired the story of Dracula is for sale for a cool 78 million dollars.

Got to love it.

The family that owns a Transylvanian castle famous for its connections to the 15th Century medieval ruler who inspired “Dracula” said Wednesday that it wants to sell the fortress to local authorities for $78 million.

The local council said it was interested in buying Bran Castle, perched high on a rock and surrounded by snowcapped mountains in southern Transylvania. Dominic Habsburg, the owner, insisted his family had honorable intentions for wanting to sell the castle.

We are trying to find the best way to preserve the castle in the interest of the family and the people of Bran,” Habsburg said in a statement.

The castle was returned to Habsburg, a New York architect, in May. It was confiscated by the communists from Habsburg’s mother, Princess Ileana, in 1948, the year the royals were forced to leave the country.

After the restitution, concerns were raised that the family could sell the castle to a hotel chain and that the site could end up being the centerpiece of a Dracula theme park that would blight the surrounding, pristine countryside some 105 miles north of Bucharest. via  the  Chicago Tribune.

TIME: EVERYONE IS ‘PERSON OF THE YEAR’

This is the definition of cool and lame at the same time. Everyone is Person of the Year according to Time Magazine. So, take a bow and book a speaking agent, because you too can bill yourself as Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year.” via the Drudge Report

Daily Commentary - Wednesday November 8th, 2006

Dana Pretzer in his morning update discusses

• The Delaware Sex Offender Who Was Forced To Wear a T-Shirt Instead of Jail

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Buy Leonard Bernsteins Dakota Apartment for Only 25.5 Million

Leonard Bernstein’s apartment in the famed Dakota Apartments(wikipedia) in Manhattan is for sale at the price of a cool 25.5 Million dollars. The Dakota is most famous as the place where John Lennon lived and was murdered outside of. Other famous residents of the Dakota over the years include: actress Lauren Bacall , rock star Bono ,newscaster Connie Chung, and many others..

Read the rest at the Real Estate Bloggers.

Housing Prices Drop While Sales Increase and Rents Rise

This sounds like a market working perfectly. While the rest of the media is clamoring about the real estate market experiencing its biggest drop in home prices in 35 years, the smart money was watching 2 other statistics. Rental prices are rising very quickly and homes are selling at a higher rate than was to be expected.

So it sounds like a market that was oversold is correcting and demand is building up. To read more about how housing market economics work and more on todays housing announcement, go to the Real Estate Bloggers for the rest.

Who Knew Real Estate Agents Needed to Own a Gun?

First there was the much publicized and tragic case of Sarah Anne Walker, The Real Estate agent who was murdered in Texas while doing an “open house. Now comes this story from Maine, “Vacationland”. A convicted rapists posing as a home buyer is trying to appeal his sentence. Who knew that being a Real Estate agent was such a high risk profession?

Oliver Hooper, who posed as a home buyer and then raped a 19 year old, is appealing his consecutive 50 to 100 year sentences.

Read the full story at The Real Estate Bloggers.

NYC to Terrorists … We will be coming back bigger and better … Freedom Towers

Islamic terrorists thought they could destroy NYC and the American will. They thought by bringing down the Twin Towers that America would fold. Not only were they cowards, but fools as well … THEY THOUGHT WRONG.

The Real Estate Bloggers has a look to the future and the new innovative NYC skyline of what will be The Freedom Towers.