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Local Lake Havasu City eateries are now promoting patriot packages. Red Robin owner, Dante Marinelli, is one of the organizers for Patriot Days in Lake Havasu City who is partnering with Operation Gratitude. Operation Gratitude is a nonprofit organization that sends care packages to soldiers for the holidays.

This year’s Patriot Days will be a ten day celebration of patriotism in Lake Havasu City that is scheduled for September 15 through September 26. Organizers are expecting over 40,000 people to attend.

It really is that simple. I see uninformed shills write that there is no shadow inventory and other nonsense that realtors tell their customers to dupe them into a false sense of security. The fact is that shadow inventory does exist. It is very large, and eventually banks are going to have to liquidate this inventory. This liquidation will be the collapse of a cartel and may not be the orderly flow they are hoping for.

As we edge closer to issuing coveted IOUs, the spin cycle is out in full force. A report was issued showing that CEOs at the 50 firms that laid off the most workers since the recession started earned an average of $12 million. I guess the recovery will depend on who you are asking.

The beer is placed inside a pocket of salty, pretzel-like dough and then dunked in oil at 375 degrees for about 20 seconds, a short enough time for the confection to remain alcoholic.

When diners take a bite the hot beer mixes with the dough in what is claimed to be a delicious taste sensation.

I found this quote yesterday and it is so very true for some of the feelings I have experienced lately. I spent over a week updating my website to a new slick version that is 400% MORE AWESOME but soon started on the long overdue July 2010 real estate market reports for Upstate [...]

As far as transactions are concerned August is turning out to be another solid month for sales of Orlando real estate. As of yesterday there were 2,287 sales posted. Of those 1,136 were bank owned with a median sales price of $66,900, 498 were short sales with a median price of $98,500, and 654 (less [...]

The good news is that home sales numbers for Cache County Utah during August were substantially improved compared with last month. The bad news is that although the 68 homes sold is an improvement, it is still down nearly 40% compared with last August of last year. This graph shows the [...]

Today NAR reported that their Pending Home Sales Index rose 5.2 percent in July, compared with June. This suggests existing home sales in August and September should rise slightly higher than the abysmal July figures, but probably not enough to pull months-of-supply down into the single-digits.

The Ezra Charles’ Texas Blue Band, affectionately called “Houston’s Band” by its fans, will make its debut at the Keller Williams Free Concert Series at Kings Harbor on Friday, September 17 from 7-10 p.m.

The six-member band is famous for its namesake’s flashy piano antics and for having ladies playing in the horn section. Ezra Charles is Houston’s best-known keyboard artist. He was a five-time winner of the Houston Press Readers Poll Award and the leader of the official band of the Houston Rockets from 1993 to1996.

Home affordability took a slight hit this week after the Federal Reserve’s release of its August 10 meeting minutes.
The “Fed Minutes” is a lengthy, detailed recap of a Federal Open Market Committee meeting, not unlike the minutes published after a corporate conference, or condo association gathering. The Federal Reserve publishes its meeting minutes 3 weeks [...]