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Originally posted by Stewie
In addition to the above comment by Aquarius.
When you have a mortgage, the bank owns the house. Most houses are owned by banks, with mortgagees (hopefully), so when one buys a house from another, the bank that owns it may change (or not), and the "tenant" changes.
Originally posted by Stewie
reply to post by dbloch7986
This is not to say that these big corporations and our federal government have not been criminal, because they have. They realize they are the law, and thus, above the law. The question remains,
what are we going to do about it?
Originally posted by dbloch7986
reply to post by markfelt
Thanks for that info and references. Most people who have even remotely touched on economics understand the subjective value of money.
You make some good points on buying things in cash. I have never been in a position to do that, but oh how i would love to be. We can all dream cant we.
And if you have the money, well, go ahead. Try to pay cash for a new car. Try to pay cash for a home. People literally don't want to deal with you, even if, by some miracle, you walk in with $200,000 in freshly-minted 20s. I'm not saying you won't be able to -- they have to take your money, because the government says so -- I'm saying that the salespeople will make you wait, try to aggravate you into leaving, try to talk you into buying something that costs more than the cash you have, etc. All the profit is in the loan making, not in selling the actual goods.
Originally posted by Aquarius1
If and when you pay off the loan you get a free and clear deed/title.
Originally posted by kolcath
im what you guys would call a lurker here but i had to join if only to s&f this exellent post by dbloch.
I also read protoplasmics awsome all roads lead to rome in which i copied and pasted to send to a friend of mine
(hope you dont mind). mind blowing stuff. keep it up guys