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		<title>By: peter</title>
		<link>http://www.greaterfool.ca/2009/02/07/here/comment-page-3/#comment-17863</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#119 Marie

Your link does not work (it is not complete)</description>
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<p>Your link does not work (it is not complete)</p>
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		<title>By: Bill-Muskoka (NAM)</title>
		<link>http://www.greaterfool.ca/2009/02/07/here/comment-page-3/#comment-17844</link>
		<dc:creator>Bill-Muskoka (NAM)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#142  Charles on 02.10.09 at 10:14 am

Dude, try thinking instead of criticizing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#142  Charles on 02.10.09 at 10:14 am</p>
<p>Dude, try thinking instead of criticizing.</p>
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		<title>By: Charles</title>
		<link>http://www.greaterfool.ca/2009/02/07/here/comment-page-3/#comment-17800</link>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#52 Bill-Muskoka (NAM) on 02.08.09 at 10:59 am Garth,

The battle you are fighting is very much like this one where the reality of situation is the winner over the ego driven Ship of State on a Collision course

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Dude, your posting literally makes NO SENSE.  Stop the senseless drunk typing and THINK.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#52 Bill-Muskoka (NAM) on 02.08.09 at 10:59 am Garth,</p>
<p>The battle you are fighting is very much like this one where the reality of situation is the winner over the ego driven Ship of State on a Collision course</p>
<p>**********</p>
<p>Dude, your posting literally makes NO SENSE.  Stop the senseless drunk typing and THINK.</p>
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		<title>By: Bill-Muskoka (NAM)</title>
		<link>http://www.greaterfool.ca/2009/02/07/here/comment-page-3/#comment-17779</link>
		<dc:creator>Bill-Muskoka (NAM)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#139  Ulsterman on 02.10.09 at 2:41 am

Exactly.  The RE industry brown nosed the legislatures to get that special treatment.  They are little more than used car salespersons.  The real effort is by the lawyer, and that is all standard on their word processor as well.  Done by lower pay &#039;assistants.&#039;

Forms fillers it what both are except for the research into important things like leins, titles, and liabilities.  That is worth the money.

In the U.S. they have Title Insurance as standard on all mortgages.

What we need (if it is not already available) is something like Homes eBay.  It is coming to the great demise of the bloated RE industry  with their luxury cars, offices, and BS advertising.

We recently purchased and found the paranoia of the RE agents to be extreme.  They want to control everything and the contract is all about their commission.  What a crock of BS.  People still need to talk with people mano-a-mano.

If people weren&#039;t so damn paranoid, greedy, and dishonest, then there would be little need for RE agents.  

Too many people act like car salesmen.  God, the one thing I hate is not even being able to get out of my car before the sales vulture is hovering.  Then they play the shufflopolus game of &#039;I can&#039;t make that decision&#039; and having to deal with three idiots in a row.  What a racket it has all become.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#139  Ulsterman on 02.10.09 at 2:41 am</p>
<p>Exactly.  The RE industry brown nosed the legislatures to get that special treatment.  They are little more than used car salespersons.  The real effort is by the lawyer, and that is all standard on their word processor as well.  Done by lower pay &#8216;assistants.&#8217;</p>
<p>Forms fillers it what both are except for the research into important things like leins, titles, and liabilities.  That is worth the money.</p>
<p>In the U.S. they have Title Insurance as standard on all mortgages.</p>
<p>What we need (if it is not already available) is something like Homes eBay.  It is coming to the great demise of the bloated RE industry  with their luxury cars, offices, and BS advertising.</p>
<p>We recently purchased and found the paranoia of the RE agents to be extreme.  They want to control everything and the contract is all about their commission.  What a crock of BS.  People still need to talk with people mano-a-mano.</p>
<p>If people weren&#8217;t so damn paranoid, greedy, and dishonest, then there would be little need for RE agents.  </p>
<p>Too many people act like car salesmen.  God, the one thing I hate is not even being able to get out of my car before the sales vulture is hovering.  Then they play the shufflopolus game of &#8216;I can&#8217;t make that decision&#8217; and having to deal with three idiots in a row.  What a racket it has all become.</p>
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		<title>By: Bill-Muskoka (NAM)</title>
		<link>http://www.greaterfool.ca/2009/02/07/here/comment-page-3/#comment-17777</link>
		<dc:creator>Bill-Muskoka (NAM)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#134  Coll on 02.09.09 at 12:36 pm

It is known as Connect The Dots.  The article exemplifies the cause of the problems.  Like the Sheriff said in &#039;Cool Hand Luke&#039;...&#039;What we have here is a failure to communicate!&#039;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#134  Coll on 02.09.09 at 12:36 pm</p>
<p>It is known as Connect The Dots.  The article exemplifies the cause of the problems.  Like the Sheriff said in &#8216;Cool Hand Luke&#8217;&#8230;&#8217;What we have here is a failure to communicate!&#8217;</p>
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		<title>By: Ulsterman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ulsterman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve noticed a few on this site believing that real estate commissions will always remain in the 4-6% range. As a UK expat myself i can tell you that in the UK they routinely sell houses for 1% or less, and some will do it for a fixed fee that can be under $1500.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve noticed a few on this site believing that real estate commissions will always remain in the 4-6% range. As a UK expat myself i can tell you that in the UK they routinely sell houses for 1% or less, and some will do it for a fixed fee that can be under $1500.</p>
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		<title>By: CS</title>
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		<dc:creator>CS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Re: 6% or 7% for real estate - might this be a provincial thing? I live in BC and every contract I have had with real estate agents to sell my homes (different areas of BC) has always been 7% on the first $100,000 and between 2 - 3% on the remainder.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Re: 6% or 7% for real estate &#8211; might this be a provincial thing? I live in BC and every contract I have had with real estate agents to sell my homes (different areas of BC) has always been 7% on the first $100,000 and between 2 &#8211; 3% on the remainder.</p>
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		<title>By: TomOfMilton</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#119 &quot;Population problem&quot;

It still sounds like you are saying that countries with large populations run out of food?  Is that what you think happens when thousands or millions are killed in these &quot;highly population countries&quot;?
Famine comes after agreat many more evil things have been done.  What we should be watchful of in Canada, is not over population but the lack of respect for human life that fuels the evil events that bring the war, hatred and then eventually...famine. 
Folks, I think we should at least be a bit more honest here when talking about fearing more imagration:  The pieces of &quot;the pie&quot; that we are afraid is too small to go around...is made of luxuries that we have been swimming in for decades.  We can feed people.  We can simplify our lives. We can be more community minded and neighbourly. We can live simply and still be happy.  It is a bit over due.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#119 &#8220;Population problem&#8221;</p>
<p>It still sounds like you are saying that countries with large populations run out of food?  Is that what you think happens when thousands or millions are killed in these &#8220;highly population countries&#8221;?<br />
Famine comes after agreat many more evil things have been done.  What we should be watchful of in Canada, is not over population but the lack of respect for human life that fuels the evil events that bring the war, hatred and then eventually&#8230;famine.<br />
Folks, I think we should at least be a bit more honest here when talking about fearing more imagration:  The pieces of &#8220;the pie&#8221; that we are afraid is too small to go around&#8230;is made of luxuries that we have been swimming in for decades.  We can feed people.  We can simplify our lives. We can be more community minded and neighbourly. We can live simply and still be happy.  It is a bit over due.</p>
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		<title>By: Ron</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>On the positive side, all of this unemployment will give angry young men and women lots of time to hone their mixed martial art skills. Nothing like streets filled with highly trained, desperate sociopaths.

It is amazing how prescient TV can be with the variety of survival and ultimate fighting shows that have popped up over the last few years. If I didn&#039;t know better I would almost suspect that we were being primed for something. Let me see, where would the ability to break limbs, choke or knock someone out and survive under any condition come in handy?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On the positive side, all of this unemployment will give angry young men and women lots of time to hone their mixed martial art skills. Nothing like streets filled with highly trained, desperate sociopaths.</p>
<p>It is amazing how prescient TV can be with the variety of survival and ultimate fighting shows that have popped up over the last few years. If I didn&#8217;t know better I would almost suspect that we were being primed for something. Let me see, where would the ability to break limbs, choke or knock someone out and survive under any condition come in handy?</p>
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		<title>By: here we go again</title>
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		<dc:creator>here we go again</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>has anyone ever noticed how when times are good, we like immigrants - we like all the money they bring with them, their skills, their willingness to work in any job we don&#039;t want to do,  but when times are hard, we don&#039;t care for them as much - they are why we don&#039;t have jobs, they are why we are suffering, they cause the housing bubble, they have too many social problems, they cost us too much money. 

Last time I checked, if you are not First Nations in Canada, you are &quot;they&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>has anyone ever noticed how when times are good, we like immigrants &#8211; we like all the money they bring with them, their skills, their willingness to work in any job we don&#8217;t want to do,  but when times are hard, we don&#8217;t care for them as much &#8211; they are why we don&#8217;t have jobs, they are why we are suffering, they cause the housing bubble, they have too many social problems, they cost us too much money. </p>
<p>Last time I checked, if you are not First Nations in Canada, you are &#8220;they&#8221;.</p>
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