9 comments to “Today’s Bawldy’s Go To…”

Vance Shutes on June 25th, 2008 at 7:03 am said:

• Jeff,

  Having been writing an article each day for the past month, I’ve got to hand it to you. Your writing is prolific, and always educational and inspirational. You set an example that’s more than worthy and really hard to emulate.

  Loved the spidey catch! Can’t wait to show that video to my daughter!

Rob Dawg on June 25th, 2008 at 8:05 am said:

• Concerning chicken little. First it is a given that man bites dog leads the story. Housing price in free fall is exactly that but calling bottom is a fools errand that some people cannot resist. This rebuttal in many forms has appeared recently to scathing reviews. Not only are they clearly rehashes of the same talking points memo but they are worse than hypocritical. In the last year as every yoy comparison has turned negative the NAR has highlighted the m-o-m data with some small gains in some areas. This time last year when the m-o-m figures were solidly negative but there were still some y-o-y gains showing Laurence Yun was very adamant about ignoring the volatile m-o-m figures in favor of y-o-y.

  Look, the tide is receding and bargains long underwater are being revealed. The tide won’t go out forever and it won’t be clear when it reverses but siding with the people who promised it would never go out then that it was already coming back is not a sound investment strategy.

Mark McGlothlin on June 25th, 2008 at 9:03 am said:

• Jeff, thanks for the kind words. I’ve been dealing with a medical crisis with an elderly parent (things have settled down a bit now), and trying to run the office long distance. I’ll see when your schedule is open; I’d love to chat. Again - many thanks.

BawldGuy on June 25th, 2008 at 9:51 am said:

• Mark — Thanks for checking in, and our prayers for your parent. I lost Dad earlier this year.

BawldGuy on June 25th, 2008 at 10:00 am said:

• Rob — First, hope the vacation is going well.

  For some, our screamin’ from the mountain top about the foolishness of timing any market is a waste of time. You, me, and Emerging Markets agree it’s a fool’s errand.

  Listening to NAR on RE markets is like listening to the Padre’s front office about their personnel decisions. Their explanations are good for a chuckle here and there, but not much else.

  Listening to these crystal ballers, or worse, trying ourselves to call any market, anywhere is folly. We all might as well write separate 5,000 word articles on who will win the 2020 World Series and why. It would make as much sense.

BawldGuy on June 25th, 2008 at 10:04 am said:

• Thanks Vance — Writing something daily ain’t fer sissies.

  Couldn’t pass on the spidey catch.

Jeremy Hart on June 25th, 2008 at 10:12 pm said:

• I got a Bawldy! Hot damn!

  I liked Rob’s analogy - “the tide is receding and bargains long underwater are being revealed.” I think that’s a huge piece of how to succeed in this market. There are bargains to be had anywhere, whether you’re looking for the next big deal to hold, that easy cosmetic flip that’ll sell in no time, or a home to last a lifetime … they’re there, we just have to keep looking, sift through the junk and be ready to buy.

  Spidey Girl’s my hero.

BawldGuy on June 25th, 2008 at 10:28 pm said:

• That video will hafta be in the finals for this year’s Bawldy Awards.

  Rob’s smarter than the average bear, that’s for sure. For those lookin’ for a place to live, now is exactly when they should be taking action. You have it exactly right, Jeremy.

Robert Coté on June 26th, 2008 at 9:26 am said:

• For the record, I am only “bearish” not a bear. When the berries are ripe and the salmon all but jump into my pan I’ll be there early, not hibernating.

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