tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post2892609664042026861..comments2024-03-04T08:09:21.453-08:00Comments on Richard's Real Estate and Urban Economics Blog: Alan Greenspan has an IdeaRichard Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02161226214739034402noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post-18388032888217960862012-11-16T01:28:07.727-08:002012-11-16T01:28:07.727-08:00Once you've found the unreal Dave lindahl scam...Once you've found the unreal <a href="http://vimeo.com/36758681" title="Dave lindahl scam" rel="nofollow">Dave lindahl scam</a> real estate asset you plan to make over, protected the loan. Don't ignore to characteristic in the cost of the necessary upgrade. You will generally need more money than you expect investing on maintenance and upgrades. Expect surprising costs. If you don't have additional money on hand, you may need a bigger home loan that comes with additional funding for solving up.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03157123148198604033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post-10889397167941221342008-08-13T21:27:00.000-07:002008-08-13T21:27:00.000-07:00I think Greenspan wants to increase the cost of ho...I think Greenspan wants to increase the cost of housing by lowering the salaries of (mostly) high tech workers. It is amusing to watch economists invent ever more convoluted subsidy programs as they pick and choose to believe in free markets only some of the time. I favor abolishing tenure and let's see how many professors of economics then favor unlimited importation of workers from other countries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post-81485701372565885382008-08-13T19:31:00.000-07:002008-08-13T19:31:00.000-07:00In my econ classes, we were taught that there is n...In my econ classes, we were taught that there is no such thing as a labor shortage - claims of a labor shortage mean that you cannot find what you want at the price you are willing to pay. It would seem that continuing to flood the market with immigrant labor (skilled or unskilled) would act as a labor price subsidy. As wages go down, even fewer could afford over priced homes. Seems like a zero-sum game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com