Gene; I would be "down in the mouth" too, If I was forced to sell everything
right now. I would lose my shirt (pants and underwear, too) if I had to
liquidate my real estate holdings. That may happen if the worst that the
doom and gloom people are projecting. But, for now, I'm holding and hoping
one day, some of the real estate value will re-emerge ....bobford
--- On Thu, 10/16/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:
> From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Scary as h*ll
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008, 6:30 AM
> On Oct 16, 2008, at 5:26 AM, bob ford wrote:
>
> > I don't understand what you are saying gene. A
> lot of people have
> > capital gains. I do practically every year. As bad
> as the market
> > is, I will have net capital gains to report this year.
>
> Well, maybe you should do an investment blog, Bob. Everyone
> I know is
> down in the mouth about their losses.