Posted by Leonard Steinberg on September 21st, 2012 Interest rates are at record lows, so financing a property today is more affordable than ever. Here are some disturbing facts to absorb: 1) Is everyone who has a mortgage and takes the tax deduction part of Mitt Romney’s 47%?…..the mortage deduction is a government subsidized handout….basically. I… [Read More]
EXTREMISM AND LIES WIN
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on September 12th, 2012 This mornings grotesque headline of the killing of the US Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens in Libya by a thuggish angry mob, leads me to believe that the extremists, liars and those who support them may actually be winning. An idiot produces an amateur video/movie mocking the prophet Mohammed…..a… [Read More]
OUR CRAZY WORLD: WILL REAL ESTATE RESCUE GREECE IF THE EU WON’T?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on August 24th, 2012 Now that I am on vacation in the hot-hot South of France, I have had more time to absorb the world’s craziness and get a better global perspective. While watching the BBC this morning, I caught up on world events and wanted to compare the following to… [Read More]
NEW YORK MONTHLY COSTS AS DISCRIMINATORY AS MITT ROMNEYS TAXES?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on August 16th, 2012 In a country where most who earn $ 1 million pay over 30% in federal taxes, yet a few of the ‘chosen few’ like Mitt Romeny pay closer to half that (huh?), and where Obama thinks New Yorkers who earn $ 250k per year are rich, it is… [Read More]
MEDIA INACCURACIES – IS IT GETTING WORSE?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on April 8th, 2012 Is the media in its attempts to remain profitable in a digital world diminishing in accuracy? NBC highlighted this phenomenon this week with the Trayvon Martin shooting. With fewer staff and less time to report accurately and check facts, and with so much information out there, I… [Read More]
LOCATION MATTERS, EVEN IN POLITICS!
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on February 24th, 2012 Location, location, location, the first three most important rules for the best real estate and yes, this rule even applies in politics! Mitt Romney learned this painful lesson yesterday while delivering a speech in Detroit to a group of 1,000….in Ford Field, an arena that can hold 65,000 people…. [Read More]
KARDASHIAN POPULARITY OR REAL SUBSTANCE?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 22, 2012 With Newt Gingrich’s remarkable surge in the South Carolina caucuses, I have to ask the following question: did he win on substance, or on the soundbite mentality that has overtaken our society? Is Newt really more qualified to be president than Mitt Romney? What exactly in Thursday’s… [Read More]
THE FIFTEEN PERCENTERS
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 19th, 2011 So Mitt Romney has revealed (shockingly!) that he pays about 15% in federal income taxes: Is this not common amongst a small country club of the very wealthy? Surely this item reveals to all that in the ONE PERCENT there are very different classes too. And will… [Read More]