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HGQ2112
Joined 2009
Posts: 1640

And the "Screaming Headlines" Crowd Continues

11 years ago

I am sure many good folks received a recent (probably yesterday) really excited sounding email, featuring a condo in (I will be kind here) "coastal Ecuador". My God...what a steal! You could pay to get on a real estate tour, see this condo...and buy it for just $150,000! Problem is, I have an identical unit, same building, better location, for $105,000. I don't know of anything in that building which has sold for more than $120,000. So...wow...what a bargain?!? Go right out and buy that little ditty for $150,000. Hey... maybe they will cut you a real deal at $130,000. Anyways, folks...Caveat Emptor. This nonsense, just like some of the unfounded allegations by some on this forum are starting to wear thin. Everyday I encounter lost, confused and misinformed people, expressing shock at the realities we show them, while saying things that sound a whole lot like, "But that guy on the forum said..." or "But that newsletter we read assured us..." Caveat Emptor. Do your own independent research. Rely on no one...including me.

Hector G. Quintana
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“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.” -- Frank Zappa (Yes...THAT Frank Zappa)

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