Ripped wrote on September 13, 2008 12:58 AM: How on earth can a broker claim to be a buyer's agent if the seller is paying the fee? Can't you people see it's a scam to extract more money from the seller. If the buyer wants their own agent, pay for him/her yourself. There are no free lunches. I bet most buyers would refuse pay and act on their own behalf if they had to pay. I came to Vegas from overseas and could never come to terms with this conflict of interest and scam. Americans now deserve what they get. Good riddance to your broke country.

roger wrote on September 12, 2008 08:45 PM: Yeah zippy, you're living in a fantasy world if you think walking away from your mortgage obligation is just that simple. I can assure you banks will make a diligent attempt to collect from you, and it won't take an expert to see through your scam. Not sure of collection laws around here but if they obtain judgement they can attach a lien to your new house, so are you still beating the system?

Jen wrote on September 12, 2008 03:51 PM: Irresponsible idiots like you Zippy is what is destroying our economy. I hope Robert finds you and kicks you from here back to where ever you came from.

Marcus Banks wrote on September 12, 2008 02:01 PM: This story is a distraction from the real issues. The real issue is "if" Obama intended to insinuate that Mrs. Palin is a pig that wears lipstick.
Why can't we have some real, clearcut answers as to what the next president intends to do with this and other major issues. I don't care if it is McCain, Obama, or Bugs Bunny, the first one that could show a clear plan of attack would get my vote regardless of party affiliations. It sucks to see friends, families and neighbors get sucked into this pit of the mortgage mess. It sucks knowing that the black hole keeps getting bigger and bigger and eventually could take away everything that I have worked for.
It sucks to see that we are selling off our country to foreign invaders... I mean investors who will eventually ruin this great country.
Our Government handicaps employers with unreasonable taxes and regulations and rewards the do nothings that suck from the hind teet with no regret for their gluttony. Although the two major candidates left standing are not likely our best options, they unfortunately are all that we have to choose from at this point. Is it too much to ask that they at least give us some valid reasons for voting for them.

Realtor-Victim wrote on September 12, 2008 01:53 PM: To say unethical is a understatement. I actually think used car salesman would be offnded to be equated to a Las Vegas Realtor.

GLAV UNETHICAL wrote on September 12, 2008 01:49 PM: A funny thing I have called NRS Nevada Realty Services now about 5 differnt times and they always say that a property is availabel untill you tell them you are working wtih anothre Realtor.

Appears they try to keep the listing in house only and this is not encouraging all offers by any means. I refuse though to look a a house with a company that unethuical as to bold face lie about the status of a property.

creep wrote on September 12, 2008 01:42 PM: Re:Unethical.the problem is a lack of regulation and no recourse for the buyer. I got horrible advice from my buyer's agent when I purchased a home here 2 years ago, and there is apparently nothing I can do about it. People need to realize these so called professionals are nothing more than salespeople. You don't buy/sell, they don't make no money. And we are to believe they work FOR you ? and in YOUR best interests? Make these people accountable, what is the penalty for unethicla behavior? suspended license? to me buying and selling a home has become the equal of a used car transaction.

GLAV UNETHICAL wrote on September 12, 2008 01:27 PM: UNETHICAL REALTORS and their practices are not helping in Las Vegas ...

roger wrote on September 12, 2008 12:36 PM: You know I read these articles and comments on a daily basis and I have to ask, will it ever end? Seriously, what can or will happen to reverse the trend? If someone knows please say so bcus I don't see it. Simple economics says if you decrease the number of buyers the equilibrium price will go down. Think of the number of potential buyers taken out of this real estate market? Subprime , gone. Average borrower with no down payment, gone. Prime borrower underwater and unable to sell and buy up, gone. Investors are shying away from mortgages and banks have tightened underwriting standards. In effect the money supply has dried up. To compound matters wages have been stagnant for at least 8 years, which really means that most Americans have been going backwards bcus the rich are still gettting richer. This country, or I should say the average American and middle class has been getting ripped off for years and nobody cared bcus all the government's buddies were making too much money. Think of the corporate rip-offs, the recent articles of how speculators manipulated the price of gas, the lobbying in Wash regarding the oil industry, the Wall Street investment and acounting scams, etc... who really prospered when the smoke cleared? The rich of course.

3 Types of People wrote on September 12, 2008 10:22 AM: I revise my "3 types of people" allocation (60/10/30)!

30% Contribute (get Bills)
20% Neutral
50% Delete (get checks)

My theory is supported by the U.S. Debt ($10 Trillion) that has mushroomed from Welfare/Entitlement Programs (e.g., the Community Reinvestment Act that forced banks to give trillions in cheap loans to black people despite high risk of default; Affirmative Action programs to give free education to blacks, and then hispanics and women jumped on the AA bandwagon)that benefit the Deleters. All while the hard-working, White Male eats it or gets stuck with the bill, but the bill has grown by trillions. Who will pay? The Wars (both Clinton's and Bush's) add to the debt too. But the internal/social war (entitlement mentality, illegal immigration, irresponsibility etc) I believe is more costly to the U.S. than all foreign wars combined!

*neutral people may also get retirement or social securitry checks but that was based on lifelong contributions, so it is a wash.

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