http://michaeldunnblog.com blog Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:09:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Facebook, The Economy and Real Estate! Today's blog is more about attitude than real estate, however, it is all intertwined.  The advent of Facebook has really changed things exponentially.  Before I get to that, I want to say something about a friend of mine. This friend sold a company a few years ... http://michaeldunnblog.com/?p=532   George Steinbrenner and Real Estate! A few weeks ago an amazing man, John Wooden, passed away and I was really impressed by what people had to say about him.  Not a single person had anything harsh or derogatory to say about him.  I found this very unusual because there is always someone ... http://michaeldunnblog.com/?p=528 Microsoft Bing and Real Estate! Microsoft Bing is a new search engine by Mircrosoft that has been aorund for over a year now and ranks as a top 20 search on the internet.  It is alos testimony to the constant effort by Mircrosoft to maintain a presence not only on the ... http://michaeldunnblog.com/?p=526 This is an interesting guest blog: Biggest Defaulters on Mortgages Are the Rich By DAVID STREITFELD Published: July 8, 2010 var articleToolsShareData = {"url":"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/07\/09\/business\/economy\/09rich.html","headline":"Biggest Defaulters on Mortgages Are the Rich","description":"The well-to-do have stopped paying their home loans in greater numbers, and apparently with less guilt.","keywords":"Foreclosures,Mortgages,High Net Worth Individuals,Housing and Real Estate","section":"business","sub_section":"economy","section_display":"Business","sub_section_display":"Economy","byline":"By ... http://michaeldunnblog.com/?p=527   Miss USA Rima Fakih and Real Estate! The Miss USA contest was held on Sunday in Las Vegas and we have a new winner! What does this have to do with Real Estate?  Well, actually quite a bit with this last Miss USA contest.  Here is why: Rima Fakih, the new Miss USA, ... http://michaeldunnblog.com/?p=521 Microsoft Bing, Evangeline Lilly and Real Estate! This is a rare Blog combination today, but they all have one thing in common . . . FLEXIBILITY! Microsoft has been a very innovative and flexible company thru the years; always pushing the envelope and stretching to new regions in mind and software.  Evangeline ... http://michaeldunnblog.com/?p=520   Space Shuttle, Mike Brown and Real Estate! Atlantis Space Shuttle got delayed but will be launched at 2 PM today on Friday, May 14, 2010. The space shuttle Atlantis blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday. This space shuttle will replace the space shuttle Challenger. The average cost ... http://michaeldunnblog.com/?p=518   Pandora Radio and Real Estate! Pandora is an automated music recommendation service and custodian of the Music Genome Project. Users enter a song or artist that they enjoy, and the service responds by playing selections that are musically similar. Users provide feedback on approval or disapproval of individual songs, which Pandora ... http://michaeldunnblog.com/?p=515 Mothers Day and Real Estate! Mothers Day is this weekend and while we are all rushing out to buy flowers, take our Moms to lunch, we must remember that it much more than just thanking our moms with a one day attention. What we should do is go thru our photo albums ... http://michaeldunnblog.com/?p=514 Dow Jones and Real Estate! You probably know what the Dow Jones Index is, but to refresh your memory . . . The Dow Jones Industrial Average is generally what people refer to when they talk about how "the market" is doing. (That or the S&P 500, most likely.)The DJIA is a ... http://michaeldunnblog.com/?p=513