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Louisiana's Secrets from the Public

posted 1 day ago, updated 8 minutes later and has 4 comments
In most states when someone dies, the date of their death and their death certificate are recorded as a public record. It's a good thing, especially for people like me who are historians.

Oddly Louisiana keeps this information a secret, and appar...

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DALLAS ELECTRICIAN -- MIKE OF TEXAS ELECTRICAL

posted 3 days ago, updated about 11 hours later and has 0 comments
MIKE -- DALLAS' TEXAS ELECRICAL MAN

Those of you who have read my pieces over the years know that my real estate career started by accident. For those of you who don't, here are the Bill's Cliff Notes:

I was a young banker and my wife was an a...

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Dennis Prager vs. Hugh Hefner

posted 7 days ago and has 0 comments
Radio social philosopher, Dennis Prager, frequently discounts the positive contributions Playboy inventor Hugh Hefner has made to American society.

Prager’s opinion rather annoys me.

I was twelve years old when Playboy Magazine hit the newsstan...

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The Lie Machine Is Alive and Well in Dallas

posted 17 days ago and has 0 comments
I'm a Dallas Realtor.

A while back, I co-oped with a listing agent whose license hangs with a well-known Dallas real estate firm.

It was obvious from the beginning that the agent not only knew the ropes, but practiced them. Practiced them so we...

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"BILL CHERRY'S GALVESTON MEMORIES"

posted 27 days ago, updated 9 minutes later and has 0 comments
THE BOOK.

Galveston: Beyond the sunny beaches lies a real place of history and humanity.

Spanish Conquistadors, Jean Lafitte and buried treasure; shipping, cotton, merchandising, manufacturing, culture, opera, publishing.

Great fortunes made a...

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GOVERNMENT BACKED MORTGAGES -- A THOUGHT

posted about 1 month ago, updated 11 minutes later and has 2 comments
If one were to go back in time and review the sequence of events that caused the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation to be formed, it might be eye-opening.

But you'd have to also consider...

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THE PROS & CONS OF REVERSE MORTGAGES - FREE REPORT

posted about 1 month ago, updated 26 minutes later and has 0 comments
THE PROS AND CONS OF REVERSE MORTGAGES

Reverse mortgages have been around for a number of years, but only recently have they been legal to market in Texas.

Basically, the idea is that senior citizens needing more cash and income than they have...

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SOME HOTELS ARE DEADBEATS WHEN IT COMES TO PAYING

posted about 1 month ago, updated about 6 hours later and has 2 comments
I want to tell you of two recent and interesting experiences.

While in "real life" I am a Realtor, for years I have also tuned pianos. Why? Because I have always loved pianos. And I've played side gigs for more than 40 years. Why? Because I love ...

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Texas Escapes Magazine -- A Free Web Magazine

posted about 1 month ago, updated 3 minutes later and has 0 comments
I don't remember the reason or the occasion, but about a year ago or so, I came across a web magazine called Texas Escapes. The address is www.texasescapes.com.

I've been writing stories and tales about Galveston, Texas' colorful past for many ye...

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WAY TO GO, YOUNG BANKERS! HOW MANY MORE BILLIONS?

posted about 1 month ago and has 4 comments
I am related by marriage to a major bank's headhunter. He's approaching 40. He's offering $200,000 a year jobs to those in their twenties and thirties who will be personal and corporate bankers of sorts.

Their very reason for existence is to ta...

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