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	<title>Chris Grande</title>
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	<description>Taking the Road Less Traveled Makes ALL the Difference</description>
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		<title>Update on Apartment Rental Markets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is an interesting short article highlighting the top 10 rental real estate markets for 2009. San Francisco is in the top spot (a usual occurrence) due to its low vacancy, high incomes, and high barrier to purchasing.
See the article Here.
Chris Grande
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		<link>http://chrisgrande.com/2009/01/05/update-on-apartment-rental-markets/</link>
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		<title>Economic Crash Good for Billionaire Ego Reduction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I will preface this article by stating something that should be obvious to my readers: I am an ardent capitalist - mainly because economic self-determination allows us to realize true freedom in life. I will also tell you this other highly interesting (just kidding) but unrelated fact: I am writing this from Borders Books Cafe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chrisgrande.com/2009/01/03/economic-crash-good-for-billionaire-ego-reduction/</link>
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		<title>The Fundamentals of Commodities Are Unimpaired-Rogers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Great interview of Jim Rogers:
Video
Notice I don&#8217;t post videos of Bernanke, Paulson, Obama, Greenspan, Bush or any other economic ignorant. Notice how often I post Jim Rogers and Marc Faber. I really hope my repetition is sinking in on you.
Bonus: Marc Faber audio (&#8221;recession will be worst since 1930&#8217;s&#8221;) 
Chris Grande
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		<link>http://chrisgrande.com/2008/12/31/the-fundamentals-of-commodities-are-unimpaired/</link>
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		<title>San Francisco Real Estate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey everyone,
I&#8217;m off to SF again promoting our ETF 401(k) that we&#8217;ve helped to develop. While there, I will get a guage on real estate. Last time I was there (October) the headlines were reporting increasing layoffs in tech land. In fact Google was reported to have ordered a hiring freeze (see the rumors, ironically [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chrisgrande.com/2008/12/29/san-francisco-real-estate/</link>
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		<title>Flat Rate Cell Phones - Great Lesson in Entrepreneurialism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw this article and wanted to share with you this great article on a company, Pocket Communications, Inc., that has attacked an interesting niche in the cell phone business - low cost, flat rate plans in local areas:
IBD Article
It&#8217;s great to see a positive business growth story among all the bit** and moaning going [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chrisgrande.com/2008/12/26/falt-rate-cell-phones-great-lesson-in-entrepreneurialism/</link>
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		<title>Merry Christmas &#038; Happy Hannukah</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi all,
I may or may not write another article before Christmas but wanted to share the &#8220;card&#8221; I sent to my clients. I don&#8217;t show this as a way to brag but more to try to give you an alternative idea of how to spend money that would have gone to cards and postage - [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chrisgrande.com/2008/12/23/merry-christmas-happy-hannukah/</link>
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		<title>Jim Rogers - On Investing, Economics, Obama, Taxes, Oil, Etc!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On his latest Bloomberg interview, Jim Rogers discusses:
Investment ideas - &#8220;yen,&#8221; &#8220;the fundamentals of commodities are unimpaired,&#8221; &#8220;we may be facing a world where people can not get food at any price,&#8221; &#8220;China,&#8221; &#8220;Taiwan,&#8221; &#8220;Bonds&#8230;US will default on its debt next year&#8221;
Economics - &#8220;Oil&#8230;down 25% in a week is usually a selling climax&#8230;I bought it&#8221;
Politics [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chrisgrande.com/2008/12/22/jim-rogers-on-investing-economics-obama-taxes-oil-etc/</link>
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		<title>Too Much Government is Unacceptable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the mess of all of these government bailouts, Americans are forgetting to keep a close eye on their government. Some may think these bailouts are good but in many cases, they are violations of the authority granted to various arms of government. When it occurs on a large scale, we think the issue is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chrisgrande.com/2008/12/18/too-much-government-is-unacceptable/</link>
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		<title>Wow - Quarter Past Zero Hour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I shared an article featuring Bill Fleckenstein&#8217;s thoughts on Marc Faber&#8217;s discussing &#8220;zero hour&#8221; - the point when monetary stimulus no longer spurs growth but merely causes inflation. Since then, inflation began rising until a &#8220;little&#8221; credit crisis derailed that streak.
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		<link>http://chrisgrande.com/2008/12/17/wow-quarter-past-zero-hour/</link>
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		<title>Interview - John Erickson on Retirement Communities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I do a lot of work with helping retirees downsize from their house to a new lifestyle in retirement. Part of what I do is to review retirement living options which include ideas such buying a condo, renting an apartment, senior housing, in-law apartment on the kids house, and a growing area of resident options [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chrisgrande.com/2008/12/15/interview-dennis-erickson-on-retirement-communities/</link>
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