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I have registered your consignment box.

All the necessary arrangement of the delivering your $2.500, 000.00 USD in
cash was made with FedEx Courier Service.

So contact Mr. Brett Hooper
EMAIL: bretthooper0@yahoo.cn

For your information, I have paid for the delivery Charge, Insurance
premium and Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque showing that it is not
Drug Money or meant to sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country.

The only money you will send to the FedEx Courier Service to deliver your
Draft direct to your postal Address in your country is ($265.00) US Dollars
only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.

Send them your contacts info to enable them locate you immediately they
arrived in your country with your draft.

Name:
Home Address:
Phone Numbers:
Country:
Valid ID:

Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail
to avoid any further delay and remember you will pay them their Security
Keeping fee of $265.00 US Dollars for their immediate action.

Thank you,
Regards,
Ben Wilson

I am not a FORD fan.  I had Ranger pickups in a former life and I remember the term Fix Or Repair Daily......Ford did NOT take the government auto bailout because they had sufficient capital including 20% stake in Mazda.

Harry Reid has MISTAKENLY mentioned Ford being bailed out by the government AND NOW WH Press Big Mouth Robert Gibbs has mentioned that he doubts that Rush Limbaugh drives an F-150....HELLO!  Rush had GM as an advertiser for several years - LOVED their cars * he and his staff were given various models to drive by GM and they raved about them on the radio * HOW COOL is THAT?! 

However, when the GOVERNMENT took over GM and they asked Rush to continue with their advertising, he said NO.  He did not want to advertise something AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE!

Rush is a man of principal and has mentioned on his show that he had no problem with the cars * he just did not want to be involved in the government auto bail out.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/07/29/gibbs-takes-on-rush-limbaugh/

I am at my most ACCOMMODATING PROPERTY SHOWING mode.  I get gas in my car when it is half-full and I have 10 minutes.  I have Coke Zero bottles in my car AND my car phone charger.  I am often on the phone arranging a rental home viewing while prospects are following me to their next property viewing.

....so after showing a couple several homes last week and providing them with my rental applications with my credit criteria on the reverse side, I got a phone call from them today.  Their FIRST choice of home was GONE * they had listened to a real estate agent who said he had to contact the property owners about their application * and was the home they saw 7 days ago still available.  I asked them if they had their application paperwork completed and could they fax or e-mail it to me within the hour?  They did not have their applications completed.  I STRONGLY suggested they complete them within the hour and get them to me so that they would get into the queue for this property as I was on my way to show it AS WE WERE SPEAKING!

They seemed surprised that I was so candid and that I was so insistent on their paperwork.  I quickly reminded them that I cautioned them a week ago to select a new rental home and have their application paperwork completed and submitted ASAP.

I am CANDID with them because the SOONER they....1) get over their STICKER SHOCK on our AREA RENTAL HOME RENTS;  2) submit their COMPLETED APPLICATION PAPERWORK; and 3) provide a check for their move-in monies * First FULL Month's RENT and SECURITY DEPOSIT....the SOONER they can SECURE their NEW RENTAL HOME!

HOW did the White House FIND this woman? She should NOT be on unemployment because she is on PROBATION for PRESCRIPTION DRUG FRAUD.

From the unionofunemployed.com website • Leslie Macko, from Charlottesville, VA, lost her job as an aesthetician in 2009.  She received, and exhausted, Virginia unemployment compensation benefits.  She has also exhausted her Tier I benefits and had 4.9 weeks of Tier II EUC for which she is eligible.  However, there has been a 6-week delay in the Tier II benefits and once she receives these benefits, she will not be eligible for additional unemployment insurance.  She has persistently searched for work, and continues to do so.  To pay her rent, utilities, food, and other expenses she has had to borrow money from her father on a monthly basis.

http://www.newsplex.com/home/headlines/99497354.html

The Volt can travel 40 miles on its battery charge and an additional 340 miles on a gasoline-powered generator.

GM has a NEW Edsel. 

I actually REMEMBER the Edsel and I suspect there are few at GM or the White House who remember this automotive FIASCO or why nobody puts their son's names on their auto models any more.

While area Realtors may have a Prius or Lexus h model, I suspect few will buy a vehicle that has to have an EXPENSIVE after market "docking station" and SIT for 3 to 4 hours to charge in order to go ANOTHER 40 miles.

I DROVE 130 miles yesterday showing rental properties in 3 counties.  It is not WORTH my TIME to BUY or DRIVE this vehicle!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/27/AR2010072705834_pf.html

I've had a kindle for 2 years...and LOVE it.  I am an avid reader * probably an hour of pleasure reading a day on average * and it is a JOY to be able to download a book and start reading in MINUTES.

The kindle actually SAVES me money because the book titles are on the kindle OR on my Amazon account so if you have ever purchased the same book a second time as I have done in the past and starting to read a book only to realize that you have already "read this story", the kindle is the way to go.

The only downside is that you need to purchase a HARD COVER if you plan on traveling with it and I purchased a red leather one for about $60.

Hey, VERA BRADLEY!!!  We need kindle hard cover totes!

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2010-07-29-amazon29_ST_N.htm

Known as "the cat in the hat" around NASCAR tracks, Jack Roush * owner of Roush Fenway Racing *  is a pilot had has numerous planes including a P-51 Mustang which is what my father flew in WWII.  Roush was returning from WI after attending the Annual Experimental Aviation Show.  Roush Fenway Racing spokesperson indicates he was taken to a local hospital and his injuries may require surgery.

OK!  OK!  I'll say it * let's hope for a SPEEDY recovery for Jack!!!

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/2010-07-27-jack-roush-plane-crash_N.htm?csp=34sports&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+UsatodaycomMotorSports-TopStories+(Sports+-+Motor+Sports+-+Top+Stories)

I got a call on Monday morning from prospects wanting to see a home I have for rent.  It took me 30 minutes to get to the property and they were waiting outside  While showing the home, they indicated they were selling their home in NY and wanted to rent for a year before buying....PERFECT!!!  They then indicated they had gotten a referral to a local real estate agent and when they indicated they wanted to rent for a year, they never heard back from her and started looking for rental homes on their own.

Since they only had 3 days to find a home and return to NY, I gave them some suggestions since schools were of a major concern.  I saw them again this morning coming out of my office building and I stopped them to see their progress.  They had decided on another property manager's townhouse and were instructed to apply online.  They were leaving that manager's office which is in my building.  They were heartbroken as they had no way of accessing a computer and had checked out of their hotel.  I invited them in to my office, we downloaded the application forms and they started to work sitting at my conference table.  When they did not have some of their financial information, they had an application they had completed previously e-mailed to me and I printed it so they could copy the information.

Finally, they were able to present their applications and check for their move-in monies to the property manager of the townhouse.  I gave them 2 cold water bottles from my refrigerator and sent them on their way back to NY.

Hopefully, they do not have such a bad feeling about our area and our real estate agents and they will enjoy their new home!!!

I can't wait for the re-runs since I don't watch "network" tv after 4P.  Alfred Molina will be the LA DA and the BEST PART of this for ME is that Skeet Ulrich * I ♥ Jericho * will be a detective.  Having found L&O UK during a medical break this spring, I hope this show lasts another 20 years.  I'll have to fit the reruns in between Royal Pains, Burn Notice, Mad Men and Dexter!!!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/27/DDT31EJG1C.DTL

New landlords who are faced with leaving the area frequently call me asking if I will lower my management fee because they have already done the HARD PART and secured their own tenant.

I explain that I would not charge my "leasing fee"; however, I would charge my monthly management fee as I collected the rent.  I then go on to question where they are in their process with "their" tenant? * do they have applications from the tenants? * is there a signed lease?  what type of lease form did they use?  This is often where they realize that maybe all of the "heavy lifting" has not been done and that the "lease up" job is not completed.

While they may have applicants and even application paperwork, they have not screened the applicants, done their past landlord reference checks, run credit reports, done employment checks NOR do they have lease paperwork.

To these landlords, the "hard part" is over; to a professional property manager, the FUN PART is OVER and the HARD PART is just BEGINNING.