...is the changeless state. As this most interesting time of life proceeds, most divorce lawyers report that cases are now more about who "owes what" rather than who "owns what." Sit in a courtroom one day, and you will hear ex-spouses arguing about the fact that one has been unable to refinance the mortgage and take the other off. Or, one has failed to pay the credit card debt in accordance with the judgment, because they have lost their job. Of course, the first response to this change is to feel that the sky is falling, and life is over. However, it isn't. The flip side of sellers having a hard time selling, is that buyers are having a great time buying! There are some incredible deals out there. In fact I just read a newspaper article that said people from other states are coming to Detroit to take advantage of the ridiculous prices and get a steal. For those of us who are trying to go from being employees or self-employed, to being business owners and investors, the Michigan real estate market is the chance of a lifetime.
As for divorce, I find that people are a lot more receptive to my "mini-lectures" on making the divorce as drama-free as possible. Keeping the kids out of it and cooperating on parenting and other issues makes a lot more sense when no one has extra cash to throw around for lengthy court battles. And not too many people are determined to prove that they were right, and their spouse was wrong, anymore. Although they may wish for such things, pragmaticism has taken over. And I think that's a good thing.
The less emotional drama there is in a divorce, the less emotional baggage the parties will have to drag along with them into the future. And the more money they will have. Court is a bad place to resolve emotional issues. I recommend therapy or your own pursuit of personal development with any one of a dozen or more great sources. (If you're interested drop me a line and I'll be happy to share my picks on that.) For my own part, I created the Divorce Bailout Package, to help divorcing couples divorce like, well, adults. Cost-effective solutions that work. That's what we need right now.
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I always thouhgt reel estayt was supposably a long turm by and hold kind of investmint not a git rich quik skeem. Exsept I know it was a git rich quik thing a few yeers ago with fliping houzes and stuff Ill give you that. But lookit, the baby boomers had this big bildup in bildings all thrugh the 80s and nintees. Now there getting old and we got bildings everywere. Bizness bildings with no biznisis in them. And houzes with old peeple who cant pay the morgeg. If they dont get forclozd on, there are all going to retire and then die off. Right? Isnt that wut old peeple do? Then wether thay looze the house in forclozure or deth, it dont matter becuz its all the same rezult. Theres goinng to be fewuer peeple coming after the baby boomers to buy thoz houzes and live in them, right? So dosent that meen that there will be more houzes than peeple? And wont that make pricis go down evin mor? So, buying houzes espechally in a plase like michigan, with the big 3 turning into the little 1, I just dont see it. Maybe being a slum lord might werk but then you have to deal with renting to peeple who aint got no jobs and probbly cant evin read nor rite nor even spell! Ya know! Id put my money in pizza or maybe a little grocery store or a dollar store before reel estate and then yer meeting peeple's needs Only problim is then you have to git yer kids to help you werk the store and most kids I know think they got everything coming for notthing like they was retried alredy.
But hey fokes are allways going to need toylet paper and sope.
I hate disugreeing with such a prity lady and I know yuve been to collig and all but I alwayz try in tell the truth if somebody's rong evin if there reel prity and every one else is telling you what you want to heer. Ya gotta tell the truth, espeshally if you care about the persin yer talkin to. And you look like a good persin to me.
I ugree with what you sed about divors thogh. Lawurs are so expensiv, werking things out like yer doing, its just a graet thing yer doing for werking peeple. You sure did good for my cozen when he got divorsed. He wood uv lost his kids if it hadnt uv ben for you. Thanks Mindy.
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