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  • InLibrisLibertas
    Location : Mill Valley, California, United States

    I'm an independent investor. I make my living from the returns on my investments. I work at home, in the northern part of the San Francisco Bay area, or on my boat which I keep in the British Virgin Islands. I spent most of my career as an executive in high-tech, although I also spent time in banking. Down to one kid in university now!

Asset rentals

August 26th, 2005 by InLibrisLibertas

Just when you thought it couldn’t get wilder - “Call it “funny money” for the housing boom: Now you don’t need actual cash in the bank to buy a house. All you need is somebody who says you’ve got money in the bank.

Need a hundred grand on deposit to convince a lender you deserve a million-dollar mortgage? You’ve got it … even though you haven’t really got it because you “rented” it from a company in Nevada for an upfront fee of 5 percent: $5,000.”

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