http://www.survivingthewar.com Dealing with the recession in Michigan Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:51:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Before I get to the actual house buying story, here's some personal data about myself: I'm 24 years old I live at home with my (single) mom and my younger sister I'm currently employed full time and earn a decent amount of money I don't have much debt. I'm leasing a car and have ... http://www.survivingthewar.com/?p=15 Let's face it - most of drink. Some drink more than the other. I personally drink a couple of times a week (on average). Almost every week there is a happy hour scheduled for right after work. This usually falls on Tuesday or Wednesday at a local dive bar that ... http://www.survivingthewar.com/?p=13 I hate to be a downer and repeating myself, but I stumbled across another one of those "Foreclosure Websites" with the local listings. They have a US map displayed and naturally I clicked on Michigan. Instead of my explaining what happened next, see for yourselves by clicking on the image ... http://www.survivingthewar.com/?p=11 I just saw a news story on FOX2 Detroit about organized bus tours going through Detroit filled with people interested in buying a house (or several houses) that are foreclosed. Have you ever thought that you'd be buying a house by bus. Some of these people are interested in buying multiple ... http://www.survivingthewar.com/?p=10 So we're not all fortunate or lucky enough to win a $135 Million jackpot on Mega Millions, but Dave Sneath of Livonia, Michigan was. Dave is taking home around $60 Million after taxes and in a lump sum. Lucky people like Dave won't have to worry about the trouble ... http://www.survivingthewar.com/?p=6 When you take into consideration the bad mortgage problem in Michigan, plummeting interest rates and especially the outrageous Michigan prices, it almost feels like the world is just about to end. Many people in Michigan are hopeless and many are devastated by their current living situation. Michiganders giving up their ... http://www.survivingthewar.com/?p=8 I ran into a fresh article this morning by the British newspaper Independent. Living in Michigan, the part that was particularly interesting to me was a paragraph about Michigan being in a mini-recession: Michigan has been in its own mini-recession for years as its collapsing industrial base, particularly in the car ... http://www.survivingthewar.com/?p=5 Welcome to Surviving the War. This website is dedicated to every-day Americans who are doing their best to survive in the current economically challenging time. One thing that absolutely boggles my mind is that a lot of people in America do not realize that we're in war and that all ... http://www.survivingthewar.com/?p=3