Remember some months back that the Tropicana begged workers to put off actually depositing their paychecks? Having lived through The Great DotCom Boom and subsequent bust, I know that this is a great big, glowing “get out now” red flag for any company’s prospects. The inevitable has happened:  Tropicana Entertainment LLC is declaring Chapter 11 [...]

TheStreet.com asks and answers 5 Questions about the Mortgage Crisis. Although you know my opinion regarding the local real estate market*, the question remains whether nationally speaking, we are at or near a bottom. Some people say yes. Some people say no. * Inventory is slowly dropping, sales are slowly increasing, prices may continue to [...]