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Highlights of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act.
Got some time on your hands? You can read the recently passed Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 HERE.
It’s 260 pages long so its definitely not a quick read. You can read summary of the bill here.
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Howdy!
My name is Randy “Lazarus” McAtee. First off, folks ask me why Lazarus? Simple: Lazarus is the name I received when I was baptized (which happened to be on Lazarus Saturday) into Christ and the Orthodox Christian Church. Thus, Lazarus is my Christian name.
I am married to wonderful woman who is the mother of our six children: 5 boys, 1 girl. We are blessed with 5 beautiful grandchildren and still have 3 boys living at home with us. Speaking of home, we have lived in the same home in a great northwest neighborhood for nearly 20 years. I am a native Californian, born and raised in Marin County.
I’m a college dropout who is still wondering what I want to be when I grow up. Prior to marriage I was doing mission work in Mexico ( I do speak some Spanish amigo) and was a puppeteer. Marriage and the subsequent offspring forced me to get a real job 
I have been a California licensed Contractor (in good standing with zero complaints and zero law suits) since 1988. My license classifications are B, C2, & D65 — which means I am a General Contractor with specialty licenses in Insulation & Acoustical, and Weatherization and Energy Conservation. My license # is 555829.
This is my 6th year in Real Estate and in May of last year I opened my own brokerage: Lazarus Realty. My license No. 01357881. I’d love to say something like ” I have a passion for Real Estate” or ” I really LOVE this business” but that wouldn’t be true. I DO like being a real estate broker. I don’t like it that public opinion of Realtors is low. But then again, from experience, I have a very low opinion of some of those who work in this field; on the other hand, I have met some really fine, upstanding people in this business that I have the utmost respect for.
I enjoy trading stocks and consider myself a micro-cap miner, i.e. I specialize in finding small companies with huge growth potential. An example of one such stock would be Spindletop Oil and Gas [ticker:SPND] which I started buying in 1998 at .18 per share. I sold the last of my shares at the beginning of this year at around $6.00 per.
I recently took up photography and many of the pictures on my site were taken by me. I currently shoot with a Nikon DX200 using a Nikkor 18×200 VR lens. It’s all the camera I think I will need for years to come. I do have some other lenses on my wish list. In the future I plan to have a photo gallery at www.finefotos.com .
In 2002 I got back in touch with my inner Puppeteer and built an entire Punch and Judy Theatre. 
I built the puppets, the props, the stage - everything- I even sewed all the little outfits myself. It took me 6 months. In 2006 I got frozen shoulder so until I regain my range of motion, I cant perform with puppets. In the mean time I am building a Flea Circus which is taking me far longer than anticipated. I authored and self-published a 16 page book about my distinguished troupe of fleas and you can read about it at the Flea Press (where one small mind itching to be heard lets the world know what’s bugging him).
During this market downturn I’m focusing on becoming more net-friendly. Many of my clients have been elderly people and hispanics with little or no internet exposure. I realize, however, that a large number of people, myself included, rely on the internet to identify prospective properties. SO - HERE I AM.
I hope that you will find some useful information on my blog. Whether your a friend, former client, prospective client, or a real estate agent feel free to comment or contact me anytime.
Lazarus - aka blogging broker
