Procrastination and Data Loss:

I knew that I was walking a thin line when my computer was not running optimally. Like so many others my entire life is chronicled on my computer; irreplaceable photos of kids and all those  websites I have  bookmarked in my favorite folder. Not to mention my whole outlook pst folder stuffed to the hilt with years of important emails.

Then it happened, my worst nightmare, the message that anyone who has not backed up can not bear to see, “WINDOWS CAN NOT BOOT UP.”

I tried everything, spend over 12 hours trying to boot up, spoke to my IT guy (who gave me the I TOLD YOU SO) and finally just caved and realized that I have no one to blame but myself. After all my computer did not come with a Guarantee that it will last forever. I had been told that with computers it is not a matter of” if “but “when” it will fail. All computers crash at some point. Since this apocalypse, I now have all my data safe on HomeDataGuard.com.  I can sleep at night knowing that I can access my data from anywhere in the world anytime I see fit. Advice, don’t put off until tomorrow what can be done today especially if it only takes minutes.

"Daily Real Estate News  |  December 6, 2007
Bush Wins Agreement to Freeze Mortgages
Major mortgage lenders have agreed to lock in interest rates for five years on adjustable-rate loans made to financially troubled homeowners who obtained adjustable-rate subprime mortgages between Jan. 1, 2005, and July 31, 2007.

The deal with the Bush administration represents a compromise between mortgage firms and banks that wanted to freeze 
rates for one or two years and banking regulators who wanted seven years"
 
This should be very interesting to see what happens with this latest Proposal from our Government. I think this is a great plan because it shouldn't cost taxpayers anything. The lenders are the ones who will absorb the loss as they should for making these less then desireable loans to begin with. The worst thing for any financial market is instability. Once Wall street knows that there is a plan in place that may help bring back more liquidity into our market which would spark the real estate market again. Lets see what happens. http://www.realtor.org/RMODaily.nsf/pages/News2007120601?OpenDocument

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