{"id":21781,"date":"2012-10-12T14:25:04","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T21:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=21781"},"modified":"2012-10-13T12:13:49","modified_gmt":"2012-10-13T19:13:49","slug":"friday-flashback-kendra-todd-agrees-with-lar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/12\/friday-flashback-kendra-todd-agrees-with-lar\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Flashback: &#8220;Kendra Todd agrees with Lar&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As some long-time readers will recall, Larry Cragun is a former Issaquah real estate agent who received a brief mention in <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/10\/friday-flashback-seattles-housing-bubble-all-star-team\/\" title=\"Friday Flashback: Seattle\u2019s Housing Bubble All-Star Team\">a previous Friday Flashback<\/a> for his characterization of bubble blogs as &#8220;the babbling and whining of children.&#8221;  But he really deserves to have a Friday Flashback all to himself.  So that&#8217;s what he gets today.<\/p>\n<p>Larry gave us so many great nuggets back in the day&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/mormon.org\/me\/5s33\" title=\"Mormon: Hi I'm Larry Cragun\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Larry-Cragun.jpg\" style=\"float:right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px; width:159px; height:237px; border:1px solid #000000;\" title=\"Hi I'm Larry Cragun\" alt=\"Hi I'm Larry Cragun\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>May 2006 &#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/realestateundressed.com\/2006\/05\/kendra-todd-agrees-with-lar-there-is-no-bubble\/\" title=\"Kendra Todd agrees with Lar \u2013 There is no bubble\">Kendra Todd agrees with Lar \u2013 There is no bubble<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>September 2006 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/realestateundressed.com\/2006\/09\/business-week-takes-a-positve-spin-on-the-article-i-referenced-a-few-minutes-ago\/\">It is a tiny bubble folks, in some places it is ending&#8230;<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>October 2006 &#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/realestateundressed.com\/2006\/10\/yesterday-i-wrote-about-debbies-instincts\/\" title=\"Yesterday I wrote about Debbies Instincts, today I write about mine and the bubble.\">Now we find regular news that supports the fact we are already seeing things settle down.<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>October 2006 &#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/realestateundressed.com\/2006\/10\/the-no-bubble-here-ever-or-now-report\/\" title=\"The no bubble here ever or now report......I plan on keeping this on the first page folks...Report in for us please...\">The no bubble here ever or now report<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>October 2006 &#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/realestateundressed.com\/2006\/10\/i-think-i-made-my-point-so-i-changing-my-tune-on-the-bubble\/\" title=\"I think I made my point; so I am changing my tune on the bubble\">This sounds like normal people making decisions based on brains not greed.  I like this kind of market.<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>November 2006 &#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/realestateundressed.com\/2006\/11\/even-san-diego-has-bottomed-out-no-bubble-there\/\" title=\"Even San Diego has bottomed out no bubble there.\">Even San Diego has bottomed out no bubble there.<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>May 2007 &#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/realestateundressed.com\/2007\/05\/one-year-ago-today-our-first-real-estate-undressed-article\/\" title=\"One Year Ago Today \u2013 Our First Real Estate Undressed Article\">I wrote I noticed, The Apprentice, Kendra Todd agreed with my position on the bubble. I harped thereafter that it would be a correction not a bubble. Right was I Yoda?<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Larry has since quit real estate and moved to Salt Lake City, where he is &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/mormon.org\/me\/5s33\" title=\"Mormon: Hi I'm Larry Cragun\">now serving a family history mission<\/a>&#8221; for the Mormon church.<\/p>\n<p>And nothing of value was lost.<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:85%; border-top:1px solid #CCCCCC;\">The purpose of our <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/tag\/friday-flashback\/\" title=\"Friday Flashback on Seattle Bubble\">Friday Flashback series<\/a> is to remind people why it&#8217;s never a good idea to base your home purchase decisions on the word of someone with a vested financial interest in selling as many homes as possible for as much as possible, no matter what.  If you&#8217;ve got a good example of local home salespeople or other industry shills on record making fools of themselves in the years before the bubble burst, <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/contact\/\">shoot me an email<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As some long-time readers will recall, Larry Cragun is a former Issaquah real estate agent who received a brief mention in a previous Friday Flashback for his characterization of bubble blogs as &#8220;the babbling and whining of children.&#8221; But he really deserves to have a Friday Flashback all to himself. 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