Thread: Red or Black?
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Old 01-04-2005, 02:15 PM   #24
Beestie
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Originally Posted by russotto
Of course, making the property not count is cheating...
Not really. You own a house worth 100,000 and you owe $98,000 on it you are technically in the black for $2,000 (transaction costs notwithstanding).

When there is no corresponding asset to the debt, that is a problem even if only a temporary one.
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