The key to property value in New Orleans is in the hands of the U.S. Congress. Until Congress O.K.'s the money to build the levees to withstand Category 5 hurricanes, there will always be a question about properties here.

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There doesn't need to be this personal relationship with your assessor. That's a thinly veiled way to say, 'Come see me. We'll work out a deal.

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This could change the demographics of the city. I think we'll lose a lot of low-income people.

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Right after the storm, if I had heard myself talking like I am now, about setting records in some offices and posting three record-breaking months in a row, I would've wondered what Kool-Aid this guy was drinking. But every day it gets crazier and crazier in a positive way.

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It's going to be an enormous housing boom.

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This is really hampering the economic recovery of the city. We've got every person's real estate in the city of New Orleans tied up in a knot.

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Think about it. The 'Big One' hits San Francisco tomorrow and ruins most of the housing. Oakland is going to be busy, right?

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We are just having a record-breaking year. We were already very active before the hurricane, but nothing like we are seeing now.

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We could sell another gazillion houses today.

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