{"id":13919,"date":"2011-01-07T14:18:29","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T21:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=13919"},"modified":"2011-01-07T14:18:29","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T21:18:29","slug":"home-free-in-massachusetts-not-paying-your-mortgage-is-a-less-significant-moral-fault-than-being-sloppy-with-paperwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/13919\/home-free-in-massachusetts-not-paying-your-mortgage-is-a-less-significant-moral-fault-than-being-sloppy-with-paperwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Home free in Massachusetts: Not paying your mortgage is a less-significant moral fault than being sloppy with paperwork."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court makes a slam-dunk argument for free-market dispute resolution<\/a>. Meanwhile, think twice before you lend money. You may never see it again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court makes a slam-dunk argument for free-market dispute resolution. Meanwhile, think twice before you lend money. 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Those year-over-year jobs numbers rank fourth in the U.S. behind only Florida, Texas\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Marketing"","block_context":{"text":"Marketing","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/marketing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10943,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/10943\/heckuva-job-brownie\/","url_meta":{"origin":13919,"position":4},"title":"Heckuva Job Brownie","author":"Thomas Hall","date":"January 21, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I believe in change. I do not believe in politics as usual. Horse trading behind closed doors isn't change. Has Scott Brown's election defied the norm that all politics are local? Yup. Does Scott Brown's victory represent change? 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