Quote Originally Posted by Euryleia View Post
Likewise, the Obamas' financing of their house in Chicago was no mystery. As their tax returns demonstrate, the couple had a significant jump in income from 2000 onwards (largely from royalties on book sales), and they purchased their Chicago home in 2005, a year in which their combined income was $1.6 million.
One does have to wonder, though, about the events surrounding that home purchase.

Obama buys a property for $300,000 below the asking price -- not a bad deal. On the same day, Tony Rezko buys the adjacent parcel from the same seller for the asking price. I have to wonder how an experienced real estate developer pays list while Obama is able to bargain the price down by several hundred thousand dollars.

Rezko and Obama toured both properties together -- Obama has publicly stated this. And the accepted offer was the third he made. So Obama and Rezko get along well enough to tour real estate together, but they don't talk about the offer each will make? And an experienced real estate developer doesn't bargain, doesn't make a lower offer?