Do I "Have To" read the books?
As I am dyslexic I would have never come across Ayn Rand without the movies, which as a young businessman made me angry. I just can not wait for the following Movie.
As i don't read books I have just downloaded Atlas Shrugged from Audible which is narrated by Scott Brick - that's good enough right?
As this is an introduction - I own a Mortgage Company which is heavily regulated with time consuming bureaucracy to ensure every legislative tick box is covered and I have to pay for a government body to swoop in to check my files. The other company is a Letting Agency - if the government made me choose to be owner of one, it would be the mortgage company - as this industry is thawt with lots of tiny bits of regulation. With more on its way many calling for government to cap rent (decide what we charge for our service) and political lobbies pretending to be charities calling for us not to be able to check out potential customers. Someone does not pay rent, have to wait 8 weeks before submitting a court document and weeks before being seen - to be told it'd be weeks before they have to move out ... but if they don't move out, it;d be weeks to wait for a bailiff to "try" and get them out.
Not that its all bad.
I am British.
As i don't read books I have just downloaded Atlas Shrugged from Audible which is narrated by Scott Brick - that's good enough right?
As this is an introduction - I own a Mortgage Company which is heavily regulated with time consuming bureaucracy to ensure every legislative tick box is covered and I have to pay for a government body to swoop in to check my files. The other company is a Letting Agency - if the government made me choose to be owner of one, it would be the mortgage company - as this industry is thawt with lots of tiny bits of regulation. With more on its way many calling for government to cap rent (decide what we charge for our service) and political lobbies pretending to be charities calling for us not to be able to check out potential customers. Someone does not pay rent, have to wait 8 weeks before submitting a court document and weeks before being seen - to be told it'd be weeks before they have to move out ... but if they don't move out, it;d be weeks to wait for a bailiff to "try" and get them out.
Not that its all bad.
I am British.
Here's to building the real one!
Just read along, you'll quickly learn who is who and what is what.
Looking forward to your input.
Rick (Eudaimonia)
I believe you will enjoy the audio book. Aside from watching the other movies including The Fountainhead and We the Living, you should check out the abundant youtube videos of her speaking in various interviews and other forums.
Enjoy!
O.A.
Residential tenancies- a subject close to my heart. The Government here in WestAus has made more changes making it harder for owners to let out on their own and easier for bad tenants to evade checks.
" political lobbies pretending to be charities" very true, they help the worthless by putting up costs for owners, so increasing the rent that good tenants have to pay. As an owner do I care about tenants? I certainly do, I was a tenant for many years, now I always have a good relationship with my tenants, fine people most of them, mind you I do select with great care.
You ask- 'Do I "Have To" read the books?' I will not give instructions but there is no pleasure like the giving of free advice - if you do not read you miss a lot, but, I am a great listener to audio books while driving, so pleased to read good opinions of the AS audio.
I hope you purchased the unabridged version. My local library doesn't have the book, and only the abridged version on CD. I wanted to listen while walking a few miles in my shoes on my treadmill. I was disappointed in the abridged version. It left so much out. I have read the book several times and am doing another reread currently.
http://www.audible.co.uk/pd?asin=B009M8W...
I was impressed with the audio book.