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Today we challenge you to take a step forward, hopefully fueled by the distressing news regarding the Siena.  We're not giving up hope.  We are continuing to educate ourselves, to uncover the truth and, ultimately, we will use these truths to recover what is rightfully ours.

We've had enough of the status quo.

Have you?

The Honolulu International Airport, Bar-K and "Gross Bad Faith"

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This unpublished opinion by Judge James R. Lambden is quite a nugget.  Bar-K sued First American Title Corp. If you are interested in the details, click the link in the first sentence.  If not, then focus on the excerpts below:

Kelly Ng's New Business Partner

William H. (Bill) Bachrach has joined forces with volleyball coach extraordinaire Kelly Ng.  Their new business, called Lend, Inc. was brought to our attention by new poster Lu.  Thank you, Lu.  Whether Bachrach is involved or simply just Kelly's legal agent, it's still a newsworthy development. 

Bachrach's firm provides legal services "including Estate Planning and Probate, Domestic Relations including dissolution of marriage and child custody, as well Business Matters and Civil Litigation."

Question for the blog readers:  Should investors in the Bar-K family of funds be concerned about this new development or thrilled?  Please share your opinions.

Tumwater Brewery Sold

According to the Tacoma News Tribune, an ownership group has purchased the "200,000-square-foot brick (Tumwater) brewhouse, 32 acres of property that surrounds the building and two parking lots".  George Heidgerken and Patrick Rhodes spent $1.4 million in cash on the purchase.  It's important to note that we believe this isn't the entire Tumwater property.  We think there's more to sell.  Mackinac Partners' promise to maximize the value of this asset can't be fully blamed on them given the fact that the water rights were sold out from under the property by Barney. Gut wrenching as it might be, if you check your loan summary list on the Bar-K website, you'll be troubled to find that the original appraisal for the property was $57 million and the loan amount was $26 million.

Mortgage Fund '08 September 2010 Newsletter

We received the September 2010 MF '08 newsletter in the mail this weekend. Thank you to Walter and Kelly for keeping us abreast of the latest developments.

At first blush, the outlook seems rosier for the '08ers than it does for the REL'ers or the RE Reno'ers.  '08 doesn't have a $60+ million line of credit and isn't contemplating a secondary loan of $20 million like RE Loans, nor were they subordinated to junior status like the RE Loans noteholders.  '08 also isn't a secured creditor staring down the barrel of a bankruptcy filing by Wild Game Ng/One South Lake/Hi-Five like RE Reno.  That's the positive news.

The not-so-positive news is embedded within the newsletter and many of the statements beg for further clarification.

A Spotlight on Kelly NG

One fourth of the B-4 partnership happens to be a BIG volleyball fan.  He plays volleyball.  He coaches volleyball.  He even trains for volleyball by dancing along with some sort of video game. 

Money Manager, Volleyballer and Dancer Kelly NG was highlighted in this SF Chronicle blurb.

That, my friends, is 1/4 of the B-4/Bar-K/RE Loans/Mortgage Fund '08 brain trust.

Labor Day Weekend

Today is Friday, September 3rd, 2010.  Labor Day is on Monday.  It's also the day before most kids go back to school across the country.  The importance of Labor Day to investors in the Bar-K family of funds is that the majority of the investors *must* labor, more often than not because our investment has stopped paying interest.


It is going to take a lot of energy to continue the fight to recover our money lost to the NG dynasty.

In that spirit, may you enjoy the national holiday to the fullest.  Rest, relax, sit in the sun, have a cocktail, a picnic, or a barbeque and, hopefully, take some much needed time with family and friends.

Revolving Door Policy

Finally a bit of press coverage on something important to us.  Unfortunately, Rolf Boone, the author, got it wrong at the end, as Capital Salvage, as we all know, is Barney's entity.  RE Loans recently "won" the property back at auction, essentially recovering the note for no money down. Get an NG out, replace that NG with another NG.  That's the theory here.

If, in months or years past, "the brewhouse was listed for $2 million and the two parking lots were listed for $1 million," then RE Loans (or Capital Salvage, if you will), isn't taking home a lot of cash, which means the WFF LOC isn't going to dwindle much, if at all due to this potential sale.  Also, what's with the NG propaganda machine touting potential sales?  It's all horse manure until there is something concrete to tell us. 

The Press, The Government and Disappointment

There are a few issues that have caught the attention of Bar-K investors lately.  You know what they are, right?  The Olympia Brewery in Tumwater, WA and the Siena Hotel and Casino in Reno, NV.

I've been disappointed by the lack of media coverage on these two issues, with the exception of the Channel 4 in Reno and an obscure blog.  When the local TV station  and a blog upstage the local newspaper, something is wrong, especially when it comes to investigative journalism.  The Reno Gazette-Journal ("RGJ") writes a story here and there on the Siena, but, ultimately, they are just skimming the surface, which does less harm to the local economy.  I get it.  I really do.  There are jobs at stake here.  This has a profound effect on lives, relationships and families.

December 31, 2012

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

December 31, 2012 is the maturity date of the RE Loans note.  As we all know from our thorough reading of the October 2007 RE Loans Reorganization Plan And Note Program (the "Exchange Agreement"), we can get our money back if the Ngs feel like it.

It's so close we can almost taste it!

An open letter to our savior

On July 15th, James Weissenborn ("Jimmy"), the Chief Restructuring Officer of RE Loans and the Managing Partner of Mackinac Partners wrote a letter to RE Loans noteholders.  If you haven't seen the letter, check out the RE Loans website (recent news section) and look under Mackinac Correspondence.  Click on the link for "Message from Chief Restructuring Officer (CRO)".   Now, onto the response...

Kelly NG. Volleyball Coach / Fund Manager. WHAT WERE WE THINKING?

Math Camp

It's summer, and children across the country are having the time of their lives at camp.  Maybe it's art camp, perhaps it's religious camp, or something more athletic like soccer camp.  I figured the good readers of the Bar-K Investors website might want to join me at math camp.

As we all know, there are too many people who have had to end their retirements and go back to work.  Some have had to stop watering their lawns, or scrap the remodeling of their homes.  Others had to swallow their pride and move in with family members.  Even worse, some of us have skipped medical treatments or been unable to pay our medical bills.  I have heard stories about some unfortunate noteholders losing their homes to foreclosure.  It's far from uplifting.

Is Mortgage Fund '08 A Ponzi Scheme?

Sadly, the Courthouse News Service looks like the only outlet interested in covering this $64 million issue.  Then see this document (page 6 Box 13).  You'll notice that the total amount sold is actually $84,868,977 according to Coach K, everyone's favorite volleyball coach/fund manager, brother of Barney and, of course, son of Walter.