Fred Schnaubelt is a man of opinions. He is educated, well-read, politically active, savvy in business and knowledgeable about San Diego and San Diego County. He has been a Real Estate Broker for 39 years, has his own company and racked up  $255,000,000 in sales. He has been a past director of the San Diego Apartment Association and the Board of Realtors. Fred served as a City Councilman from 1977 to 1981. He was invited to testify before the U.S. President's Commission on Housing and the U.S. House of Representatives Banking Committee. He has also published over 100 articles on real estate issues and is a frequent guest on local radio stations.

Fred's Accomplishments
Past Director - Apartment Association
Board of Realtors
First Centennial Title Insurance Company
American Thrift & Loan Association
President-- Citizens for Private Property Rights (CPPR)

 
Fred's Articles
Liberals and Conservatives Think Differently  (Feb. 21, 2013) NEWEST
Apartment Prices Set to Skyrocket  (Feb. 8, 2013)
Gun Ignorance  (Dec. 27, 2012)
Mitt Romney's 47 percent and the $64,000 question (Dec. 11,2012)
New Report--Housing Bubble Caused by "Smart Growth" (Dec.3, 2012)
Thanksgiving Lesson Was Lost on San Diego (Reprint from 2010)
Stage Set for Republican Wins in 2014 and 2016  (Nov. 16, 2012)
Never Mix Business with Politics (or Religion) (Oct. 31, 2012)
Capitalism for Dummies, Part 2 (Sept. 28, 2012)
Capitalism for Dummies, Part 1  (Sept. 7, 2012)
A Key to Success Revisited  (June 29, 2012)
The Fiction of Majority Rule  (June 2012)
Billboards: Freedom of Speech and Property Rights  (Republished -1980)
To Learn or Not to Learn--that is the question (Apr.12, 2012)
Planning Department Makes Colossal Mess of County (Mar. 21, 2012)
Kill the Oil Speculators  (Mar. 7, 2012)
A Down and Dirty Primer in Apartment Investing  (Feb. 2012)
Media Ignore Individuals in Gap between Rich and Poor  (Jan.24, 2012)
The End of Redevelopment Agencies (Jan. 10, 2012)
 

Earlier Articles (in descending order)
  Socialism by any other name is still socialism  (Oct. 27, 2011)
  Landlords: American Philanthropists  (Oct. 25, 2011)
  For housing hoax to work, government must first create shortages  (Oct. 14, 2011) 
  Politicians Demonize Wealthy Achievers...  (Sept. 29, 2011)
  Welfare State Chickens Come Home to Roost  (Aug. 29, 2011)
  A Gap between Ignorance, Misinformation and Disinformation  (Aug. 2011)
  General Plan Shows Supervisors Care Little for People  (Aug. 10, 2011)
  Is Raising Taxes Cutting Off Our Nose to Spite Our Face? (July 2011)
  When a Police Chief Flaunts the Law (June 2011)
  Dianne Jacob--"What have I done?" (May 2011)
  Redistricting Primer--What You Are Not Supposed to Know (May 2011)
  Fanning the Flames of Class Welfare (Apr. 27, 2011)
  Why Is America Rich? (Apr. 2011)
  To Steal or Not to Steal--that is the question  (Mar. 2011)
  Will Affordable Housing Be Abolished by Gov. Brown? (Mar. 2011)
  Ugly Beauty--Governor Brown is Right on Redevelopment (Feb. 2011)
  Economic Freedom Is Up to You, Diane Jacobs (Feb. 2011)
  Bread and Circuses--Is Tea Party Rooted in Rome? (Jan. 2011)
  What Is the Purpose of Taxes?  (Jan. 2011)
  County Should Sell All Its Land (Dec. 2010)
  First Thanksgiving Lost on San Diego (Nov. 2010)
  New General Plan for San Diego County (Nov. 2010)
  County Exploits Exclusionary Zoning  (Oct. 2010)
  4-Part Series:
  Planned Chaos: San Diego County's New General Plan  Part 4 (Sept. 2010)
  Planned Chaos: San Diego County's New General Plan  Part 3 (Aug. 2010)
  Gobbledygook Unmasked  Part 2 (July  2010)
  Message from San Diego Board of Supervisors to Voters  Part 1 (July 2010)
  Mass Trasit vs. Freeways (July 2010)
  Tea Party and Patriot 'Movementeers' (Mar. 2010)
  Health Care: Backwards from the future  (Dec. 2009)
  God Bless Capitalism! (Oct. 2009)
  The Lady or the Tiger--Inflation or Deflation? Part 3 (Sept. 2009)
  If Not a Free Pencil, Why Health Care? (Sept. 2009)
  School Daze (Aug. 2009)
  Tax Your Parcel? (Aug. 2, 2009)
  The Lady or the Tiger--Inflation or Deflation?  Part 2 (July 21. 2009)
  The Lady or the Tiger--Inflation or Deflation?  Part 1 (July 8. 2009)
   Wanted: Salesman to carry a message to Garcia (June 9, 2009)
   Majority Doesn't Rule (May 2009)
   A Lesson in Free Enterprise  (May 4, 2009)
   Great Depression Reincarnation:how many voters can $8 trillion buy? (Mar. 13, 2009
   FDR--12 Years of Stimulus Spending  (Feb. 13, 2009)
   President Obama: Superhero or just a man?  (Jan. 29, 2009)
   Death to Capitalism (April 2009)
   The Institutionalization of Ignorance (Mar. 27, 2009)
   When a Nickel Costs a Dime (Mar. 3, 2009)
   Government Regulate/Rule Us vs.Unrestrained Faith  (Dec. 30, 2008)
   Will Congress Replicate the First Great Depression?  (Nov. 18, 2008)
   Tax Cuts for 95% + alchemy = 5% pay everything  (Oct. 31, 2008)
   New Income Inequality--What the Media Ignores  (Oct. 28, 2008)
   Capitalism Didn't Cause Credit Meltdown  (Oct.21, 2008
   $700 Billion Bailout--Will Rules Determine Outcome?  (Oct. 8, 2008)
   Credit Meltdown--$700 Billion just the down payment   (Sept. 30, 2008)
   The Greedy Hand of Government  (July21, 2008)
   Living Wage Commentary  (July 21, 2008)
   Real Estate, Up or Down--Market Insights  (May 18, 2007)
   Politics for Dummies, Part 2.  (Nov. 6, 2006)
   Abracadabra: Your property rights disappear right before your eyes  (Oct. 27, 2006)
   Proposition 90  (Sept. 6, 2006)
   Did You Know Your Home Is For Sale?  (Aug. 18, 2006)
    Increasing minimum wage would generate adverse results  (Mar. 3, 2006)
    Free Market vs. Political Favoritism  (Dec. 21, 2005)
    Private Property (Oct. 3, 2005)
   The Market Economy (Sept. 26, 2005)
    A Limited Government (Sept. 19, 2005)
    It's the Politicians, Stupid!  (May 27, 2005)
    Earth Day!...Rebuttal to Carolyn Chase  (Apr. 19, 2005)
    DeAnza Cove Con Game (May 29, 2004)
    Rural Lands Initiative  (Feb. 15, 2004)
    Fires and Prop 13  (Dec. 4, 2003)
    Three Councilmen  (Sept. 4, 2003)
     Asinine Housing Policy--Myths of Rich & Poor (June 17, 2003)
    Inclusionary Housing  (May 20, 2003)
    Housing by Council Edict (Apr. 28, 2003)
    Stadium Debacle Started with a Kiss (Dec. 5, 2002)
    Are Landlords Colder than a Witch's Tit? (Nov. 29, 2002)
    Housing's Malign Neglect  (Nov. 15, 2002)
    Should Landlords Be Burned at the Stake  (Sept. 23, 2002)
    First Kill All the Home Builders (Sept. 23, 2002)
    Free the Free Market Today  (June 11, 2002)
    Housing Charade--Parts I, II, III, IV, V  (May 9, 2002)
 

 Ever been a Paperboy?  (Oct. 6, 2012)
         Note:  This was a spontaneous e-mail response from the article, Capitalism for Dummies, Part 2, in which I mentioned my first job--a paperboy.
                      Many boys started work as paperboys, so it brought back memories and comments on the experience. 

         Question: Were you ever a Paperboy (or Papergirl) ?  Was it personally edifying & preparatory for later in life success:

         If you have a comment on this, please
                      e-mail to fredschnaubelt@mindspring.com
 

 

Replies, responses, queries 
Reply to Don Bauder's Article, Chargers, City's Only Hope--Auction Stadium 
Reply to Richard Louv's Article, 19 Year Old Future Leaders 
Reply to Logan Jenkin's Article,  NIMBY's are the salt of San Diego's precious earth 
Reply to Mayor Murphy:   RE:  CCDC's Homes for the Homeless, $247,000
Query to Councilman Peters:  RE: Million Dollar Homes 
Response to Don Wood on "Malign Neglect "  
Letter to Mayor Murphy--Good Cause Eviction  
Letter to U-T Editor on Sandag's Housing Goals
Housing Commission Retort
Letter to Wall Street Journal and Union-Tribune (April 2011)
Reply to U-T Editor Article, Smarter Approach on Taxes  (Aug. 2011)
 

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