Is it better to rent or buy?

Well, according to the Trulia Rent vs Buy Index, it depends where you live. (To determine which option is better, Trulia compares the costs of buying a two-bedroom condo with the costs of renting one.) I just hope my tenants in Phoenix don't read this!

Albuquerque LGBT Chamber of Commerce

There was a fairly inactive LGBT chamber of commerce here when I first moved to Albuquerque; it eventually folded and no-one missed it. A fairly unstructured organization - SOPA - took it's place; a more casual networking place for LGBT professionals. Well, now we have a new LGBT Chamber of Commerce (http://sopanm.org ) This is essentially a formalized version of SOPA. I'm hoping that this one will get some traction - we could do with the networking and referral opportunities, along with the lobbying capabilities of such an organization. Bill and I just returned from a meet and greet for the new group; a number of interesting people there, most of them new to me.