Real estate power broker dead of apparent suicide

cnn ^ | 1/07/08 | CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN)

[tomnbeverly]

One of Chicago's most well-known real estate moguls appears to have shot himself to death, police said.

The body of Steven L. Good was found in his Jaguar on Monday. The car was spotted in a parking lot of a wildlife preserve in Kane County, Illinois, just outside Chicago, authorities said.

No note was found, and police say they do not know how long the 52-year-old had been in the vehicle.

Good was the chairman and chief executive officer of Sheldon Good & Co., a major U.S. real estate auction company.

The death comes amid great turmoil in the country's real estate industry. In his role as chairman of the Realtors Commercial Alliance Committee, Good commented on tough conditions last month at a business conference

[wally-balls]

Messiahcide?

[silverleaf]

How many of these guys who lost megabucks and screwed people over, are going to commit suicide, and how many are going to be “helped along”?

Particularly if Madoff and others have been involved in laundering money for Russian mafia and other cartels...

[Humble Servant]

” West-Side-by-cide”?

[mojitojoe]

Rahm, are you really in Africa?

[theyreallthesame]

Funny...I like that one...

[theDentist]

new word for Arkancide...

How about "Illannoyed". "The real-estate broker was illannoyed last night by persons unknown. He was 53."

[icwhatudo]

Could we have one simple link between this guy and Obama before throwing out claims of “Obamacide”?

This guy was a Bush donor for goodness sake!

[proudpapa]

Is this Good or Bad?

[dirtymac]

And so it begins. Anyone who can hurt Zero politically will be killed off. Article 1 of the Clinton Chronicles and Instruction Manual.

[riverdawg]

“... what is headed our way.”

Or at least what was headed their way.

[varyouga]

What you should wonder is what did he and the other billionaires that have checked out early know about the economic situation that we don’t. They chose to abandon the world rather than live through what is headed our way.

That's what scares me. Billionaires should be able to prepare and do well in even some of the worst financial situations.

This doesn't look good for the 'little' people.

[XenaLee]

HAhahaha! You better be watching that calendar too!

[fish hawk]

"Kind of like a spouse"

Well, that's what is says in the vows but not many live up to it today, or even take a vow at all.

I have been married but I've never been in the military. I hear they are very much alike. LOL

[Fudd Fan]

“Wildlife preserve” is the new Fort Marcy Park!

[redstateconfidential]

[Sir Gawain]

Illini-cide? From Illinois Fighting Illini.

[softwarecreator]

what did he and the other billionaires that have checked out early know about the economic situation that we don’t

My first thought too ... what's coming up that he didn't want to face?

[wolfcreek]

Who was Obama and Rezko’s Realtor?

[hattend]

Thanks for scaring the shit out of me.

[PapaBear3625]

Could we have one simple link between this guy and Obama before throwing out claims of “Obamacide”?

In the obituary on the Sheldon Good website, it has "Steve led a committee to make recommendations to the Obama administration regarding the challenging real estate issues in today’s economy".