2001 General Overview
The world is irrevocably changed when two commercial planes are hijacked and flown into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Shortly afterward, another plane crashes into the Pentagon, while a fourth hijacked plane, heading for the Washington DC, crashes in a field near Shanksville, PA. Osama bin Laden, a millionaire fundamentalist Saudi, publicly takes credit for this atrocity, the world's deadliest act of terrorism, which causes the largest single-day loss of American lives in recorded history.
Real Estate Overview
Early in the year, realty dotcoms burn due to irresponsibly funded, single revenue, difficult-to-implement one-page business plans pay the piper. Seizing the opportunity with an almost military precision, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) beats other major title companies to the MLS arena with various key acquisitions.
