Let's take a break from real estate issues for a day and talk about relief money going to Haiti.  It has recently been published that Charitable groups such as WORLD VISION CANADA and INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & RELIEF FOUNDATION take anywhere from 8.5% to 10% of all donations and use it towards administration.  This means SALARIES.   So if these organizations recently received something in the area of $10 Million, then 1 million went to salaries and administration?  Just in January 2010 alone?  Am I missing something here?  What advertising excactly have these charities needed to do? NONE!    I haven't seen any television advertising for these charities, have you?  Also, if we are in a recession (Shell just laid off another 1,000 employees) then where are the jobs that this money is creating?  THERE ARE GENUINE CHARITIES OUT THERE.  PLEASE DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND MAKE SURE YOUR DONATIONS TO GO THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY SEND ALL OF YOUR MONEY.   As a note, PLAN INTERNATIONAL donates 100% of donations for Haiti to Haiti.  If they can do it, why can't the others?