reality parser
Updated: 40 weeks 6 days ago
Thu, 05/28/2009 - 11:02
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- badraig: OK, this time for sure....
Thu, 05/28/2009 - 10:41
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- karthik_merc_int: Given the size of the lot. I believe the owner valued it based on the size of the land and possibility of constructing s...
- living_within_means: Agreed.
What are people thinking when they buy a house without the intention of living in it these days? Even in Palo...
- Patrick: So the rent is $72,000 per year and the price was $2,800,000.
That's 2.6% in rent. Subtract 1.3% in property taxes, a...
Thu, 05/28/2009 - 10:41
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- Patrick: So the rent is $72,000 per year and the price was $2,800,000.
That's 2.6% in rent. Subtract 1.3% in property taxes, a...
- living_within_means: This 3/2 is a partly flipped (kitchen), 2100 sq ft on a 10,500 sq ft lot, in one of the nicest areas of Palo Alto. It we...
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 17:21
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- secretlyironic: Well, that industry is likely to be having a quite a bit of trouble now because not a lot of people are buying oil rigs....
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 17:21
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- secretlyironic: Well, that industry is likely to be having a quite a bit of trouble now because not a lot of people are buying oil rigs....
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 13:32
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- jf: http://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Carlos/643-Dartmouth-Ave-94070/home/2027105
This house has been in and out of escrow sin...
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 11:27
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- jvolstad: What a deal in Compton
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/925-W-Cedar-St_Compton_CA_90220_1108909404
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Wed, 05/27/2009 - 11:21
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- chewkokt: Looks like a fixer upper esp the pool… yelks...
- thomhall: Possibly Tax lien sale, or sale to business partner who may have owned half. But price is still very low. Call the realt...
- Mrs. Whatsit: http://www.redfin.com/CA/Belmont/1500-Sixth-Ave-94002/home/770226
While prices have come down in lovely Belmont, this...
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 06:56
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- Patrick: Be careful about assuming that there actually was such an offer and that it means anything even if true.
First of all...
- f0rumm3r: This short sale had an all cash offer over 100k above its asking price. Is this possible? Someone need to tell people in...
Tue, 05/26/2009 - 23:51
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- chewkokt: Looks like a fixer upper esp the pool... yelks...
- thomhall: Possibly Tax lien sale, or sale to business partner who may have owned half. But price is still very low. Call the realt...
Tue, 05/26/2009 - 20:55
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- elliemae: For the cost, you did well. I'm actually a little jealous of the trees. Mine are babies. :(...
- b_ellefson: $5,350 + $850 shipping? That's OUTRAGEOUS! I got my trailer for $500!...
- soeren: LOL, elliemae!!;-) You'll make a fine Realtor™ ;-) It's certainly easy to make fun of(heck, *I* do it all the time;),...
Tue, 05/26/2009 - 20:55
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- elliemae: For the cost, you did well. I'm actually a little jealous of the trees. Mine are babies. :(...
- b_ellefson: $5,350 + $850 shipping? That's OUTRAGEOUS! I got my trailer for $500!...
- soeren: LOL, elliemae!!;-) You'll make a fine Realtor™ ;-) It's certainly easy to make fun of(heck, *I* do it all the time;),...
Tue, 05/26/2009 - 16:08
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- Patrick: Posted for reader D:
Patrick,
If you want to see something insane take a gander at this place: MLS 80925167
Wh...
Mon, 05/25/2009 - 18:51
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- waterbaby: I mentioned the 'third wave' looming to a realtor today, asking why some of the silly prices arent lowered for sales bef...
- tomlin1: Disclosure: I'm not a RE agent and I think like the fact that they make 4-6% on the sale of an average home is too much....
- waterbaby: Speaking for a diff area that ive been following....seeing prices that once sold for 3x the now asking, and knowing that...
Sun, 05/24/2009 - 11:12
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- EgoRidge: Nothing wrong with buying cash as long as you have other money saved for emergencies....
- Brand: Expectation of inflation (if that's your macro interpretation). Maybe they might have other deductions, but then again,...
- HeadSet: memaesm,
If one puts down 75% on a house in Houston it is unlikely to generate any federal inccome tax benefits. Rem...
Sun, 05/24/2009 - 11:12
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- WillyWanker: Buy in cash. That is what I have done. Buy a foreclosure or some other bank owned property and try to strike the best...
- justme: Consider buying a tent? ;-)
But seriously, what thread are we in right now? I'm confused by the proliferation of th...
- thomhall: Consider buying gold and rent....
Sat, 05/23/2009 - 08:28
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- OO: OT
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/05/green-prefab-firm-michelle-kaufmann-designs-is-closing.html
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- coretexity: IMO buy a house if and only if:
* You plan to stay for 7 years or more
* You do not want to go with fancy financing,...
- Patrick: Wage inflation would hurt the banks, since their mortgage debt would be easier to pay off.
The Federal Reserve is own...
Sat, 05/23/2009 - 08:28
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- OO: OT
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/05/green-prefab-firm-michelle-kaufmann-designs-is-closing.html
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- coretexity: IMO buy a house if and only if:
* You plan to stay for 7 years or more
* You do not want to go with fancy financing,...
- Patrick: Wage inflation would hurt the banks, since their mortgage debt would be easier to pay off.
The Federal Reserve is own...
Fri, 05/22/2009 - 20:01
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- Brand: You know, I haven't heard anything about Iceland in months. Are they still hosed, or have they managed to stabilize or...
- WillyWanker: The western world does not appear to value gold as highly as it once did. Gold ornamentation is very old~school. Peopl...
- ulvy1: The value of gold depends on how much money the local government is printing. Therefore it differs from country to cou...