Comments on: Drinking the Kool-Aid http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/12/14/drinking-the-kool-aid/ local real estate news, statistics, and commentary without the sales spin. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:33:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/12/14/drinking-the-kool-aid/#comment-10110 Anonymous Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:49:57 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=461#comment-10110 Thanks for your insight, Stephen, but to honest, coming from LA, it's difficult NOT to take this stuff seriously. It is absolutely staggering what has occurred here. The story that seems to have made a number of these blogs about the couple in Garden Grove who paid 900K for a tract home is a fine example. Knowing the area, it's nearly impossible to express my bewilderment at the price. Graden Grove is awful. There's no reason to live there, yet... 900K. On the other end, I recently noticed a house down the street from where my mom lives in Pacific Palisades, a modest house (albeit on a half acre lot, which for here is huge) selling for 5.5 million. It seems unlikely that if I bought a home soon in Seattle that it would be in a trough. I'm betting it will go down at least a little over the next few years. Bt again, I appreciate your tempering the information.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10110','Anonymous',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10110','Anonymous','Thanks for your insight, Stephen, but to honest, coming from LA, it\'s difficult NOT to take this stuff seriously. It is absolutely staggering what has occurred here. The story that seems to have made a number of these blogs about the couple in Garden Grove who paid 900K for a tract home is a fine example. Knowing the area, it\'s nearly impossible to express my bewilderment at the price. Graden Grove is awful. There\'s no reason to live there, yet... 900K. On the other end, I recently noticed a house down the street from where my mom lives in Pacific Palisades, a modest house (albeit on a half acre lot, which for here is huge) selling for 5.5 million. It seems unlikely that if I bought a home soon in Seattle that it would be in a trough. I\'m betting it will go down at least a little over the next few years. Bt again, I appreciate your tempering the information.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Thanks for your insight, Stephen, but to honest, coming from LA, it’s difficult NOT to take this stuff seriously. It is absolutely staggering what has occurred here. The story that seems to have made a number of these blogs about the couple in Garden Grove who paid 900K for a tract home is a fine example. Knowing the area, it’s nearly impossible to express my bewilderment at the price. Graden Grove is awful. There’s no reason to live there, yet… 900K. On the other end, I recently noticed a house down the street from where my mom lives in Pacific Palisades, a modest house (albeit on a half acre lot, which for here is huge) selling for 5.5 million. It seems unlikely that if I bought a home soon in Seattle that it would be in a trough. I’m betting it will go down at least a little over the next few years. Bt again, I appreciate your tempering the information.
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]]> By: stephenhttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/12/14/drinking-the-kool-aid/#comment-10109 stephen Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:00:25 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=461#comment-10109 Lionel,<br/><br/>Don't take any of this too seriously. Buy what you can afford, when you can afford it and you will do fine. Once you buy, don't worry about it. If it goes down you save taxes and if it goes up don't 'tap' into a 30 year loan on a vacation...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10109','stephen',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10109','stephen','Lionel,<br\/><br\/>Don\'t take any of this too seriously. Buy what you can afford, when you can afford it and you will do fine. Once you buy, don\'t worry about it. If it goes down you save taxes and if it goes up don\'t \'tap\' into a 30 year loan on a vacation...',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Lionel,

Don’t take any of this too seriously. Buy what you can afford, when you can afford it and you will do fine. Once you buy, don’t worry about it. If it goes down you save taxes and if it goes up don’t ‘tap’ into a 30 year loan on a vacation…

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]]> By: Anonymoushttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/12/14/drinking-the-kool-aid/#comment-10108 Anonymous Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:29:47 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=461#comment-10108 Thanks, wreckingbull, and a broader thanks to everyone who has posted on this blog. My finding it might have saved my wife and me a lot of money and an equal amount of heartache.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10108','Anonymous',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10108','Anonymous','Thanks, wreckingbull, and a broader thanks to everyone who has posted on this blog. My finding it might have saved my wife and me a lot of money and an equal amount of heartache.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Thanks, wreckingbull, and a broader thanks to everyone who has posted on this blog. My finding it might have saved my wife and me a lot of money and an equal amount of heartache.
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]]> By: wreckingbullhttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/12/14/drinking-the-kool-aid/#comment-10107 wreckingbull Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:10:39 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=461#comment-10107 Good call Lionel, 2009 will probably be a much better time to buy. 600K does buy you a little more here.... a dump in a safer neighborhood, but certainly nothing to get excited about.<br/><br/>As far as the article is concerned, I agree that things did not get quite so crazy up here, but the job growth argument is worthless. Any time job growth is discussed, in needs to be discussed in conjunction with affordability. (which is pretty low at the moment)<br/><br/>If those new workers can't afford to buy, (expecially with the sub-prime mortgage offerings going bye-bye) prices won't be supported.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10107','wreckingbull',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10107','wreckingbull','Good call Lionel, 2009 will probably be a much better time to buy. 600K does buy you a little more here.... a dump in a safer neighborhood, but certainly nothing to get excited about.<br\/><br\/>As far as the article is concerned, I agree that things did not get quite so crazy up here, but the job growth argument is worthless. Any time job growth is discussed, in needs to be discussed in conjunction with affordability. (which is pretty low at the moment)<br\/><br\/>If those new workers can\'t afford to buy, (expecially with the sub-prime mortgage offerings going bye-bye) prices won\'t be supported.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Good call Lionel, 2009 will probably be a much better time to buy. 600K does buy you a little more here…. a dump in a safer neighborhood, but certainly nothing to get excited about.

As far as the article is concerned, I agree that things did not get quite so crazy up here, but the job growth argument is worthless. Any time job growth is discussed, in needs to be discussed in conjunction with affordability. (which is pretty low at the moment)

If those new workers can’t afford to buy, (expecially with the sub-prime mortgage offerings going bye-bye) prices won’t be supported.

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]]> By: vfsvhttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/12/14/drinking-the-kool-aid/#comment-10106 vfsv Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:04:00 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=461#comment-10106 We're not Seattle but the latest set of Silicon Valley RE stats are now posted at:<br/>http://www.viewfromsiliconvalley.com/id287.html<br/><br/>Thanks!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10106','vfsv',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10106','vfsv','We\'re not Seattle but the latest set of Silicon Valley RE stats are now posted at:<br\/>http:\/\/www.viewfromsiliconvalley.com\/id287.html<br\/><br\/>Thanks!',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> We’re not Seattle but the latest set of Silicon Valley RE stats are now posted at:
http://www.viewfromsiliconvalley.com/id287.html

Thanks!

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]]> By: Alanhttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/12/14/drinking-the-kool-aid/#comment-10105 Alan Sun, 17 Dec 2006 23:10:11 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=461#comment-10105 I used to live in Raleigh and still have family there. Housing in Raleigh is much more affordable than here. I would not be surprised if their housing prices are safe.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10105','Alan',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10105','Alan','I used to live in Raleigh and still have family there. Housing in Raleigh is much more affordable than here. I would not be surprised if their housing prices are safe.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> I used to live in Raleigh and still have family there. Housing in Raleigh is much more affordable than here. I would not be surprised if their housing prices are safe.
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]]> By: Anonymoushttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/12/14/drinking-the-kool-aid/#comment-10104 Anonymous Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:01:52 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=461#comment-10104 Does anyone have a comment on the following item in a recent Businessweek article: <br/><br/>Seattle and Raleigh, N.C., with healthy job growth, should also do O.K. The biggest losers will fall into one of these groups: cities like Detroit that are suffering economic contractions; cities like Los Angeles, San Diego, and others in California where prices are extraordinarily high and have barely begun to adjust; and cities like Miami, Las Vegas, and Phoenix that have a huge overhang of unsold houses or condos.<br/><br/>I've been reading this blog with great interest over the last week after stumbling upon it in a search of Seattle real estate. Coming from LA (not equity rich - just coming for a degree at UW) initially I couldn't help but be tempted by Seattle prices. 600K in LA gets you an absolute dump in a not-so-very-attractive neighborhood, so Seattle looks like a discount. <br/><br/>Thanks to all the helpful posters, my wife and I will almost surely rent for a few years when we arrive next summer, but this article caught my eye.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10104','Anonymous',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10104','Anonymous','Does anyone have a comment on the following item in a recent Businessweek article: <br\/><br\/>Seattle and Raleigh, N.C., with healthy job growth, should also do O.K. The biggest losers will fall into one of these groups: cities like Detroit that are suffering economic contractions; cities like Los Angeles, San Diego, and others in California where prices are extraordinarily high and have barely begun to adjust; and cities like Miami, Las Vegas, and Phoenix that have a huge overhang of unsold houses or condos.<br\/><br\/>I\'ve been reading this blog with great interest over the last week after stumbling upon it in a search of Seattle real estate. Coming from LA (not equity rich - just coming for a degree at UW) initially I couldn\'t help but be tempted by Seattle prices. 600K in LA gets you an absolute dump in a not-so-very-attractive neighborhood, so Seattle looks like a discount. <br\/><br\/>Thanks to all the helpful posters, my wife and I will almost surely rent for a few years when we arrive next summer, but this article caught my eye.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Does anyone have a comment on the following item in a recent Businessweek article:

Seattle and Raleigh, N.C., with healthy job growth, should also do O.K. The biggest losers will fall into one of these groups: cities like Detroit that are suffering economic contractions; cities like Los Angeles, San Diego, and others in California where prices are extraordinarily high and have barely begun to adjust; and cities like Miami, Las Vegas, and Phoenix that have a huge overhang of unsold houses or condos.

I’ve been reading this blog with great interest over the last week after stumbling upon it in a search of Seattle real estate. Coming from LA (not equity rich – just coming for a degree at UW) initially I couldn’t help but be tempted by Seattle prices. 600K in LA gets you an absolute dump in a not-so-very-attractive neighborhood, so Seattle looks like a discount.

Thanks to all the helpful posters, my wife and I will almost surely rent for a few years when we arrive next summer, but this article caught my eye.

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]]> By: Lake Hills Renterhttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/12/14/drinking-the-kool-aid/#comment-10103 Lake Hills Renter Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:21:12 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=461#comment-10103 Hope everyone is faring well during the power outage. Lost a treetop in the front yard that took out the power lines. They're saying Tuesday before we get power back. Down to 40 degrees in the house so far. Thankfully, I have access to heat and warm showers (!) at work.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10103','Lake Hills Renter',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10103','Lake Hills Renter','Hope everyone is faring well during the power outage. Lost a treetop in the front yard that took out the power lines. They\'re saying Tuesday before we get power back. Down to 40 degrees in the house so far. Thankfully, I have access to heat and warm showers (!) at work.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Hope everyone is faring well during the power outage. Lost a treetop in the front yard that took out the power lines. They’re saying Tuesday before we get power back. Down to 40 degrees in the house so far. Thankfully, I have access to heat and warm showers (!) at work.
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]]> By: seattle long term ownerhttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/12/14/drinking-the-kool-aid/#comment-10098 seattle long term owner Sat, 16 Dec 2006 04:01:34 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=461#comment-10098 I wonder if all these "not typical" weather is going to make buyers very weary come spring buying season...<br/><br/>Near a river... let's move farther away.<br/><br/>Up on a hill... landslide?<br/><br/>wooded and quiet ... have seller throw in a generator and cut down all trees within striking range...<br/><br/>but overall... I love my move to the Pacific Northwest<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10098','seattle long term owner',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10098','seattle long term owner','I wonder if all these \"not typical\" weather is going to make buyers very weary come spring buying season...<br\/><br\/>Near a river... let\'s move farther away.<br\/><br\/>Up on a hill... landslide?<br\/><br\/>wooded and quiet ... have seller throw in a generator and cut down all trees within striking range...<br\/><br\/>but overall... I love my move to the Pacific Northwest',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> I wonder if all these “not typical” weather is going to make buyers very weary come spring buying season…

Near a river… let’s move farther away.

Up on a hill… landslide?

wooded and quiet … have seller throw in a generator and cut down all trees within striking range…

but overall… I love my move to the Pacific Northwest

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]]> By: Wandererhttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/12/14/drinking-the-kool-aid/#comment-10096 Wanderer Fri, 15 Dec 2006 20:17:21 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=461#comment-10096 Hi there, Shug. Your point is interesting if I understand it correctly. It seems from your use of the present tense "are outpacing" that you are trying to draw some conclusions about THIS December. You understand that the article is merely pointing out the historical relationship between December sales/new listings the rest of the year over the last 4 years... right? They ae not referencing any data from the current month.<br/>I defend you andthen you make that post? you are making my job difficult.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10096','Wanderer',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10096','Wanderer','Hi there, Shug. Your point is interesting if I understand it correctly. It seems from your use of the present tense \"are outpacing\" that you are trying to draw some conclusions about THIS December. You understand that the article is merely pointing out the historical relationship between December sales\/new listings the rest of the year over the last 4 years... right? They ae not referencing any data from the current month.<br\/>I defend you andthen you make that post? you are making my job difficult.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Hi there, Shug. Your point is interesting if I understand it correctly. It seems from your use of the present tense “are outpacing” that you are trying to draw some conclusions about THIS December. You understand that the article is merely pointing out the historical relationship between December sales/new listings the rest of the year over the last 4 years… right? They ae not referencing any data from the current month.
I defend you andthen you make that post? you are making my job difficult.
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]]> By: meshugyhttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/12/14/drinking-the-kool-aid/#comment-10095 meshugy Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:36:41 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=461#comment-10095 <a HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/295869_holiday14.html" REL="nofollow">Home buyers take break at holidays</a><br/><br/>Not sure where they're getting their #s, but they seem to suggest that sales are greatly outpacing new listings.<br/><br/><i>But numbers show that agents might not be giving December enough credit. While December averaged 37 percent as many new listings as the other 11 months over the past four years, pending sales were a much more respectable 64 percent as much as the remaining months.</i><div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10095','meshugy',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10095','meshugy','<a HREF=\"http:\/\/seattlepi.nwsource.com\/local\/295869_holiday14.html\" REL=\"nofollow\">Home buyers take break at holidays<\/a><br\/><br\/>Not sure where they\'re getting their #s, but they seem to suggest that sales are greatly outpacing new listings.<br\/><br\/><i>But numbers show that agents might not be giving December enough credit. While December averaged 37 percent as many new listings as the other 11 months over the past four years, pending sales were a much more respectable 64 percent as much as the remaining months.<\/i>',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Home buyers take break at holidays

Not sure where they’re getting their #s, but they seem to suggest that sales are greatly outpacing new listings.

But numbers show that agents might not be giving December enough credit. While December averaged 37 percent as many new listings as the other 11 months over the past four years, pending sales were a much more respectable 64 percent as much as the remaining months.

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]]> By: Anonymoushttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/12/14/drinking-the-kool-aid/#comment-10094 Anonymous Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:48:20 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=461#comment-10094 <i>"Why did she use kool-aid as a metaphor?"</i><br/><br/>I have two theories:<br/><br/>1.) She has a sardonic sense of humor; or<br/>2.) There is a vacuous space where language capacity typically resides.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10094','Anonymous',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10094','Anonymous','<i>\"Why did she use kool-aid as a metaphor?\"<\/i><br\/><br\/>I have two theories:<br\/><br\/>1.) She has a sardonic sense of humor; or<br\/>2.) There is a vacuous space where language capacity typically resides.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> “Why did she use kool-aid as a metaphor?”

I have two theories:

1.) She has a sardonic sense of humor; or
2.) There is a vacuous space where language capacity typically resides.

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]]> By: wansuiclayhttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/12/14/drinking-the-kool-aid/#comment-10093 wansuiclay Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:18:02 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=461#comment-10093 "We are currently experiencing the worst of the market freeze, which is being exacerbated by the gap between the buyer's desire for bargains and the seller's fantasy of what they once thought their homes would be worth," said Diane Swonk, chief economist for Chicago-based Mesirow Financial, who forecasts a rebound in early 2008. "The good news is that there are some signs of stabilization. The bad news is that a substantial backlog of unsold homes still exists." <br/><br/>http://www.sun-sentinel.com<br/>/business/local/<br/>sns-ap-ye-real-estate-outlook,<br/>0,6855332.story?coll=<br/>sfla-business-headlines<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10093','wansuiclay',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10093','wansuiclay','\"We are currently experiencing the worst of the market freeze, which is being exacerbated by the gap between the buyer\'s desire for bargains and the seller\'s fantasy of what they once thought their homes would be worth,\" said Diane Swonk, chief economist for Chicago-based Mesirow Financial, who forecasts a rebound in early 2008. \"The good news is that there are some signs of stabilization. The bad news is that a substantial backlog of unsold homes still exists.\" <br\/><br\/>http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com<br\/>\/business\/local\/<br\/>sns-ap-ye-real-estate-outlook,<br\/>0,6855332.story?coll=<br\/>sfla-business-headlines',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> “We are currently experiencing the worst of the market freeze, which is being exacerbated by the gap between the buyer’s desire for bargains and the seller’s fantasy of what they once thought their homes would be worth,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist for Chicago-based Mesirow Financial, who forecasts a rebound in early 2008. “The good news is that there are some signs of stabilization. The bad news is that a substantial backlog of unsold homes still exists.”

http://www.sun-sentinel.com
/business/local/
sns-ap-ye-real-estate-outlook,
0,6855332.story?coll=
sfla-business-headlines

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]]> By: Anonymoushttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/12/14/drinking-the-kool-aid/#comment-10092 Anonymous Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:14:46 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=461#comment-10092 Umm, as someone sitting in Brooklyn right now let me just clarify that Bellevue is about as far from Brooklyn as you can get. <br/><br/>Brooklyn is similar to parts of Fremont (hipster yuppies). It's similar to parts of White Center too (knife fight anyone?). But alas, in Brooklyn we don't even have a single proper mall :-( Want jcrew or A&F? You'll have to trek to into the "city". But that's fine since we actually have public transportation that gets you somewhere.<br/><br/>My fiancee and I are moving to Seattle in January and are sitting on the real estate sidelines. We tried to buy a house through Redfin and ran into a seller that thinks Zillow is accurate. WOW! Lets just say that was a fun combination and we are going to keep renting when we get out there :-) <br/><br/>Keep the great data coming!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10092','Anonymous',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10092','Anonymous','Umm, as someone sitting in Brooklyn right now let me just clarify that Bellevue is about as far from Brooklyn as you can get. <br\/><br\/>Brooklyn is similar to parts of Fremont (hipster yuppies). It\'s similar to parts of White Center too (knife fight anyone?). But alas, in Brooklyn we don\'t even have a single proper mall :-( Want jcrew or A&F? You\'ll have to trek to into the \"city\". But that\'s fine since we actually have public transportation that gets you somewhere.<br\/><br\/>My fiancee and I are moving to Seattle in January and are sitting on the real estate sidelines. We tried to buy a house through Redfin and ran into a seller that thinks Zillow is accurate. WOW! Lets just say that was a fun combination and we are going to keep renting when we get out there :-) <br\/><br\/>Keep the great data coming!',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Umm, as someone sitting in Brooklyn right now let me just clarify that Bellevue is about as far from Brooklyn as you can get.

Brooklyn is similar to parts of Fremont (hipster yuppies). It’s similar to parts of White Center too (knife fight anyone?). But alas, in Brooklyn we don’t even have a single proper mall :-( Want jcrew or A&F? You’ll have to trek to into the “city”. But that’s fine since we actually have public transportation that gets you somewhere.

My fiancee and I are moving to Seattle in January and are sitting on the real estate sidelines. We tried to buy a house through Redfin and ran into a seller that thinks Zillow is accurate. WOW! Lets just say that was a fun combination and we are going to keep renting when we get out there :-)

Keep the great data coming!

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]]> By: Ardell DellaLoggiahttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/12/14/drinking-the-kool-aid/#comment-10091 Ardell DellaLoggia Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:46:09 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=461#comment-10091 Thanks Alan. We all have an "Achilles Heel" if someone's look really, really hard for it.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10091','Ardell DellaLoggia',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10091','Ardell DellaLoggia','Thanks Alan. We all have an \"Achilles Heel\" if someone\'s look really, really hard for it.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Thanks Alan. We all have an “Achilles Heel” if someone’s look really, really hard for it.
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]]> By: Ardell DellaLoggiahttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/12/14/drinking-the-kool-aid/#comment-10090 Ardell DellaLoggia Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:43:56 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=461#comment-10090 Lake Hills Renter...define "snarky", before I agree :-)<br/><br/>It was more of a "Baskin Robbins" concept.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10090','Ardell DellaLoggia',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10090','Ardell DellaLoggia','Lake Hills Renter...define \"snarky\", before I agree :-)<br\/><br\/>It was more of a \"Baskin Robbins\" concept.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Lake Hills Renter…define “snarky”, before I agree :-)

It was more of a “Baskin Robbins” concept.

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]]> By: Alanhttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/12/14/drinking-the-kool-aid/#comment-10089 Alan Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:35:48 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=461#comment-10089 I think the overall spirit of Ardell's post yesterday was extremely positive. As a real estate professional she seems genuinely interested in improving her industry instead of building walls in an attempt to keep money inside the fortress. Why did she use kool-aid as a metaphor? Who knows. I had zero impression that it had anything to do with brainwashing. She might as well have said, "we need as many dishes as possible at the Thanksgiving dinner table of real estate." But then that might have given the impression of people getting fat off the largess of real estate the past few years.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10089','Alan',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10089','Alan','I think the overall spirit of Ardell\'s post yesterday was extremely positive. As a real estate professional she seems genuinely interested in improving her industry instead of building walls in an attempt to keep money inside the fortress. Why did she use kool-aid as a metaphor? Who knows. I had zero impression that it had anything to do with brainwashing. She might as well have said, \"we need as many dishes as possible at the Thanksgiving dinner table of real estate.\" But then that might have given the impression of people getting fat off the largess of real estate the past few years.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> I think the overall spirit of Ardell’s post yesterday was extremely positive. As a real estate professional she seems genuinely interested in improving her industry instead of building walls in an attempt to keep money inside the fortress. Why did she use kool-aid as a metaphor? Who knows. I had zero impression that it had anything to do with brainwashing. She might as well have said, “we need as many dishes as possible at the Thanksgiving dinner table of real estate.” But then that might have given the impression of people getting fat off the largess of real estate the past few years.
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]]> By: PugetHousehttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/12/14/drinking-the-kool-aid/#comment-10088 PugetHouse Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:17:39 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=461#comment-10088 Here is an <a HREF="http://www.cmgfs.com/business_services/marketing_material/Marketing_Support_CMG_Home/movie_new/player.html" REL="nofollow">additional video</a> that gets into the mechanics of the mortgage. It takes a good quarter-hour. I found it very well worth the time.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10088','PugetHouse',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10088','PugetHouse','Here is an <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.cmgfs.com\/business_services\/marketing_material\/Marketing_Support_CMG_Home\/movie_new\/player.html\" REL=\"nofollow\">additional video<\/a> that gets into the mechanics of the mortgage. It takes a good quarter-hour. I found it very well worth the time.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Here is an additional video that gets into the mechanics of the mortgage. It takes a good quarter-hour. I found it very well worth the time.
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]]> By: PugetHousehttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/12/14/drinking-the-kool-aid/#comment-10087 PugetHouse Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:34:11 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=461#comment-10087 Hi All,<br/><br/>It's nice to have a little Bubble time. Tangentially, I would like to mention something GMAC Bank is cooking. On first inspection, it seems to be a very good development. They are offering a "<a HREF="http://www.pugethouse.com/blog/2006/12/mortgage-acceleration-loans-help-you.html" REL="nofollow">mortgage accelerator</a>" HELOC. My article links to their multimedia brochure.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10087','PugetHouse',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10087','PugetHouse','Hi All,<br\/><br\/>It\'s nice to have a little Bubble time. Tangentially, I would like to mention something GMAC Bank is cooking. On first inspection, it seems to be a very good development. They are offering a \"<a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.pugethouse.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/mortgage-acceleration-loans-help-you.html\" REL=\"nofollow\">mortgage accelerator<\/a>\" HELOC. My article links to their multimedia brochure.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Hi All,

It’s nice to have a little Bubble time. Tangentially, I would like to mention something GMAC Bank is cooking. On first inspection, it seems to be a very good development. They are offering a “mortgage accelerator” HELOC. My article links to their multimedia brochure.

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]]> By: Richardhttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/12/14/drinking-the-kool-aid/#comment-10083 Richard Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:58:44 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=461#comment-10083 <i>Hey all...didja hear? Bellevue is the new Brooklyn!</i><br/><br/>I can see the parallel between Crossroads and Bed/Stuy. But where is the artist population hiding over there?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10083','Richard',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10083','Richard','<i>Hey all...didja hear? Bellevue is the new Brooklyn!<\/i><br\/><br\/>I can see the parallel between Crossroads and Bed\/Stuy. But where is the artist population hiding over there?',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Hey all…didja hear? Bellevue is the new Brooklyn!

I can see the parallel between Crossroads and Bed/Stuy. But where is the artist population hiding over there?

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]]> By: Lake Hills Renterhttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/12/14/drinking-the-kool-aid/#comment-10081 Lake Hills Renter Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:42:04 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=461#comment-10081 When I read the RCG post, I thought Ardell was just being snarky in her use of the term kool-aid. I didn't get any nefarious and/or brainwashing intent out of it.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10081','Lake Hills Renter',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10081','Lake Hills Renter','When I read the RCG post, I thought Ardell was just being snarky in her use of the term kool-aid. I didn\'t get any nefarious and\/or brainwashing intent out of it.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> When I read the RCG post, I thought Ardell was just being snarky in her use of the term kool-aid. I didn’t get any nefarious and/or brainwashing intent out of it.
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]]> By: MisterBubblehttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2006/12/14/drinking-the-kool-aid/#comment-10080 MisterBubble Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:40:20 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=461#comment-10080 Hey all...didja hear? <a HREF="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003476791_danny14.html" REL="nofollow">Bellevue is the new Brooklyn!</a><br/><br/>(I'm posting this absurdity here b/c there's no open thread for the day...)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10080','MisterBubble',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10080','MisterBubble','Hey all...didja hear? <a HREF=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/localnews\/2003476791_danny14.html\" REL=\"nofollow\">Bellevue is the new Brooklyn!<\/a><br\/><br\/>(I\'m posting this absurdity here b\/c there\'s no open thread for the day...)',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Hey all…didja hear? Bellevue is the new Brooklyn!

(I’m posting this absurdity here b/c there’s no open thread for the day…)

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