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  • I don't think lack of regulation is the problem. And ridiculous risk-taking isn't the problem either. If people want to make bad business choices, fine, let them. The problem is that the government bails them out, punishing taxpayers, instead o…
    in The Mortgage Insurance Companies Comment by Courtney November 2009
  • I've lived a block from Greenlake for 5 years and love it, it's a great neighborhood. I rent a studio apartment in order to afford it. Be sure to add up all the buying/selling fees, plus taxes (property tax is quite a chunk), insurance, extra po…
    in Help- Forced to Buy A House in Seattle in the next 6 Months! Comment by Courtney October 2009
  • AVA Condominiums "ZEN living in the ZING of downtown" RUBY Condominiums (under I-5) "Life sparkles here" FLORERA Condominiums "Life in Bloom" You don't even have to read the slogans though, you can just look at the big ad pictures on the…
    in Best (Worst?) Condo/Apartment/Housing Development Taglines Comment by Courtney July 2009
  • he's just acting out.. he's still pouting about the cool kids not acknowledging how smart he was.
    in Peter Schiff running for Senate in CT Comment by Courtney July 2009
  • marlon you're already ahead of the curve by selling a car. I look at (bad) credit reports all day at work and I swear, 90% of the reports w/ mortgages in default or foreclosure also show at least one substantial, completely current vehicle payment.…
    in June 2009 Foreclosures Comment by Courtney July 2009
  • tomtom wrote: Actually, condos are getting more valuable in this market. At Florera, a condominium across Northeast Ravenna Boulevard from Circa that was completed last year, only about 15 of the 59 units have sold. Developer Pryde Johnson rec…
    in Condo price drops: "It won't happen." Comment by Courtney May 2009
  • tomtom wrote: With Florera, HOA dues are also ~560/month. Have they started construction on Phase 2 yet? HOLY COW, Florera HOA dues are $500+? No wonder the place is empty. Unless they're subsidizing the gelato, I can't imagine why they'…
    in Florera condos at Greenlake still almost empty after 1 yr Comment by Courtney September 2008
  • I don't know. I've heard that some of these projects had to move forward since so much money was poured into them before the real estate nosedive (or, in Seattle's case, a meandering, nail-biting descent with one engine on fire). There's got to …
    in Florera condos at Greenlake still almost empty after 1 yr Comment by Courtney September 2008
  • I was turned on to John T. Reed when my best friend was becoming entrenched in the Rich Dad, Poor Dad cult. I'd never heard of it, so I went a-researchin' and came across Reed's guru review of Robert Kiyosaki. My friend and her husband own three p…
    in John T. Reed Comment by Courtney April 2008