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I think it's standard negotiating. Look on craigslist and drive around the neighborhood to find rentals. If it looks like a good deal compared to other rentals, that's probably the best price. If you like a place that seems priced too high, demand a…
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Why doesn't Redfin note that it's a short sale? I assume the trigger for that is more than the list price being below the loan amount, since the seller could bring cash to the table. If it's a short sale then that explains the rapid price reducti…
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Thanks for sharing your story. Assuming you're intent on buying, I suggest you expand your search to cheaper areas. I see single-family houses for less than $200K in the greater Seattle area. I don't know how livable they are though. You might in…
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Also once debt comes crashing down the price on the plasma TV is slashed, and those with cash win bigger still.
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or just causing them to wait more
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Looks like a good strategy, thanks. There's a myth perpetuated on that page: See, if you lose 50% you must then make a double, or 100% gain, to get back to where you were. For obvious reasons if you take big losses you're in deep kimchee, esp…
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Guess there aren't a lot of buyers with clunkers left who don't realize the prices have been jacked up $4500. Meanwhile buyers without clunkers to trade are waiting for the program to end.
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"This is a gorgeous home..." Hopefully it doesn't need a new roof.
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We'll see! You can see in the GD chart above that after the dead cat bounce people did buy in a pullback, but it wasn't enough to prevent another plummet to a new low.
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That's uncanny. One thought I've had lately is that we may now be seeing firsthand all the sentiment that went into the GD's dead cat bounce. If so, we get to relive history in a way.
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sid wrote: We might go down a bit here but its no big deal. There are too many people out there who think they have missed the run up and are waiting to put their money in the market once there is a pull back. Will they think they missed the …
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A big reason I prefer my $2 dinners at home is because it's hard to get food that healthy/good at a restaurant. A few years ago I read about a guy who was making $25K. His wife didn't work, 2 young kids, they lived in Orting or that area. He had …
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We've taken advantage of some good deals this summer. I wouldn't want to vacation in Seattle--it's expensive!
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Well at least as a seller someday you can hope for a bubble so you can sell quickly at a realistic price. Those who have fair list prices today sell fast.
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Their late-90s Ford was a clunker, yet they replaced it with a Ford? I guess it's good for me that some people never learn.
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You could always lowball (read, offer a fair price) but it may not be worth the time. One house I liked sold for 11% off list, which surprised me; I would've been a lot more interested at that price. Such discount seems more common now, so it might …
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I don't have a problem with the wording, as long as the price is (or could be) commensurate. I like these cash-only places that have a lot less demand.
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rose-colored-coolaid wrote: Most people can hardly tell the difference between a $100 glass of wine and a $5, or a $12 steak and a $70 one. In a study most participants preferred the taste of the more expensive wine, but only if they knew it …
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The differences between land and improvement values are interesting. One house is typical for the area: since the 2007 assessment the land value has increased every year, up 34% total, up 6% from 2009, whereas the improvement value has fallen 25% to…
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TJ_98370 wrote: It's all relative to the times. During the '80's thru early '90's I've been told that tech people with high demand skills were leaving DoD to go work for Boeing or one of the military defense contractors, sometimes getting as much …
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Smart choice. A typical fed gov't job probably beats the majority of private sector jobs, when the pension and health care is factored in.
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davidlosh@davidlosh.com wrote: I'm a cheap guy who needs very little, but have expensive dreams and ambitions. Hmmm. :? If you are sleeping at night, and have all your money safely tucked away, where is the motivation to get more, or do …
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Well put BillE. Get out of debt and never get back in. A friend of mine has a house, truck, car, motorcycle, boat, etc., but no debt, on a waiter's salary. The house was paid for by renters while he lived in a van (down by the river). The other toys…
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The 2010 tax year assessment for the house I mentioned in the OP came in ~8% lower than the 2009 value.
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Good to know, thanks. That's for the 2010 tax year?
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The Tim wrote: The automakers are failing for a reason. They should have let them fail, so we could go through the inevitable pain and come out the other side with a better business that works without nonsense government intervention like this wo…
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Biden makes sense to me. Our economy has long been a house of cards, dependent on overconsumption and overpopulation. Without massive spending it comes crashing down sooner than later. The spending can't be wasted though, which it is, so it'll come …
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Tim, you could add a pin to the Stalled Development Map at 156th Ave SE and SE 11th St in Bellevue. 3 houses under construction for at least 1.5 years. Noticed some workers out there recently, after months of no activity. Guess they're in no hurry d…
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If the oligopoly is allowed to continue unabated, we can expect to see baseball player-like salaries for doctors. The same exponential escalation of charges would happen (and did, in California) if we had unregulated utilities. Supposedly the US spe…
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To qualify you have to have owned the POS for at least a year. Few will qualify for this program.