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Might be a different strategy. You try to buy the TV for $900 and the manager hems & haws, but relents when you stand your ground. You think you saved $200 but instead you just bought a $900 TV for full price. They want $400K for a house they're…
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Adverse possession against an apartment building w/ tenants would be an interesting legal case. It's unlikely she really has possession; this Wikipedia link lists the conditions she must have met. I agree with Jon, if I found that notice on my door,…
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Yeah, it should work both ways. I doubt Gagliardi would agree! I agree it's disgusting, SeattleMoose. I wouldn't be disgusted with the loan being modified if public money wasn't involved. Then it would be just between Gagliardi and Countrywide.
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In a video on patrick.net from 2007, Stein was so spectaularly wrong, and so adamant that Peter Schiff--who was ultimately spectacularly right--was wrong, that any interview with him should start with him justifying why anyone should consider him st…
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sid wrote: Can you list them. That is one area we are considering. For me, these were some (in no particular order): - Flat path to the house, so you can get to it on snow days (some risk of flooding from Issaquah Creek though). - Near th…
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Detroit houses are only $1, or $100 if you want to live on the lake. Where do they flee to?
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28134883 is a large Renton (May Valley area) house on 1+ acre that's 39% off since May 2007. Then: $1.05M. Now: $640K.
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EastSider wrote: Wow! Wonder why this home isn't selling, even after some dramatic price reductions. Anyone know this neighbhorhood or seen this home? Simple, it's not worth even $499K anymore. While I haven't seen the home (I don't like new …
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perfectfire wrote: I've personally been watching this condo conversion since it came on the market. That's a ridiculous price, I think, considering a SFH can be had for ~$350K in that area (and the land alone would be worth half of that).
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Rents are definitely falling on the Eastside, from my perspective. I'd say a 5% average drop since Spring.
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Charles Dean wrote: Really bad unemployment numbers and GM says they're about to fold. But we're up over 250 points at the end of the day! If the market were being fully rational, this could happen because the market had been somewhat irrati…
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In my old fairly-high-end Eastside neighborhood with ~80 homes, there are now 7 houses for sale at peak 2006 prices, some for 6 months now. I don't understand it either.
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I believe the president can have a great effect on the economy. (Not spending $trillions on unnecessary war would be a plus, for example.) While Obama may not fix it in 8 years, and things will get worse before they get better, he can do a lot of go…
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The Tim wrote: You guys inspired me: Thank Goodness It's Polar Fleece Season! I was going to mention that polar fleece is quite possibly the best invention in clothing history, but the Naked Loon beat me to it. I can really relate to that …
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Yep, optimism and diplomacy is usually better for business than fear and isolation. Eight years likely won't be enough for Obama to repair the damage though. We'll probably have a lost two decades. Better than the alternative!
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28177972, a split-level in Issaquah, has been on the market for 5 days at $375K, after having been listed (and vacant) for ~5 months at $450K, then $425K, then $400K. I bid $400K (list price) on it in 2006; it sold for $402K. I think they could have…
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Here's one in Woodbridge: 28176736. Someone didn't take kindly to the foreclosure: Bank owned fixer in great Bellevue neighborhood priced WAY below tax value. Home updated but was damaged on the way out. Plumbing/electrical has been tampered wit…
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To anyone paying attention, Obama's been the clear winner for weeks. So the market should have priced that in weeks ago. Still, the Dow may go up another 500 points tomorrow. Perhaps the rally was a last-ditch effort to help McCain (in lieu of findi…
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Yet the market's still soaring up. What now? I think we'll see the Dow at 8,500 again, but maybe not until after it gets to 10,000 again. Macroeconomic news way worse than analysts expected? Dow flies up 400.
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Henson may have done right. Because he's in certifiable financial distress, perhaps he'll get the house loan reduced to $200K, compliments of taxpayers. Then he can take a lower-paying job.
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I agree with rcc. I'm betting there will be a sweet spot at which house prices are close to rational and severe inflation has yet to happen. Of course you'll need wages to keep up with inflation! I would not do a lease-to-buy, which locks in today's…
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Shiller makes a good point about diversification, but I disagree with putting the savings into stocks, which tend to be Ponzi schemes (unless the Dow hits 3000 or so). For those whose primary asset is home equity, the lack of diversification is temp…
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rose-colored-coolaid wrote: Rather than take a hard stance, I think the goal should be to find an optimal reward for additional work/risk. If Joe the plumber makes $251k vs $249k, he should still take home more money if he earns an extra $2k. If…
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What I was implying is that the Constitution should not allow the country to be in debt indefinitely, or by any amount; otherwise political parties will use public debt to win elections. Like the GOP has done in spades, starting with Reagan. Imagine…
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No chocolate?! Waaaaaa. Guess I'll have to start using aluminum pennies too. Just don't make me eat tumbleweeds like people in the Dust Bowl did. Went to Value Village today and for $40 got mint-condition clothes for my son that would've cost ~$4…
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Sounds like how my family lives today! Except we have only one car.
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jon wrote: The "torture" amounted to putting panties on their heads. Actually we beat detainees (suspects) so severely that 32 of them died during interrogation, according to the Pentagon. The MSM showed pictures of only the mildest cases. Pl…
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Good post. I would say we start wars based on fabricated evidence. The good news is that some 48% of voters didn't approve of all this from the beginning. Next month it may be over 50%. The nation's integrity can be rebuilt. If Obama does not immedi…
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Charles Dean wrote: In fact, our good and fair treatment of POW's is often times spoken of having saved thousands of lives during WWII. The German soldiers all rushed to surrender to US forces, but fought to the death against the Russians, becaus…
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rose-colored-coolaid wrote: Ours is not the same country it was in 2000. It is a much worst one today because of what we have done; not because of what the terrorists have done. Hear, hear. I'm really encouraged lately to see that enough …