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  • July 9, 2008 at 10:02 PM #13238
    murf2222
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    We sold our house in Fontana (aka Fontucky) in Nov 03 for $300K. The market up there was JUST starting to catch fire back then and was a little behind the San Diego craziness.

    I suffered thru 3 years of agony watching the value of that house peak at almost $600K, while simultaneously kicking myself for not pulling the trigger on buying in San Diego as soon as we moved here. One of my crowning achievements has been to withstand the constant pressure from my wife to buy in 2005/06.

    I had to constantly remind her (and myself) that we were unwitting victims of terrible timing by selling when we did, but if we caved in to the pressure and bought in 2005/6 then we would just be amplifying our pain down the road……..Reminded me of the old saying *fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on ME!*

    About 6 months ago the woman who bought our house listed it for sale by owner for $594K. The market in the inland empire has been in a virtual free-fall for the last year. She obviously was too slow to jump ship and I started to sadistically revel in her bad timing.

    Well the circle of greed/stupidity is now complete as the house has just been listed with a realtor for $285K!!!!!

    I feel soo relieved to have the *bad-timing* monkey finally off of MY back! I’m probably going to hell for being so giddy about the whole thing, but oh well…….I’ll buy Lucifer a beer when I get there!

    Murf2222

    July 9, 2008 at 10:14 PM #236494
    jpinpb
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    Buy beer? This is too sweet – maybe a smoothie or at least a fruity mixed drink.

    I have a similar experience. Sold a little too early. Prices are no where close to what I sold for BUT, some places that I was pressured to buy – my crowning achievement to resist and sore spot of some heated discussion – has lost 100k in two years. I have that same glee and relief that I didn’t succomb to buying, but waiting patiently.

    July 9, 2008 at 10:14 PM #236622
    jpinpb
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    Buy beer? This is too sweet – maybe a smoothie or at least a fruity mixed drink.

    I have a similar experience. Sold a little too early. Prices are no where close to what I sold for BUT, some places that I was pressured to buy – my crowning achievement to resist and sore spot of some heated discussion – has lost 100k in two years. I have that same glee and relief that I didn’t succomb to buying, but waiting patiently.

    July 9, 2008 at 10:14 PM #236631
    jpinpb
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    Buy beer? This is too sweet – maybe a smoothie or at least a fruity mixed drink.

    I have a similar experience. Sold a little too early. Prices are no where close to what I sold for BUT, some places that I was pressured to buy – my crowning achievement to resist and sore spot of some heated discussion – has lost 100k in two years. I have that same glee and relief that I didn’t succomb to buying, but waiting patiently.

    July 9, 2008 at 10:14 PM #236677
    jpinpb
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    Buy beer? This is too sweet – maybe a smoothie or at least a fruity mixed drink.

    I have a similar experience. Sold a little too early. Prices are no where close to what I sold for BUT, some places that I was pressured to buy – my crowning achievement to resist and sore spot of some heated discussion – has lost 100k in two years. I have that same glee and relief that I didn’t succomb to buying, but waiting patiently.

    July 9, 2008 at 10:14 PM #236690
    jpinpb
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    Buy beer? This is too sweet – maybe a smoothie or at least a fruity mixed drink.

    I have a similar experience. Sold a little too early. Prices are no where close to what I sold for BUT, some places that I was pressured to buy – my crowning achievement to resist and sore spot of some heated discussion – has lost 100k in two years. I have that same glee and relief that I didn’t succomb to buying, but waiting patiently.

    July 9, 2008 at 10:23 PM #236509
    snail
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    Don’t be getting to giddy, I always remind myself that I was lucky to be able to sell during the run up to the top and resisted buying all those time.

    July 9, 2008 at 10:23 PM #236638
    snail
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    Don’t be getting to giddy, I always remind myself that I was lucky to be able to sell during the run up to the top and resisted buying all those time.

    July 9, 2008 at 10:23 PM #236647
    snail
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    Don’t be getting to giddy, I always remind myself that I was lucky to be able to sell during the run up to the top and resisted buying all those time.

    July 9, 2008 at 10:23 PM #236692
    snail
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    Don’t be getting to giddy, I always remind myself that I was lucky to be able to sell during the run up to the top and resisted buying all those time.

    July 9, 2008 at 10:23 PM #236705
    snail
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    Don’t be getting to giddy, I always remind myself that I was lucky to be able to sell during the run up to the top and resisted buying all those time.

    July 9, 2008 at 10:42 PM #236524
    temeculaguy
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    I say savor every moment murph, and bring lucifer a case of stella (most assume he likes german beer, but he told me her prefers stella because it began as a christmas brew, he likes irony).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Artois

    My hat is off to you for successfuly managing your marriage, last year we were innundated with weekly appearances of husbands catching knifes because their wives said so. All advice was lost on them and I can only imagine their fate since they rarely appear to let us know how it went (I bet they still read though). You did good, a couple nights on the couch is a small price to pay for not losing 10k a month, bravo.

    July 9, 2008 at 10:42 PM #236654
    temeculaguy
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    I say savor every moment murph, and bring lucifer a case of stella (most assume he likes german beer, but he told me her prefers stella because it began as a christmas brew, he likes irony).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Artois

    My hat is off to you for successfuly managing your marriage, last year we were innundated with weekly appearances of husbands catching knifes because their wives said so. All advice was lost on them and I can only imagine their fate since they rarely appear to let us know how it went (I bet they still read though). You did good, a couple nights on the couch is a small price to pay for not losing 10k a month, bravo.

    July 9, 2008 at 10:42 PM #236662
    temeculaguy
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    I say savor every moment murph, and bring lucifer a case of stella (most assume he likes german beer, but he told me her prefers stella because it began as a christmas brew, he likes irony).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Artois

    My hat is off to you for successfuly managing your marriage, last year we were innundated with weekly appearances of husbands catching knifes because their wives said so. All advice was lost on them and I can only imagine their fate since they rarely appear to let us know how it went (I bet they still read though). You did good, a couple nights on the couch is a small price to pay for not losing 10k a month, bravo.

    July 9, 2008 at 10:42 PM #236706
    temeculaguy
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    I say savor every moment murph, and bring lucifer a case of stella (most assume he likes german beer, but he told me her prefers stella because it began as a christmas brew, he likes irony).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Artois

    My hat is off to you for successfuly managing your marriage, last year we were innundated with weekly appearances of husbands catching knifes because their wives said so. All advice was lost on them and I can only imagine their fate since they rarely appear to let us know how it went (I bet they still read though). You did good, a couple nights on the couch is a small price to pay for not losing 10k a month, bravo.

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