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April 18, 2009 at 11:24 PM #384469April 18, 2009 at 11:48 PM #383847urbanrealtorParticipant
[quote=socrattt]PR, thanks for the response. As for you Urban, that response seems to be expected from an someone with your intelligence level. Don’t get too excited because you have few escrows open. Reality will set in with you as well.[/quote]
Hey man. You asked the question and opened the post.
No I don’t see your point.
If your contention is that you are smarter than I, well that is certainly a possibility but your post is not good evidence of it.I don’t really have a disagreement with your general misanthropy regarding the public. I just don’t think that your condemnation is particularly nuanced or useful. Your remarks are the economic equivalent of that dude in college who stands on the knoll yelling about how we are all sinners (and going to hell) for our perceived sexual practices and perceived faithlessness. As with him, there is some benefit the general tone of what you say but this “wake up call” is unfocused and ranting. It would be less exciting but more accurate to simply preach that people should live within their means and save. As someone who subscribes to (and lives) this philosophy, I would endorse this. Though, as with this, I would not find the thread terribly interesting.
The escrows I have right now are all people striving to live within their means and to be prudent about their decisions. I have new buyers who have a cap of 200k (thus keeping expenses equivalent to their current rental costs). I have cash buyers who are looking at designer places because they have scads of money and can afford it.
While it is always true that things could get worse, your shrill discussions of “reality” seem ironically titled.
April 18, 2009 at 11:48 PM #384111urbanrealtorParticipant[quote=socrattt]PR, thanks for the response. As for you Urban, that response seems to be expected from an someone with your intelligence level. Don’t get too excited because you have few escrows open. Reality will set in with you as well.[/quote]
Hey man. You asked the question and opened the post.
No I don’t see your point.
If your contention is that you are smarter than I, well that is certainly a possibility but your post is not good evidence of it.I don’t really have a disagreement with your general misanthropy regarding the public. I just don’t think that your condemnation is particularly nuanced or useful. Your remarks are the economic equivalent of that dude in college who stands on the knoll yelling about how we are all sinners (and going to hell) for our perceived sexual practices and perceived faithlessness. As with him, there is some benefit the general tone of what you say but this “wake up call” is unfocused and ranting. It would be less exciting but more accurate to simply preach that people should live within their means and save. As someone who subscribes to (and lives) this philosophy, I would endorse this. Though, as with this, I would not find the thread terribly interesting.
The escrows I have right now are all people striving to live within their means and to be prudent about their decisions. I have new buyers who have a cap of 200k (thus keeping expenses equivalent to their current rental costs). I have cash buyers who are looking at designer places because they have scads of money and can afford it.
While it is always true that things could get worse, your shrill discussions of “reality” seem ironically titled.
April 18, 2009 at 11:48 PM #384306urbanrealtorParticipant[quote=socrattt]PR, thanks for the response. As for you Urban, that response seems to be expected from an someone with your intelligence level. Don’t get too excited because you have few escrows open. Reality will set in with you as well.[/quote]
Hey man. You asked the question and opened the post.
No I don’t see your point.
If your contention is that you are smarter than I, well that is certainly a possibility but your post is not good evidence of it.I don’t really have a disagreement with your general misanthropy regarding the public. I just don’t think that your condemnation is particularly nuanced or useful. Your remarks are the economic equivalent of that dude in college who stands on the knoll yelling about how we are all sinners (and going to hell) for our perceived sexual practices and perceived faithlessness. As with him, there is some benefit the general tone of what you say but this “wake up call” is unfocused and ranting. It would be less exciting but more accurate to simply preach that people should live within their means and save. As someone who subscribes to (and lives) this philosophy, I would endorse this. Though, as with this, I would not find the thread terribly interesting.
The escrows I have right now are all people striving to live within their means and to be prudent about their decisions. I have new buyers who have a cap of 200k (thus keeping expenses equivalent to their current rental costs). I have cash buyers who are looking at designer places because they have scads of money and can afford it.
While it is always true that things could get worse, your shrill discussions of “reality” seem ironically titled.
April 18, 2009 at 11:48 PM #384355urbanrealtorParticipant[quote=socrattt]PR, thanks for the response. As for you Urban, that response seems to be expected from an someone with your intelligence level. Don’t get too excited because you have few escrows open. Reality will set in with you as well.[/quote]
Hey man. You asked the question and opened the post.
No I don’t see your point.
If your contention is that you are smarter than I, well that is certainly a possibility but your post is not good evidence of it.I don’t really have a disagreement with your general misanthropy regarding the public. I just don’t think that your condemnation is particularly nuanced or useful. Your remarks are the economic equivalent of that dude in college who stands on the knoll yelling about how we are all sinners (and going to hell) for our perceived sexual practices and perceived faithlessness. As with him, there is some benefit the general tone of what you say but this “wake up call” is unfocused and ranting. It would be less exciting but more accurate to simply preach that people should live within their means and save. As someone who subscribes to (and lives) this philosophy, I would endorse this. Though, as with this, I would not find the thread terribly interesting.
The escrows I have right now are all people striving to live within their means and to be prudent about their decisions. I have new buyers who have a cap of 200k (thus keeping expenses equivalent to their current rental costs). I have cash buyers who are looking at designer places because they have scads of money and can afford it.
While it is always true that things could get worse, your shrill discussions of “reality” seem ironically titled.
April 18, 2009 at 11:48 PM #384489urbanrealtorParticipant[quote=socrattt]PR, thanks for the response. As for you Urban, that response seems to be expected from an someone with your intelligence level. Don’t get too excited because you have few escrows open. Reality will set in with you as well.[/quote]
Hey man. You asked the question and opened the post.
No I don’t see your point.
If your contention is that you are smarter than I, well that is certainly a possibility but your post is not good evidence of it.I don’t really have a disagreement with your general misanthropy regarding the public. I just don’t think that your condemnation is particularly nuanced or useful. Your remarks are the economic equivalent of that dude in college who stands on the knoll yelling about how we are all sinners (and going to hell) for our perceived sexual practices and perceived faithlessness. As with him, there is some benefit the general tone of what you say but this “wake up call” is unfocused and ranting. It would be less exciting but more accurate to simply preach that people should live within their means and save. As someone who subscribes to (and lives) this philosophy, I would endorse this. Though, as with this, I would not find the thread terribly interesting.
The escrows I have right now are all people striving to live within their means and to be prudent about their decisions. I have new buyers who have a cap of 200k (thus keeping expenses equivalent to their current rental costs). I have cash buyers who are looking at designer places because they have scads of money and can afford it.
While it is always true that things could get worse, your shrill discussions of “reality” seem ironically titled.
April 18, 2009 at 11:58 PM #383852SD RealtorParticipantSocratt I have given up trying to figure it out. The housing market is absolutely on fire right now and yes to me it does not make any sense. All I can say is that people are doing exactly what the government wants them to do. They are buying homes, they are buying into the stock market and pretty much just chugging along. I am not saying I have a clue what will happen because it seems impossible to be sustainable. However it is absolutely imperative to get some of this shadow inventory to get into the market because it is just crazy right now.
April 18, 2009 at 11:58 PM #384116SD RealtorParticipantSocratt I have given up trying to figure it out. The housing market is absolutely on fire right now and yes to me it does not make any sense. All I can say is that people are doing exactly what the government wants them to do. They are buying homes, they are buying into the stock market and pretty much just chugging along. I am not saying I have a clue what will happen because it seems impossible to be sustainable. However it is absolutely imperative to get some of this shadow inventory to get into the market because it is just crazy right now.
April 18, 2009 at 11:58 PM #384311SD RealtorParticipantSocratt I have given up trying to figure it out. The housing market is absolutely on fire right now and yes to me it does not make any sense. All I can say is that people are doing exactly what the government wants them to do. They are buying homes, they are buying into the stock market and pretty much just chugging along. I am not saying I have a clue what will happen because it seems impossible to be sustainable. However it is absolutely imperative to get some of this shadow inventory to get into the market because it is just crazy right now.
April 18, 2009 at 11:58 PM #384360SD RealtorParticipantSocratt I have given up trying to figure it out. The housing market is absolutely on fire right now and yes to me it does not make any sense. All I can say is that people are doing exactly what the government wants them to do. They are buying homes, they are buying into the stock market and pretty much just chugging along. I am not saying I have a clue what will happen because it seems impossible to be sustainable. However it is absolutely imperative to get some of this shadow inventory to get into the market because it is just crazy right now.
April 18, 2009 at 11:58 PM #384494SD RealtorParticipantSocratt I have given up trying to figure it out. The housing market is absolutely on fire right now and yes to me it does not make any sense. All I can say is that people are doing exactly what the government wants them to do. They are buying homes, they are buying into the stock market and pretty much just chugging along. I am not saying I have a clue what will happen because it seems impossible to be sustainable. However it is absolutely imperative to get some of this shadow inventory to get into the market because it is just crazy right now.
April 19, 2009 at 12:06 AM #383857urbanrealtorParticipantOn a more constructive note, what do you see as the primary motivation for holding inventory back?
I am sensing mostly a lack of capacity to handle the load rather than simply manipulation (though that could play a part).
April 19, 2009 at 12:06 AM #384122urbanrealtorParticipantOn a more constructive note, what do you see as the primary motivation for holding inventory back?
I am sensing mostly a lack of capacity to handle the load rather than simply manipulation (though that could play a part).
April 19, 2009 at 12:06 AM #384316urbanrealtorParticipantOn a more constructive note, what do you see as the primary motivation for holding inventory back?
I am sensing mostly a lack of capacity to handle the load rather than simply manipulation (though that could play a part).
April 19, 2009 at 12:06 AM #384365urbanrealtorParticipantOn a more constructive note, what do you see as the primary motivation for holding inventory back?
I am sensing mostly a lack of capacity to handle the load rather than simply manipulation (though that could play a part).
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