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I’d say if you can afford something now that you can live with for the next 10 years or so, buy now.

I think the “3x gross income” rule is a little bit too conservative, but better safe than sorry. You have to think about kids, retirement savings, all that good stuff. But if your car payment is only $380/mo you’re probably not living a lifestyle of lavish, reckless consumption. Congrats! 🙂

[AK]

What Ox said 🙂

I’ve seen plenty of houses of that vintage. Some were pristine. Some were borderline uninhabitable. (One or two really were uninhabitable.)

[AK]

What Ox said 🙂

I’ve seen plenty of houses of that vintage. Some were pristine. Some were borderline uninhabitable. (One or two really were uninhabitable.)

[AK]

What Ox said 🙂

I’ve seen plenty of houses of that vintage. Some were pristine. Some were borderline uninhabitable. (One or two really were uninhabitable.)

[AK]

What Ox said 🙂

I’ve seen plenty of houses of that vintage. Some were pristine. Some were borderline uninhabitable. (One or two really were uninhabitable.)

[AK]

What Ox said 🙂

I’ve seen plenty of houses of that vintage. Some were pristine. Some were borderline uninhabitable. (One or two really were uninhabitable.)

[AK]

Ya never know, I get the impression that the SD area hasn’t been studied quite as thoroughly as other populated areas of California and “they” are always finding new earthquake faults.

I’ve been stockpiling emergency supplies ever since the ’70s, when us neighborhood kids decided we were going to survive a nuclear war no matter what our parents said. I still keep a stash of bottled water and Chef Boy-Ar-Dee (needs no preparation nor can opener, and it’s so nasty I’m not tempted to eat it in a non-emergency).

I can only hope that in the event of a major disaster, individual Californians prove to be as resourceful and resilient as Haitians.

[AK]

Ya never know, I get the impression that the SD area hasn’t been studied quite as thoroughly as other populated areas of California and “they” are always finding new earthquake faults.

I’ve been stockpiling emergency supplies ever since the ’70s, when us neighborhood kids decided we were going to survive a nuclear war no matter what our parents said. I still keep a stash of bottled water and Chef Boy-Ar-Dee (needs no preparation nor can opener, and it’s so nasty I’m not tempted to eat it in a non-emergency).

I can only hope that in the event of a major disaster, individual Californians prove to be as resourceful and resilient as Haitians.

[AK]

Ya never know, I get the impression that the SD area hasn’t been studied quite as thoroughly as other populated areas of California and “they” are always finding new earthquake faults.

I’ve been stockpiling emergency supplies ever since the ’70s, when us neighborhood kids decided we were going to survive a nuclear war no matter what our parents said. I still keep a stash of bottled water and Chef Boy-Ar-Dee (needs no preparation nor can opener, and it’s so nasty I’m not tempted to eat it in a non-emergency).

I can only hope that in the event of a major disaster, individual Californians prove to be as resourceful and resilient as Haitians.

[AK]

Ya never know, I get the impression that the SD area hasn’t been studied quite as thoroughly as other populated areas of California and “they” are always finding new earthquake faults.

I’ve been stockpiling emergency supplies ever since the ’70s, when us neighborhood kids decided we were going to survive a nuclear war no matter what our parents said. I still keep a stash of bottled water and Chef Boy-Ar-Dee (needs no preparation nor can opener, and it’s so nasty I’m not tempted to eat it in a non-emergency).

I can only hope that in the event of a major disaster, individual Californians prove to be as resourceful and resilient as Haitians.

[AK]

Ya never know, I get the impression that the SD area hasn’t been studied quite as thoroughly as other populated areas of California and “they” are always finding new earthquake faults.

I’ve been stockpiling emergency supplies ever since the ’70s, when us neighborhood kids decided we were going to survive a nuclear war no matter what our parents said. I still keep a stash of bottled water and Chef Boy-Ar-Dee (needs no preparation nor can opener, and it’s so nasty I’m not tempted to eat it in a non-emergency).

I can only hope that in the event of a major disaster, individual Californians prove to be as resourceful and resilient as Haitians.

[AK]

I put some of money in bond funds back in ’08.

My investment has done well but I know interest rates can’t stay this low forever. But I can’t find anything else out there worth buying, and at least I’m earning interest while my money is parked in bonds.

As soon as I find something else worth buying, my money is out of bonds and into equities, precious metals, solar radiation futures, horse manure, whatever.

And so will everyone else’s money. And there goes the great fixed-income bubble of 2008-2010 🙂

[AK]

I put some of money in bond funds back in ’08.

My investment has done well but I know interest rates can’t stay this low forever. But I can’t find anything else out there worth buying, and at least I’m earning interest while my money is parked in bonds.

As soon as I find something else worth buying, my money is out of bonds and into equities, precious metals, solar radiation futures, horse manure, whatever.

And so will everyone else’s money. And there goes the great fixed-income bubble of 2008-2010 🙂

[AK]

I put some of money in bond funds back in ’08.

My investment has done well but I know interest rates can’t stay this low forever. But I can’t find anything else out there worth buying, and at least I’m earning interest while my money is parked in bonds.

As soon as I find something else worth buying, my money is out of bonds and into equities, precious metals, solar radiation futures, horse manure, whatever.

And so will everyone else’s money. And there goes the great fixed-income bubble of 2008-2010 🙂

[AK]

I put some of money in bond funds back in ’08.

My investment has done well but I know interest rates can’t stay this low forever. But I can’t find anything else out there worth buying, and at least I’m earning interest while my money is parked in bonds.

As soon as I find something else worth buying, my money is out of bonds and into equities, precious metals, solar radiation futures, horse manure, whatever.

And so will everyone else’s money. And there goes the great fixed-income bubble of 2008-2010 🙂

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