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[quote=bearishgurl]AN, you may already be aware that the PQ/RB area that you prefer so much to invest in has hundreds and possibly well over 1000 households in residence which are using Section 8 vouchers for the bulk of their rent. There are many LL’s in 92128/92129 who accept Section 8, and PQ, in particular is FULL of low-income families (92128 has more low-income, often disabled singles). To a lesser extent, the same is true of MM. [/quote]What’s your point? Are you trying to say those are the only tenants looking in those areas?

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[quote=bearishgurl]I looked on the map and Calle Cristobal in this area appears to be part of the portion which was annexed to MM in recent years. I also noticed that the neither of the listings (sale and rental) for both of your suggestions (in the same complex?) have garages. The rental listing states two parking spaces (uncovered?). $1800 month is a LOT TO PAY to live in a traincar apt. I’m curious what the average length of tenancy is there at that rental price point.[/quote]Seriously BG, you should stop spouting opinion as fact. Mira Mesa did not annex Calle Cristobal. Mira Mesa community since its inception has the boundary of 805 to the West, 15 to the East, Lopez Canyon to the North, and Miramar to the South. You can do your own research if you don’t believe me. BTW, looking on the map is not research.

BTW, what’s the point of bringing up the fact that a condo doesn’t have garage? Majority of the condos out there doesn’t have a garage. What’s your point? Some people rather to live in a traincar near work than in a house in the boonies far away from work.

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[quote=bearishgurl]The MM condo (suggested earlier) not only is narrow enough to emulate a train car inside (notice the sorry a$$ kitchen so narrow that if the oven is open, one can’t stand in front of the sink or open the frig??), it has ~$235 in monthly HOA dues (subject to hikes and also special assessments). Having lived in Pt Loma for an unspecified amount of time, Eve may be completely unfamiliar with the type of tenant who would be attracted to that small condo in (congested) MM or at the speed which it will turn over annually.[/quote]
Sorry but you have no idea what you’re talking about. You’re masquerading opinion as fact.

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We all have our own comfort zone as to where/who you want to rent to. Some people are fine w/ being slumlord and others prefer more white collar professionals. There’s no right or wrong. You probably will cash flow better being the slumlord, but that comes w/ risk. Higher risk, higher return. So, in order to give you a better pointer, you have to give a little more info. What kind of tenants you’re shooting for. Are you counting on appreciation or purely cash flow.

With that said, timing is also very important. Right now, I don’t think you can find many properties that can cash flow (assuming 20% down), unless you go to less desirable areas. Areas where the majority of the tenants are white collar tend to only break even or run at a slight loss. 2-4 years ago, it was much easier to find places that cash flow with only 20% down. I’m not sure if we’ll see those time again.

I like Mira Mesa, Racho Bernardo, Rancho Penasquitos. Basically places that are near high tech hub of Sorrento Valley and Rancho Bernardo.

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[quote=paramount][quote]German cars are not as reliable as their reputation suggests.

Indeed, among the cars owned by its policy holders, the only engines to have failed more than Audis were those from the now defunct MG Group. In total 1 in 13 of MG Rover motors failed in the past year, and problems presented themselves in 1 in every 27 Audi engines. Mini was the third least reliable with a failure rate of 1 in 40, while BMW finished seventh (1 in 45) and Volkswagen ninth (1 in 52).

The most reliable engines came from Honda, with a failure rate of just 1 in 344, with Toyota in second (1 in 171) and, maintaining some honour for the German brands, Mercedes in third (1 in 119).

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This article doesn’t mention it directly, but many would consider the BMW I-6 one of the greatest 6 cylinders ever made.[/quote]Just because it’s considered to be a great engine does not mean it’s reliable.

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[quote=jimmyle]Why the diesel version of any car costs so much more than the gasoline. The diesel premium is even more than the hybrid premium. You can understand the hybrid premium with the massive battery and additional electric motor.

2014 Volkswagen Passat Sedan–MSRP from $20,845
2014 Volkswagen Passat Diesel–MSRP from $26,295

I wonder if the out of the door differnce is much smaller than the MSRPs suggest. [/quote]I don’t know the answer to that. Maybe it’s because they’re trying to milk the MPG advantage. In term of technology and parts, I don’t think it’s anymore complicated than turbo gasoline engines.

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[quote=evolusd]On the topic of cars, what do you guys think of the trend of more diesels in USA? Seems like you get the gas mileage benefit of a hybrid, but don’t sacrifice the driving pleasure as they tend to have tons of low end torque.

Audi A3 TDI sedan looks pretty cool.[/quote]I’m loving the fact that there are more diesels in the US now. Although, all of them have been gearing toward MPG instead of performance. I’d love to see one that gear more toward performance.

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[quote=flu][quote=zk]Bummer about the Bimmer.

Sometimes you have to cut your losses and move on.

A Camry might be more reliable than a BMW, but other than that…

I’d say if you can afford (and your priority is to spend money on) a nice car, get yourself a Lexus. I think Lexuses are great. Smooth, powerful, reliable, comfortable, quiet. They have some models that compare with a BMW 3 series. A friend has a Lexus IS, and he loves it. flu says he’s not a fan of the Lexus IS. So, being a fellow (maybe former) BMW fan, you might not be either. But then again, you might. And if you decide you like it, you’ll have a car you like, and it will most likely be somewhat more reliable than your BMW (and less expensive to repair).

Good luck.[/quote]

the IS-F isn’t bad, minus the look of the quad stacked tailpipe.. 🙂 But I don’t think he’s looking at that…[/quote]The new IS actually beat out the new 3 series in the comparo. The review actually say the new IS handles better, although it is slower. I’m also waiting on the new W205 C-class as well. It supposed to be substantially lighter (~3000 lb for the lightest one). Which is absurdly light for this class of vehicle.

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[quote=flu]As far as trade in. You probably will get dinged a bit with the trade in because the F30 3 series is out…But it is what it is….As far as alternatives, you might want to consider the Infiniti G37…Err I mean Q50.. AN has an infiniti G and he swears by it….I’m not a fan of the Lexus IS…. People have also been pretty happy with the FR-S..It’s going to be one of those cult-type cars…

I would stay away from Audi and Mercedes, again unless you plan on turning your own wrench….
Porsche is pretty reliable. BUT obviously more expensive… And service cost is expensive, and that’s one car you probably don’t want to dick around with yourself…[/quote]Hell yeah I swear by my 2004 G35 :-). paramount and I actually had a debate about G vs his 328 awhile back. I’m surprised his tone changed so quickly. My G is over 105k miles right now and still is as powerful as new. I’m planning to keep it for another 3-5 years, so we’ll see if it stays trouble free at 140-150k miles.

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[quote=FlyerInHi]AN, you do realize that “boy” refers to a male servant and here in America it refers mostly to blacks. It’s a put down used in the Deep South.

I believe that in British colonies, boy was commonly used to refer to the indigenous male servants.[/quote]I do realize what “boy” refers to in certain context. BTW, are we in the Deep South? Is Lien in the Deep South? Is Lien black? What’s the point in bring it up? BTW, British colonies… you mean like Hong Kong?

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[quote=CA renter]No need to bring up being Asian, AN. **Anybody** in this position, regardless of race or ethnicity, has the right to flee. And if some dipshit has intentionally blocked the victim’s path so that he can’t flee from criminals who are trying to intimidate and threaten him, then the victim has the right to run over that idiot, period.[/quote]
CAR, I agree with you. It was a “joke” in response to this joke:
[quote=FlyerInHi]The guy who slammed his brakes is not the guy who was run over.
That’s why Gloria will likely get a big settlement.

If Alexian is a business executive he should have good insurance. But wait… He’s Chinese, so maybe he just has the minimum (pardon the joke, flu).[/quote].

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[quote=all][quote=Jazzman][quote=ocrenter][quote=FlyerInHi]

I was admonished to look at facts. At this point the headline “SUV driver is chased and beaten after running over motorcyclist”, while sensational, is more factual than any presumption of guilt or innocence.[/quote]

That implies Lien instigated the chain of event by running over the motorcyclist.

That is simply not true nor impartial.

if you want a headline that’s absolutely impartial and gets to the heart of the problem, it would be:

“Full blown melee between SUV and biker gang in broad daylight in middle of NYC, police presence completely absent.”[/quote]

Better still: heated road incident between motorcycles and SUV leads to injuries. That avoids the use of “gangs” or blaming the police.[/quote]

Even better: something happened, maybe.

The tires on the SUV were slashed during the first stop. The driver decided to try to run away after that. What was he supposed to do at that point?[/quote]FlyerInHi would probably say, be a good little Asian boy and sit down and shut up. You know, because that’s what Asian do best.

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[quote=zk][quote=AN][quote=zk][quote=AN]
FYI, you yourself, just lump EVERYONE who are not a liberal into a nut job camp. [/quote]
You’ll have to show me where I did that. I’m quite sure you won’t be able to.[/quote]
Here you go:
[quote=zk]SK, you wouldn’t know what flu is talking about unless you, too had been brainwashed by the right-wing noise machine.[/quote]
Only brainwashed by right-wing noise machine would understand him. I’m not brainwashed by the right wing noise machine. But I’m probably not as liberal as you. So, since you don’t know what flu is talking about and I do, I must be brainwashed by the right wing noise machine. Brainwashed by the right wing noise machine, IIRC is synonymous to nut job in your book.[/quote]
Error number 1: You left off half my quote. I said, “SK, you wouldn’t know what flu is talking about unless you, too had been brainwashed by the right-wing noise machine. Or at least were familiar with their tactics.”
I knew exactly what flu was talking about, because I’m familiar with the right-wing noise machine’s tactics. Lump run-of-the-mill liberals in with gloria allred and her ilk. Anybody who is a pansy or a crybaby or who plays the “victim” card must be a liberal. Etcetera.

Error number 2: You seem to have come to the conclusion that I think that everybody who isn’t a liberal has been brainwashed by the right-wing noise machine. I never said that. I never implied that. I never believed that. I know lots of perfectly reasonable conservatives and middle-of-the-road types who can think for themselves and aren’t brainwashed by the machine.[/quote]That’s what you said and that was how you came across. It’s fine that you didn’t meant what you said, but that’s how I interpret what you said. So, it’s not an error in how I interpret what you said. It’s your error in how you say it.

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[quote=zk][quote=AN]
FYI, you yourself, just lump EVERYONE who are not a liberal into a nut job camp. [/quote]
You’ll have to show me where I did that. I’m quite sure you won’t be able to.[/quote]
Here you go:
[quote=zk]SK, you wouldn’t know what flu is talking about unless you, too had been brainwashed by the right-wing noise machine.[/quote]
Only brainwashed by right-wing noise machine would understand him. I’m not brainwashed by the right wing noise machine. But I’m probably not as liberal as you. So, since you don’t know what flu is talking about and I do, I must be brainwashed by the right wing noise machine. Brainwashed by the right wing noise machine, IIRC is synonymous to nut job in your book.

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[quote=FlyerInHi]Flu, I don’t think the MSM is liberal. They are mainstream and they represent mainstream opinion of justice and decency. Neither liberal not conservative.

After all, they have businesses to run and they would have competition if they didn’t represent the mainstream. Same goes for Hollywood.
[/quote]By that logic, Fox News is also mainstream.

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