[bobby]

We bought our house last year so we don’t go to open houses anymore.
that said, we still stop by an open house in our neighborhood – out of curiosity.
most of the visitors are Asian. The realtors are smattering of Asians.
This was last year. Still going on this year.
My guess is that a lot of these buyers are from China.

[bobby]

I wonder if she has a job? Her coworkers will unlikely be very friendly to her now.

[bobby]

if you don’t care, I don’t care. Done!

[bobby]

I didn’t say it’s full of Latino or AA. I said it’s unsafe. You said it’s full of AA and Latinos. I guess it’s racist to speak truth.

Are you contesting the statement that Compton is unsafe? comparing to say… Irvine or Laguna beach?

I guess you didn’t read my post in defense of attack on the Hispanic community.

I’m fairly fluent in Spanish? Why would a racist person against Latinos take time to learn Spanish? Must be racist.
Did you know I have an AA employee? I don’t exactly know the reason for helping her get into optometry school. Must be my racist nature.

ASSumptions!!!

[bobby]

it’s racist/snob to say that some particular locale is unsafe?
also, go back to some of my earlier posts.

[bobby]

don’t know about SD area RE prices but I live 5 miles from PA. In PA proper, prices run about $800-1,000 sqft.
Hope that helps

BTW, avoid East Palo Alto. It’s the Compton of the Peninsula.

[bobby]

[quote=spdrun]NYC:
(1) Yankees
(2) Good universities (NYU, Columbia, Yeshiva, CCNY, SUNY, NY Medical, Pratt, FIT, Cooper Union, and quite a few less known)
(3) The Jersey Shore/Lawn Guyland beaches
(4) Central Park. Fort-Greene Park. Union Square.
(5) Opera, museums, theatre, arts scene/art galleries
(6) Yeah, nice suburbs too. Places like Summit are 30-35 minutes from downtown if you take one of the express trains
(7) The Catskills and ‘gunks — 2 hr away by car, skiing, climbing, hiking
(8) The whole spectrum of food, including many very ethnic neighborhoods where you can get the real deal
(9) Decent job market/tech scene. Employers that are much more flexible about qualifications than in certain other markets.
(10) First rate subway system. Maybe not for modernity, but for functionality
(11) It’s a walking city. Plenty of opportunities for serendipity and randomness. When I flew back from San Diego in March, I changed from the airport bus to a train at 125th St station. There was an amazing jazzman who’d set up shop outside the station, and there was basically an impromptu street party going at 11 pm on a Friday evening.

The Forbes writer needs to get out of his McMansion a bit more.[/quote]

I lived in NYC 4 years during med school. I agree that NYC is an amazing place to live. Especially if you have
1. time
2. money
3. a sense of adventure.
I didn’t have time or money during medschool but still found that NYC is a magical place for a young person.

[bobby]

I joined Pigg a 5 years back when I started my search for a house. Bought one last year and although I still come here occasionally, it had been less frequent.
now I comment on political or social issues but not much on real estate..

[bobby]

[quote=AN]
I think they will have to adapt or die just like us. The smart one, the ingenious one, the hard working one will be fine, just like us. You just can’t be lazy and depend on other to hand you your opportunity anymore.[/quote]

not trying to make this political but with the entitlement mentality, I think those who don’t really want to work will also be just fine. No they won’t be as well off as those who are smart and industrious; but they won’t be homeless or starving. All they need is to vote for a policy that allows some redistribution of wealth.
(again, not debating the morality of this policy – just stating the belief that the social safety net and the current expectation will allow those who don’t do much to be OK).

[bobby]

[quote=flu]If I were a financial advisor, I would be advising the following

1. Don’t spend more money than you make.
2. Invest in high returns low risk investments.
3. Don’t lose money investing.

And if you want to know how for #2 and #3, buy my seminar for $2999.99….[/quote]

1. agreed.
2. almost mutually exclusive.
3. almost impossible unless investing in CD (low yield – not a good way to get rich).

my path to getting rich is working hard (6-7 days/week) and spending less than I earn. I do take some risk but diversify it.
then be patient.

[bobby]

[quote=squat300]See the queen of Versailles and tell me w a straight face that douche shouldn’t pay a higher tax rate and he would be any less greedy if you raised his tax rate by 25 perc.[/quote]

don’t use an example of a greedy person to make all higher-earning folks look bad.
I can use an egregious welfare family to support my argument of lowering social services.

some of us work 6-7days a week to make a good living and don’t feel like apologizing if we do make a little more than the average wage earner.

[bobby]

he is saying that the recipients/shareholders are getting less money even though the company is paying out more. This is due to the taxman taking a larger portion of the payout.

[bobby]

[quote=spdrun]Flopping = using dirty tricks to get a bank to accept a SS for much less than real value. Once it’s re-sold by the buyer, the listing broker may (or may not) get a kickback from the buyer.[/quote]
thanks.
happy thanksgiving. off to dinner now.

[bobby]

[quote=spdrun]Flopping = using dirty tricks to get a bank to accept a SS for much less than real value. Once it’s re-sold by the buyer, the listing broker may (or may not) get a kickback from the buyer.[/quote]
thanks.
happy thanksgiving. off to dinner now.

[bobby]

we grew up on food stamp and welfare. Did just fine. Didn’t go hungry.
it’s not supposed to be easy on food stamp.

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