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August 29, 2014 at 1:22 AM in reply to: Interesting history for this Santaluz property – any insight to price swings? #777725
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ParticipantI’d love to hear a realtor’s take on the listing/sold activity. The “sold” price, per the MLS, is more than double the sold price from public records. And the new buyers have just listed it, again? Something smells fishy here.
Participant[quote=FlyerInHi]CAr, even with higher costs, our daily staples are still cheaper than the rest of the world.
If you read European papers, the debate is “what went wrong? Why is America growing but we aren’t?”
The problem in the EU is EU rules preventing deficit spending by governments and coordinated deficit spending across the Eurozone.[/quote]
Brian, those are our daily staples. The fact is that we have been losing ground for the past 10-30 years.
Deficit spending can work, but only to a point; and it’s extremely important that the spending is directed at the most productive and useful things going forward. The militarization of our police departments, never-ending wars, etc. are NOT productive uses of our public monies.
Participant[quote=FlyerInHi]Basically if you compare the USA to Europe, we, in America, had economic stimulus and expansion without inflation, and historically low rates all the same.
Europe chose the path of austerity, belt-tightening, near zero growth and now a threat of deflation.
Our policies to exit the financial crisis have proven much better, period.
spd, growth means real per-capita GPD, money in people’s pockets. How people choose to spend their money is a totally different debate. In America, thoughtful people can choose to work less for less money but more time.
I don’t think Europeans would be too happy to find themselves, a couple decades down the road, with GDP per capita, a smaller fraction of ours.
GPD is also power in the world, the ability to influence the world to your own liking.[/quote]
We’ve had growth without inflation???
Gas has almost doubled since 2008/2009, along with the price of housing. Food costs have risen significantly. Healthcare costs have gone up even more. These are the things that REALLY matter in a person’s life, vs. whatever they are measuring in their garbage CPI numbers.
The only thing that hasn’t gone up? Wages. That “growth” has done far more harm than good as far as the majority of working people in the U.S. are concerned. The only thing the Fed has accomplished is the destruction of purchasing power of those who are on a fixed income/working people.
Participant[quote=spdrun]Regarding cars, anything made after about 2000 is pretty low-maintenance. Electronic ignition with coil-on-plugs, no cap, rotor, or wires.
If anything, modern cars with multiplexed wiring are getting harder to maintain and are less reliable. Witness the Chrysler “Totally Integrated Power Module” debacle recently. And I can’t even imagine what’s required to upgrade an entertainment system on a modern rolling iPad where those functions are tightly integrated with the car’s electronics.
They might be a few MPG more efficient, but building a car also costs a lot of energy. You actually save more energy keeping cars about 10 years, since energy cost of manufacture is significant.
Why does a gas dryer provide a better QoL, BTW? I grew up in a house with a clothesline, strung between a tree and the back steps. It was mounted on pulleys, so you could stand on the steps and hang an item, yank it a bit, hang, yank. Not slower than loading or unloading a dryer.[/quote]
I love your posts regarding growth, but have to disagree about the gas dryer. You’re speaking as a single person. For a larger family, a gas dryer is a HUGE deal.
That being said, carry on with your great posts. 🙂
ParticipantSome think there is a genetic tendency to hoard. Those who live through deprivation have a tendency to hoard, as well.
Sickness? Maybe, at least when one lives in the “land of plenty,” but if one lives in an environment where scarcity is the norm, is it a sickness, or is it common sense?
Participant[quote=Blogstar]Obama could come out and say “look , the police are going to make mistakes or commit crimes, sometimes terrible ones, but we don’t have all the facts yet. If this cop was out of line with duty , justice will prevail, If he was doing his job and defending himself Mr. Brown should have been a better citizen” He doesn’t say that. He knows he didn’t bring hope and change to Ferguson so he has to cover up by scapegoating the cops by letting the racist innuendo fly. Bread and circuses at it finest lead from the top.
The whole race and poverty thing is mired in dirty politics.[/quote]
Brilliant.
August 23, 2014 at 1:34 AM in reply to: OT: LAPD sample investigation shows 1/2 have disable monitoring #777563ParticipantJust a clip to show the type of people cops have to deal with on a regular basis. Any wonder why some of them might seem a bit too quick to pull the trigger?
I honestly have no idea how cops manage to do their jobs as well as they do. While some do get carried away without justification, I think that many incidents are so stressful that they don’t see any other way to handle things but to get physical…even to the point of shooting someone.
ParticipantCongrats, UCGal! 🙂
ParticipantGeneral Requirements
Age: You must be 18 years of age or older to be issued a license.
Residence: Proof of Legal Presence in the United States is required. If you are not a California resident, see Out-of-State Applicants.
Honesty: Applicants must be honest and truthful. Conviction of a crime may result in the denial of a license. Failure to disclose any criminal violation or disciplinary action in an applicant’s entire history may also result in the denial of a license. For further information, see Avoid Potential Denial of Your License Application (RE 229) Denotes a PDF document and Application Eligibility Information (RE 222) Denotes a PDF document.
Experience: A minimum of two years full-time licensed salesperson experience within the last five years or the equivalent is required. For further information, see Documenting Experience Requirements for the Broker Examination.
http://www.dre.ca.gov/examinees/RequirementsBroker.html
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Education in Lieu of Experience
Major or Minor in Real EstateAn applicant with a degree from an accredited four year college or university which included a major or minor in real estate may be exempt from the two-year salesperson experience requirement. This may be verified by submitting a copy of the transcript showing the degree earned.
Courses completed or degrees earned through foreign institutions of higher learning must be evaluated by a foreign credentials evaluation service approved by CalBRE. See Examination Applicant Foreign Education Information (RE 223) Denotes a PDF document for further information.
Experience RequirementsMembers of the California State Bar are statutorily exempt from the college-level course requirements. Evidence of admission to practice Law in California must be furnished, such as a photocopy of both sides of a California State Bar membership card. However, members of the California State Bar would still need to demonstrate that they have satisfied the two years full-time licensed salesperson experience requirement or have at least two years real estate related experience while practicing law in California. Members of the State Bar of California using equivalent experience should submit a RE 227 Equivalent Experience Verification Denotes a PDF document form outlying this experience along with their broker exam or broker exam/license combination application.
http://www.dre.ca.gov/examinees/BrokerExperience.html
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I believe they used to accept any four-year degree (not just RE-related minors/majors) in lieu of RE sales experience, but that seems to have changed. Just going from memory here.
Best of luck!
ParticipantGood post, Russ.
ParticipantThanks for your insightful comments, pabloesqobar. I think Brian is in pure troll mode at this point. His posts have absolutely no basis in reality and show a complete lack of common sense.
Sorry, Brian, but you’re just not making any sense. I’m guessing you’ve never had an altercation with a much larger, possibly armed thug who had no regard for your life or well-being.
ParticipantBrian, you clearly don’t understand the kind of stress a cop has to deal with in a situation like this. This “kid” was no innocent waif. He already showed a propensity to commit crimes and do whatever he wanted, irrespective of the law or what a police officer was instructing him to do. He willfully got into a physical altercation with a cop…and the “kid” is HUGE and violent. The cop does NOT know whether or not a suspect is armed in a situation like this. There is the possibility that he had the right to use deadly force.
We need to find out what happens in the investigation so that we can (hopefully) get a full and complete understanding of what happened.
And as much as you’re likely to say that the cops will have each other’s backs, the thugs will do so as well. And many thugs will intimidate witnesses who attempt to give their perspective if it can be used against the thugs.
http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2011/05/no_snitching_the_rules_that_allow_it.html
ParticipantGreat to hear it’s not cancer in both of your cases. 🙂
Yeah, it takes a while for the biopsy site to heal, but it’s always a good idea to get anything unusual checked out.
ParticipantIt’s easy to say all of that from the comfort and safety of your armchair. Very different to actually be out in the street with a 6’4″, 292 pound thug on top of you trying to take your gun away.
Perhaps the cop should be arrested, but there needs to be a full investigation before people start calling for his head. The media is complicit in all of the rioting and race-baiting; it’s great for their ratings.
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