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I predict he’ll step down in January of 2009. We’ll see who is right.

Prepare to look foolish, Mr “Woody”, if that’s your real name.

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I predict that Bush will step down in 2008! You read it first right here. Feel free to quote me…

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People are still buying property despite the articles in the press warning of a downturn.

I think that until the declines continue further (like, into next summer) the overall psychology of the masses won’t change. It took a little while for the mania to really begin and I think it will take some more time for the masses to believe that this isn’t just a temporary dip. After all, prices never go down!

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“We have so many fewer buyers than inventory – we’re totally over-inventoried,” she said. “I can’t understand why everybody in the world isn’t buying . . . . They should get off the fence and make it happen.”

This realtor sounds a little desparate!

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CM, get a sense of humor.

I didn’t realize your comments were humorous in nature. So often your religion-based comments are just judgemental and not very funny.

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I don’t think JG needs to speak for all of piggington, the whole site isn’t hostile towards christian schools.

Absolutely right. I would have a problem if, however, the post had said:

“Son going to Baylor school, because we’re a good Christian family that doesn’t condone murdering people, and I think that everyone should send their kids to Christian schools, especially selfish married people that don’t have children.”

That would be *information* with added unnecessary *judgement*. JG, that’s what people have a problem with, and not anything to do with your religion per se. Do what you want to do, just don’t force your values on other people when they don’t ask for it.

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Did you coin that name? If so, then I’m honored to be able to say I was present as the term for the bubble bustee’s was coined: Greedypants McBighouses. LOL

I’m pleased to announce that I did indeed coin that phrase. It’s now 100% coined.

Mr Greedypants McBighouse is a steel worker with 5 years to go before he retires. Mrs McBighouse is a home maker, cake baker, and now a licensed realtor. They recently refinanced into a -5% mortgage which, “sounded like a good deal at the time” but are now stunned that they have to pay back all the money the bank gave them every month. “We feel cheated by the dishonest mortgage broker”, said Mr Bighouse as he glanced down at his $5,000 rolex. “We may have to sell the Mercedes”, weeps Mrs Bighouse.

Another tradegy in the making.

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Chris, after all the names I’ve been called, I still post here, and now one of your fans and most vocal proponents of your service (me), makes a mistake on 1 out of 3 points, and you leave the forums? It’s puzzling, to say the least.

It’s only puzzling if you take this particular incident in isolation.

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I expect that ALL houses will drop exactly 50%. No more, no less!! Just kidding…

The response you’ll get from this board will mostly be “probably 20-35% in real terms (inflation adjusted) over a few years or more”. Some are predicting a 50% decline though, and these people tend to predict the loudest. 🙂

In my humble opinion, and from what I’ve read, all housing will be hit with *some* variance between high and low-end, but not a massive amount. Perhaps 5-10% difference in decline maybe. I’m just guessing, like everyone else…

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Something I find interesting about 30 year loans is that they’re not just aimed at young people. To me it seems that a 30 year loan only makes sense if you’re 35 or much younger, otherwise you’ll never pay it off! (let’s not even discuss 40 year loans)

The shift in judgement is that houses are *not* just things to pay off, they are retirement savings and the bigger chunk you can get hold of NOW, the more lavish a lifestyle you will have when you retire. If you still owe money on your house when you retire, that doesn’t matter because it will be worth 40 million bucks!!!

There are too many people that think their house is their retirement. They looked at the last 4 years and extrapolated that out for another 20 years.

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I used to live in Seattle and there’s absolutley no comparision between Issaquah and Vista. Nothing in common at all between the two.

I used to live in Issaquah, now living down in San Diego. I second the comment above.

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Go to hell 😉

LOL!!! Please provide GPS coordinates and recent comps. 🙂

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How my rant turned into a religious thread displeases me. Out of respect for my beliefs or lack there of 😉 please start a new thread on that topic.

Given that our religious posting was off-topic for the thread, but existed in the off-topic *forum*, I respectfully must state that I am therefore ON topic. So it is you, sir, that is on-topic, and therefore OFF topic.

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Sounds plausible, logical, and irrefutable. Problem is when you attempt to maximize benefit to BOTH society and individuals, compromises creep in. That 90 year old person in the old folks home who never married and has outlived her friends; why keep her around? She costs society $25-50K per year in payments to her old folks’ home. Isn’t that money better spent on educating 2.5-5 kids in a CA public school for one year?

That’s absurd.

Christianity says each and every individual has intrinsic value. Protect the weak and innocent. Seems okay to me. Otherwise, ad absurdum, you get developments like the Nazis, who decided that Jews, gypsies, and Slavs were unworthy of living.

Are you implying that if you’re not a Christian, then you’re a Nazi (or similar) and you are a fan of genocide? If so, please clarify. If I’m not a Christian, am I evil?

If each and every individual has intrinsic value, does that include gay people? What about muslims during the crusades? Were they valued too? Perhaps a little less? Is there a formula somewhere – some kind of quiz, with points?

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One cannot prove nor disprove the existence of God. Therefore, to be rational, you have to say you do not know if God exists or not.

With respect to the belief in God (or anything for that matter), the burden of proof is on the believer. Without the proof that God exists (after many centuries of study), it’s an entirely rational conclusion to state that God does *not* exist.

I happen to believe in the existence of a family of invisible elephants that float approximately six feet over my deck. They are odorless, and make no sound. The nature of these elephants, being invisible n’ all, makes it somewhat tricky for others to disprove their existence. Bummer.

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