[Coronita]

temeculaguy, I whole heartedly agree with you. Not every one want or like HOA. I'm currently living in a condo that have very up tight HOA people driving me crazy.

Marion, here's a flip side of your example. It was 8 PM on a Friday night. I was having friends over and we had dinner in the patio since the living area is not big enough and it's just more cooler being outside since it was a cool autumn night. My neighbor came and scolded us and told us to shut it down because they wanted their sleep. We weren't very loud either, just typical laughing/giggle at jokes.

Another instance would be, when I just moved in. We were unpacking and since the condo was small, we left some of the boxes in the patio as we unpack. Well, that was against HOA rules and we got a letter for that. Another would be news paper at the front door. Sometimes we're lazy and didn't take in the news paper for a day or two. We got a knock on the door by HOA person for that too.

Thank goodness I didn't buy here. I'd go insane and would just tell everyone to go screw themselves since it's MY home and I can do what I want for it. If they want to pay for my mortgage, then then can tell me what I can and can't do w/ my home. Like temeculaguy said, you'll never be able to convince me to like HOA and I'm sure I won't be able to convince you to not like HOA.

 

 

Your problem is that you're too nice. You should have just thrown out the race card, and said something like "It's because I'm asian, isn't it?" 🙂

At least your friends car didn't get towed because he/she blocked was parked in a shared driveway for 15mins to unload stuff. When were were at our previous attached place, there was no parking left, and my friend parked behind a shared driveway unloading stuff, leaving the flashers on and a note to his car that told anyone to call him on the the attached cell number if the car needed to be moved immediately. He was inside unloading for about 10-15 minutes. His car was towed in the that time, apparently some parking nazi neighbor complained. 

This reminds me of how attached homes blows…though I've been having trouble with my current neighbor regarding "landscaping" and wish our HOA had more bite.

 

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[Coronita]

temeculaguy, I whole heartedly agree with you. Not every one want or like HOA. I'm currently living in a condo that have very up tight HOA people driving me crazy.

Marion, here's a flip side of your example. It was 8 PM on a Friday night. I was having friends over and we had dinner in the patio since the living area is not big enough and it's just more cooler being outside since it was a cool autumn night. My neighbor came and scolded us and told us to shut it down because they wanted their sleep. We weren't very loud either, just typical laughing/giggle at jokes.

Another instance would be, when I just moved in. We were unpacking and since the condo was small, we left some of the boxes in the patio as we unpack. Well, that was against HOA rules and we got a letter for that. Another would be news paper at the front door. Sometimes we're lazy and didn't take in the news paper for a day or two. We got a knock on the door by HOA person for that too.

Thank goodness I didn't buy here. I'd go insane and would just tell everyone to go screw themselves since it's MY home and I can do what I want for it. If they want to pay for my mortgage, then then can tell me what I can and can't do w/ my home. Like temeculaguy said, you'll never be able to convince me to like HOA and I'm sure I won't be able to convince you to not like HOA.

 

 

Your problem is that you're too nice. You should have just thrown out the race card, and said something like "It's because I'm asian, isn't it?" 🙂

At least your friends car didn't get towed because he/she blocked was parked in a shared driveway for 15mins to unload stuff. When were were at our previous attached place, there was no parking left, and my friend parked behind a shared driveway unloading stuff, leaving the flashers on and a note to his car that told anyone to call him on the the attached cell number if the car needed to be moved immediately. He was inside unloading for about 10-15 minutes. His car was towed in the that time, apparently some parking nazi neighbor complained. 

This reminds me of how attached homes blows…though I've been having trouble with my current neighbor regarding "landscaping" and wish our HOA had more bite.

 

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[Coronita]

temeculaguy, I whole heartedly agree with you. Not every one want or like HOA. I'm currently living in a condo that have very up tight HOA people driving me crazy.

Marion, here's a flip side of your example. It was 8 PM on a Friday night. I was having friends over and we had dinner in the patio since the living area is not big enough and it's just more cooler being outside since it was a cool autumn night. My neighbor came and scolded us and told us to shut it down because they wanted their sleep. We weren't very loud either, just typical laughing/giggle at jokes.

Another instance would be, when I just moved in. We were unpacking and since the condo was small, we left some of the boxes in the patio as we unpack. Well, that was against HOA rules and we got a letter for that. Another would be news paper at the front door. Sometimes we're lazy and didn't take in the news paper for a day or two. We got a knock on the door by HOA person for that too.

Thank goodness I didn't buy here. I'd go insane and would just tell everyone to go screw themselves since it's MY home and I can do what I want for it. If they want to pay for my mortgage, then then can tell me what I can and can't do w/ my home. Like temeculaguy said, you'll never be able to convince me to like HOA and I'm sure I won't be able to convince you to not like HOA.

 

 

Your problem is that you're too nice. You should have just thrown out the race card, and said something like "It's because I'm asian, isn't it?" 🙂

At least your friends car didn't get towed because he/she blocked was parked in a shared driveway for 15mins to unload stuff. When were were at our previous attached place, there was no parking left, and my friend parked behind a shared driveway unloading stuff, leaving the flashers on and a note to his car that told anyone to call him on the the attached cell number if the car needed to be moved immediately. He was inside unloading for about 10-15 minutes. His car was towed in the that time, apparently some parking nazi neighbor complained. 

This reminds me of how attached homes blows…though I've been having trouble with my current neighbor regarding "landscaping" and wish our HOA had more bite.

 

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—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

temeculaguy, I whole heartedly agree with you. Not every one want or like HOA. I'm currently living in a condo that have very up tight HOA people driving me crazy.

Marion, here's a flip side of your example. It was 8 PM on a Friday night. I was having friends over and we had dinner in the patio since the living area is not big enough and it's just more cooler being outside since it was a cool autumn night. My neighbor came and scolded us and told us to shut it down because they wanted their sleep. We weren't very loud either, just typical laughing/giggle at jokes.

Another instance would be, when I just moved in. We were unpacking and since the condo was small, we left some of the boxes in the patio as we unpack. Well, that was against HOA rules and we got a letter for that. Another would be news paper at the front door. Sometimes we're lazy and didn't take in the news paper for a day or two. We got a knock on the door by HOA person for that too.

Thank goodness I didn't buy here. I'd go insane and would just tell everyone to go screw themselves since it's MY home and I can do what I want for it. If they want to pay for my mortgage, then then can tell me what I can and can't do w/ my home. Like temeculaguy said, you'll never be able to convince me to like HOA and I'm sure I won't be able to convince you to not like HOA.

 

 

Your problem is that you're too nice. You should have just thrown out the race card, and said something like "It's because I'm asian, isn't it?" 🙂

At least your friends car didn't get towed because he/she blocked was parked in a shared driveway for 15mins to unload stuff. When were were at our previous attached place, there was no parking left, and my friend parked behind a shared driveway unloading stuff, leaving the flashers on and a note to his car that told anyone to call him on the the attached cell number if the car needed to be moved immediately. He was inside unloading for about 10-15 minutes. His car was towed in the that time, apparently some parking nazi neighbor complained. 

This reminds me of how attached homes blows…though I've been having trouble with my current neighbor regarding "landscaping" and wish our HOA had more bite.

 

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—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

temeculaguy, I whole heartedly agree with you. Not every one want or like HOA. I'm currently living in a condo that have very up tight HOA people driving me crazy.

Marion, here's a flip side of your example. It was 8 PM on a Friday night. I was having friends over and we had dinner in the patio since the living area is not big enough and it's just more cooler being outside since it was a cool autumn night. My neighbor came and scolded us and told us to shut it down because they wanted their sleep. We weren't very loud either, just typical laughing/giggle at jokes.

Another instance would be, when I just moved in. We were unpacking and since the condo was small, we left some of the boxes in the patio as we unpack. Well, that was against HOA rules and we got a letter for that. Another would be news paper at the front door. Sometimes we're lazy and didn't take in the news paper for a day or two. We got a knock on the door by HOA person for that too.

Thank goodness I didn't buy here. I'd go insane and would just tell everyone to go screw themselves since it's MY home and I can do what I want for it. If they want to pay for my mortgage, then then can tell me what I can and can't do w/ my home. Like temeculaguy said, you'll never be able to convince me to like HOA and I'm sure I won't be able to convince you to not like HOA.

 

 

Your problem is that you're too nice. You should have just thrown out the race card, and said something like "It's because I'm asian, isn't it?" 🙂

At least your friends car didn't get towed because he/she blocked was parked in a shared driveway for 15mins to unload stuff. When were were at our previous attached place, there was no parking left, and my friend parked behind a shared driveway unloading stuff, leaving the flashers on and a note to his car that told anyone to call him on the the attached cell number if the car needed to be moved immediately. He was inside unloading for about 10-15 minutes. His car was towed in the that time, apparently some parking nazi neighbor complained. 

This reminds me of how attached homes blows…though I've been having trouble with my current neighbor regarding "landscaping" and wish our HOA had more bite.

 

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[Coronita]

Gun, Raybyrnes,

 

I don't think people looking for deals will be disappointed. I think one thing to keep in mind though is that while primary home owners might to some extent be somewhat bailed out, isn't there the gamut of speculators/flippers that is still out there? Isn't SD a market that was highly speculative? If so, we should see some fallout, because I don't think those efforts to raise conforming limits etc are really going to help the speculators, save perhaps refinancing their own home to bridge over to their speculation, which would be a baffoon move… So I wouldn't say all is lost here. How that shakes out, heck knows. But something 's going to shake out. The 90ies RE recession I remember the worst got hit were the speculators and people who couldn't hold on. You still going to have a percentage of those people. Add in a Democratic Government win and a reduction of the defense spending following that, so cal economy will go into the crapper. Happened in the 90ies, and frankly the industry here isn't as diverse as one would think. We haven't seen nothing yet compared to the 90ies. You have people barely making it while still have relatively high employment. Wait to the effect of unemployment. Suddenly all the folks barely scrape by will now be in trouble. Doesn't matter how low you could refinance..If you don't got employment, you're still screwed…..Personally, I'm not looking forward to that if it happens..because it will be ugly.. But the defense spending days are numbered, i'm afraid. This is probably lousy advice..but folks that are I know that are working in the defense/gov sector…I'm telling them to get out now while they can. Ask any aerospace/defense engineer from the 80ies/90ies, and they'll have interesting stories to tell you. (like my pops).

 

 

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[Coronita]

Gun, Raybyrnes,

 

I don't think people looking for deals will be disappointed. I think one thing to keep in mind though is that while primary home owners might to some extent be somewhat bailed out, isn't there the gamut of speculators/flippers that is still out there? Isn't SD a market that was highly speculative? If so, we should see some fallout, because I don't think those efforts to raise conforming limits etc are really going to help the speculators, save perhaps refinancing their own home to bridge over to their speculation, which would be a baffoon move… So I wouldn't say all is lost here. How that shakes out, heck knows. But something 's going to shake out. The 90ies RE recession I remember the worst got hit were the speculators and people who couldn't hold on. You still going to have a percentage of those people. Add in a Democratic Government win and a reduction of the defense spending following that, so cal economy will go into the crapper. Happened in the 90ies, and frankly the industry here isn't as diverse as one would think. We haven't seen nothing yet compared to the 90ies. You have people barely making it while still have relatively high employment. Wait to the effect of unemployment. Suddenly all the folks barely scrape by will now be in trouble. Doesn't matter how low you could refinance..If you don't got employment, you're still screwed…..Personally, I'm not looking forward to that if it happens..because it will be ugly.. But the defense spending days are numbered, i'm afraid. This is probably lousy advice..but folks that are I know that are working in the defense/gov sector…I'm telling them to get out now while they can. Ask any aerospace/defense engineer from the 80ies/90ies, and they'll have interesting stories to tell you. (like my pops).

 

 

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[Coronita]

Gun, Raybyrnes,

 

I don't think people looking for deals will be disappointed. I think one thing to keep in mind though is that while primary home owners might to some extent be somewhat bailed out, isn't there the gamut of speculators/flippers that is still out there? Isn't SD a market that was highly speculative? If so, we should see some fallout, because I don't think those efforts to raise conforming limits etc are really going to help the speculators, save perhaps refinancing their own home to bridge over to their speculation, which would be a baffoon move… So I wouldn't say all is lost here. How that shakes out, heck knows. But something 's going to shake out. The 90ies RE recession I remember the worst got hit were the speculators and people who couldn't hold on. You still going to have a percentage of those people. Add in a Democratic Government win and a reduction of the defense spending following that, so cal economy will go into the crapper. Happened in the 90ies, and frankly the industry here isn't as diverse as one would think. We haven't seen nothing yet compared to the 90ies. You have people barely making it while still have relatively high employment. Wait to the effect of unemployment. Suddenly all the folks barely scrape by will now be in trouble. Doesn't matter how low you could refinance..If you don't got employment, you're still screwed…..Personally, I'm not looking forward to that if it happens..because it will be ugly.. But the defense spending days are numbered, i'm afraid. This is probably lousy advice..but folks that are I know that are working in the defense/gov sector…I'm telling them to get out now while they can. Ask any aerospace/defense engineer from the 80ies/90ies, and they'll have interesting stories to tell you. (like my pops).

 

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

Gun, Raybyrnes,

 

I don't think people looking for deals will be disappointed. I think one thing to keep in mind though is that while primary home owners might to some extent be somewhat bailed out, isn't there the gamut of speculators/flippers that is still out there? Isn't SD a market that was highly speculative? If so, we should see some fallout, because I don't think those efforts to raise conforming limits etc are really going to help the speculators, save perhaps refinancing their own home to bridge over to their speculation, which would be a baffoon move… So I wouldn't say all is lost here. How that shakes out, heck knows. But something 's going to shake out. The 90ies RE recession I remember the worst got hit were the speculators and people who couldn't hold on. You still going to have a percentage of those people. Add in a Democratic Government win and a reduction of the defense spending following that, so cal economy will go into the crapper. Happened in the 90ies, and frankly the industry here isn't as diverse as one would think. We haven't seen nothing yet compared to the 90ies. You have people barely making it while still have relatively high employment. Wait to the effect of unemployment. Suddenly all the folks barely scrape by will now be in trouble. Doesn't matter how low you could refinance..If you don't got employment, you're still screwed…..Personally, I'm not looking forward to that if it happens..because it will be ugly.. But the defense spending days are numbered, i'm afraid. This is probably lousy advice..but folks that are I know that are working in the defense/gov sector…I'm telling them to get out now while they can. Ask any aerospace/defense engineer from the 80ies/90ies, and they'll have interesting stories to tell you. (like my pops).

 

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

Gun, Raybyrnes,

 

I don't think people looking for deals will be disappointed. I think one thing to keep in mind though is that while primary home owners might to some extent be somewhat bailed out, isn't there the gamut of speculators/flippers that is still out there? Isn't SD a market that was highly speculative? If so, we should see some fallout, because I don't think those efforts to raise conforming limits etc are really going to help the speculators, save perhaps refinancing their own home to bridge over to their speculation, which would be a baffoon move… So I wouldn't say all is lost here. How that shakes out, heck knows. But something 's going to shake out. The 90ies RE recession I remember the worst got hit were the speculators and people who couldn't hold on. You still going to have a percentage of those people. Add in a Democratic Government win and a reduction of the defense spending following that, so cal economy will go into the crapper. Happened in the 90ies, and frankly the industry here isn't as diverse as one would think. We haven't seen nothing yet compared to the 90ies. You have people barely making it while still have relatively high employment. Wait to the effect of unemployment. Suddenly all the folks barely scrape by will now be in trouble. Doesn't matter how low you could refinance..If you don't got employment, you're still screwed…..Personally, I'm not looking forward to that if it happens..because it will be ugly.. But the defense spending days are numbered, i'm afraid. This is probably lousy advice..but folks that are I know that are working in the defense/gov sector…I'm telling them to get out now while they can. Ask any aerospace/defense engineer from the 80ies/90ies, and they'll have interesting stories to tell you. (like my pops).

 

 

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[Coronita]

Costco will allow you to bring the item back for up to 1 year no ???'s asked. Was shocked to find out this goes for furniture as well. Does not apply to electronics.

 

It use to apply to electronics, but people were taking advantage of it. costco does extend the warranty on electronics for I believe up to 2 years though.

 

Don't be so shocked. Costco still makes money doing this.

 

Craftsman tools are built real well, other tools are cheap crap. if you use the cheap sockets on any application that you overtorque the nuts and bolts,  you end up wearing out the sockets before the actual nut you remove. And the next time you use it, you end up striping the bolts because your sockets were all shaved off. Not a good thing if you work on cars.

 

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[Coronita]

Costco will allow you to bring the item back for up to 1 year no ???'s asked. Was shocked to find out this goes for furniture as well. Does not apply to electronics.

 

It use to apply to electronics, but people were taking advantage of it. costco does extend the warranty on electronics for I believe up to 2 years though.

 

Don't be so shocked. Costco still makes money doing this.

 

Craftsman tools are built real well, other tools are cheap crap. if you use the cheap sockets on any application that you overtorque the nuts and bolts,  you end up wearing out the sockets before the actual nut you remove. And the next time you use it, you end up striping the bolts because your sockets were all shaved off. Not a good thing if you work on cars.

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

Costco will allow you to bring the item back for up to 1 year no ???'s asked. Was shocked to find out this goes for furniture as well. Does not apply to electronics.

 

It use to apply to electronics, but people were taking advantage of it. costco does extend the warranty on electronics for I believe up to 2 years though.

 

Don't be so shocked. Costco still makes money doing this.

 

Craftsman tools are built real well, other tools are cheap crap. if you use the cheap sockets on any application that you overtorque the nuts and bolts,  you end up wearing out the sockets before the actual nut you remove. And the next time you use it, you end up striping the bolts because your sockets were all shaved off. Not a good thing if you work on cars.

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

Costco will allow you to bring the item back for up to 1 year no ???'s asked. Was shocked to find out this goes for furniture as well. Does not apply to electronics.

 

It use to apply to electronics, but people were taking advantage of it. costco does extend the warranty on electronics for I believe up to 2 years though.

 

Don't be so shocked. Costco still makes money doing this.

 

Craftsman tools are built real well, other tools are cheap crap. if you use the cheap sockets on any application that you overtorque the nuts and bolts,  you end up wearing out the sockets before the actual nut you remove. And the next time you use it, you end up striping the bolts because your sockets were all shaved off. Not a good thing if you work on cars.

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

Costco will allow you to bring the item back for up to 1 year no ???'s asked. Was shocked to find out this goes for furniture as well. Does not apply to electronics.

 

It use to apply to electronics, but people were taking advantage of it. costco does extend the warranty on electronics for I believe up to 2 years though.

 

Don't be so shocked. Costco still makes money doing this.

 

Craftsman tools are built real well, other tools are cheap crap. if you use the cheap sockets on any application that you overtorque the nuts and bolts,  you end up wearing out the sockets before the actual nut you remove. And the next time you use it, you end up striping the bolts because your sockets were all shaved off. Not a good thing if you work on cars.

 

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