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CoronitaParticipant[quote=XBoxBoy]I’m a little confused by what you’ve posted. If the HOA documents you were provided when you bought didn’t say anything about a detached playhouse and the structure isn’t visible from the common areas or street, then you should argue that you are not in violation. More than likely the HOA committee knows this, but they probably also know that your complaining neighbor is a PITA, so rather than stand up to him they just send the complaint on to you. If you think any of this is the case, I’d be polite but firm with your argument to the HOA that you are not in violation.
One last thing I will say is that each HOA is different, but one place I lived in had a resident who routinely violated the rules in major ways. He basically just told the HOA to go away (in not so polite words either) and the HOA was never able to really do anything. It even went to court, but the court was fairly sympathetic to arguments that as a homeowner he had rights too.
While I’m not advocating that you fight this legally, know that you do not necessarily need to give in to what the HOA says either.[/quote]
+1 what he said.
Actually if you don’t mind me asking, who is the HOA? I can probably tell you how anal they are or not..You can PM me if you want.
I would do the following
1. I would argue politely on the grounds that it’s not visible from common area and streets, and provide pictures proving this…2. If that doesn’t work, if you happen to know of a friend that is an attorney that is willing to do you a favor, have him write a letter on his stationary to the HOA as well explaining such. I have a feeling, the HOA is acting in the least path of resistance. You currently are that path because your neighbor appears to be a PITA…. But I’m pretty confident that the possibility of legal remedies might change your HOA’s feelaings
3. If all else fails, report your neighbor for every single violation you can think of… In my HOA, there are silly rules that trash cans must be picked up by X time, no parking on driveways and using garage as storage. All cars must be parked inside the garage before being parked outside, etc,etc. No one really bothers with it UNLESS someone has a problem with it…. Obviously, you’re neighbor is adversarial, so you might as well give him/her a dosage of his/her own medicine….
CoronitaParticipantGoogle @ 52 week high after hours…
Amazon… Well, oops…
CoronitaParticipant[quote=flu]Get one of these
If you need an android app, I can probably hook you up with one..[/quote]
Never mind… Newer version has both ios and android already supported..
CoronitaParticipantGet one of these
If you need an android app, I can probably hook you up with one..
CoronitaParticipant[quote=SK in CV][quote=livinincali]
I not a huge fan of Roth IRAs because I fully expect the government to rescind the tax benefit before most people will receive it. If they can go after government pensions it won’t be hard to go after Roth IRA tax benefits (you’re minority group that has it better than the general population). I prefer the known tax benefit now rather than hopefully getting a tax benefit down the road.[/quote]Any examples of future tax benefits that have been written into the law and then reversed and repealed? I can’t think of any.[/quote]
Do retroactive taxes count? 🙂
CoronitaParticipant[quote=UCGal]Since I’m not quite a 1%er I don’t have to worry about the $191k household income cap. 🙂
I’m very curious about the details on the myRA – and will be watching closely. Especially as to whether my “rinse and repeat” scenario will be true.
I can see upper middle income folks like me (under the $191k cap) diverting a lot of money into backdoor roths this way. Maybe not the intention of the program, but it may not be precluded.[/quote]
That definitely sounds like a good plan and idea… My understanding is there isn’t a minimum holding requirement period….
CoronitaParticipant[quote=UCGal][quote=flu][quote=AN]GOOG bought MOT for their patents. Those of us who are in the industry assume that GOOG had no intention of holding onto MOT hardware division for very long. Which is why they sold off the connected home division of MOT pretty quickly.[/quote]
I figured that once the Nexus line refreshes recently still consisted of the Samsung, Acer, LG instead of any Motorola product…
It’s actually sad. It must have been frustrating to have been at Motorola’s handset/tablet division and been treated like a stepchild… I actually liked Mot products and was hoping they were actually do something with it.. But I guess that would have terrified all the other OEM’s and cause them to cut producing android products…[/quote]
As some of you know – I lived through some of this split/acquisition/split/sell. I was part of mot mobility when it was acquired by google. I don’t work in the handset group though (cable tv). It was clear google had NO interest in my (profitiable) division and sold us off last year. It was also clear that google didn’t know what to do with the handset group. There were some really talented engineers – but in San Diego, that group closed down last fall. So what’s being sold has no effect on San Diego… those guys have already landed new jobs and are probably happy not to be there anymore.
Zachs did an analysis of what Google paid for the patents, Once the dust settled. The purchase price of Mot Mob, less the cash on the books, less the price they got from ARRIS for the home division, less the price their getting from Lenovo, PLUS the losses MotMob has wracked up in the meantime ($2B!!!)
It was under $4B for the patents. Google originally offered $9B for the patents. The 2 parts of the company they sold off have rights to use the patents, but no income from them. Google got what they wanted in the long run.
It’s been a crazy ride over the last few years. As an employee who lived through it I have a less positive view of Google as an employer. Not sure they violated the “do no evil” motto – but they didn’t act with much humanity.[/quote]
You confirmed what I thought I saw…I remember that I was at a tradeshow with the OEMs and ran into some MOT mobility folks… We went out for some drinks (I was sober though because of my medication). But I started to ask them about the next version of android (then it was Jellybean) to see if they’ve seen it/working on it….And they jokingly said, “no… We usually don’t get anything from Google until after it’s made it’s way to Samsung, LG, Acer, and featured on Engadget…Talk to the Engadget editor, they know more than we do…”
I really wish we had more competition down here in SD… Besides just the Q being the big player.
CoronitaParticipantDamn. FB @ $63/share premarket… Short sellers getting squeezed?
CoronitaParticipant[quote=UCGal]I’m wondering of the “MyRA” mentioned last night by the POTUS at the SOTU is another way of doing a backdoor roth.
From what I’m reading – you can contribute up to $15k (total) in post-tax money to this MYRA. When it hits $15k, you can/must roll it to a Roth IRA.
Presumably you can rinse and repeat this.
While it’s in the MyRA it’s in the equivalent of the TSP G-fund… which is a great option for fixed income stuff not normally available to non public workers.
I’m hoping I’m reading the tea leaves right on this.[/quote]
I’m actually pretty happy that Obama is doing this. I think anything that encourages savings in this country is a good thing.
MyRA contributions unfortunately aren’t available to everyone though, because I think there are certain income thresholds to from what I read..
ACK!!! acronym overload.. I’m not use to POTUS and SOTU
CoronitaParticipant[quote=spdrun]^^^
Which has been essentially solved with the official ability to sideload Android .apks.[/quote]
To me, that suggests they are going to be an “me too android” player then…No compelling reason then to develop explicitly for BBRY from an app perspective….
I got enough issues dealing with multiple devices and fragmentation(though it’s getting better)….
CoronitaParticipant[quote=spdrun]
if you say so.. I can’t say I agree with you being in the business, I just can’t get myself around a BB phone these days..
Have you played with a 10.2.1 beta device?[/quote]
Nope…. For me the dwindling market share doesn’t justify my spending time with it no matter how good the actual hardware/software is…That’s BBRY’s problem….when developers abandon the ego-system…
CoronitaParticipant[quote=AN]GOOG bought MOT for their patents. Those of us who are in the industry assume that GOOG had no intention of holding onto MOT hardware division for very long. Which is why they sold off the connected home division of MOT pretty quickly.[/quote]
I figured that once the Nexus line refreshes recently still consisted of the Samsung, Acer, LG instead of any Motorola product…
It’s actually sad. It must have been frustrating to have been at Motorola’s handset/tablet division and been treated like a stepchild… I actually liked Mot products and was hoping they were actually do something with it.. But I guess that would have terrified all the other OEM’s and cause them to cut producing android products…
CoronitaParticipant[quote=spdrun]I wouldn’t call it speculative. Great brand recognition, excellent UI for when you want a communication device rather than a toy, excellent remote management tools, serious end-to-end crypto built in, and ability to run Android apps. And (for some reason) an FM radio built in 🙂
Buy when the lemmings are selling. Also, I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for the firm and would like them to get their crap together and give the Big Three a run for their money again.[/quote]
if you say so.. I can’t say I agree with you being in the business, I just can’t get myself around a BB phone these days..
CoronitaParticipant[quote=spdrun]Nah, you should have bought BBRY at $6 a share last month :)[/quote]
I don’t like to speculate frankly on highly speculative things…
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