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ParticipantThe problem with going with a listing agent is that he is going to push as hard as he can for the highest price – since his first loyalty is to his client. You might want to consider using Redfin.com just to have someone on your side of the table….
Personally, if I were going to have representation, I would use SD Realtor – Adam Rappaport. He posts here often and has given a ton of good info over the months and years.
ParticipantMake sure it wasn’t used as a meth lab. Haz mat experts have to come in and detoxify the place to make it liveable – very expensive.
ParticipantTo make a loft into a bedroom don’t you also have to raise or add walls and a sizeable closet? If so, doesn’t that decrease the space along with the bathroom addition?
Anyone who has lived in a loft is welcome to chime in as far as its’ plusses or minuses go. A friend is bidding on Sat for one of these 1/1 plus loft La Boheme units.
ParticipantSpelling, grammar, two words spelled as one….
and, the dreaded double post!
ParticipantSantee Lakes is very cool. Great walking trails around all the lakes and the Spray Ground which shoots up water geysers for kids to romp around in.
Good use of land for that area!
ParticipantF_L_U….
Thanks! That means a lot, coming from someone as gifted as you. Now if only I could figure out what your name means!
Back to being “at risk,”
C
ParticipantAnd, if you are not gifted, you are retarded.
And, if you disagree with anything pro-Santee, you do not know anything (s).
One thing we can all agree on (MAYBE):
The vitriol and name-calling takes away from the discussion. State the facts and leave what you think of people’s intelligence / nationality out of it if you want credibility.
Just my 2 cents, please don’t tell me I am retarded.
ParticipantInteresting grammatical, syntax and spelling errors on this thread…
ParticipantThe (little) lady doth protest too much.
September 23, 2007 at 11:39 AM in reply to: Suggestions for a basic book on stock market and investments? #85616ParticipantAgreed. Just because the company “has a good story” doesn’t mean the business fundamentals are in place.
Along the same lines, buying only because you’ve heard good things about the company or read about them in the local paper. I know a few people that bought Qualcomm because they were a success story at the time and getting good press (and cocktail party buzz) but these people later sold their shares at a loss.
Usually by the time these kinds of stories get filtered down to the “rank and file” level, they are no longer a good deal.
Familiarity might be a starting point, but it doesn’t preclude doing your homework.
ParticipantPt. Loma question… this listing:
http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-076061833-3327_Lucinda_St_San_Diego_CA_92106
Bought for 1.4 million recently, plans drawn up for a new house but the old shack still stands (one bdrm, two bath). Now on sale for 1.9 million. Is this realistic? Is it worth another $500K because an architect drew up plans?
ParticipantWAMU has an online savings account that pays 5%. You have to get a online checking account to go with, but WAMU provides free checks for the life of the account and no minimum balance in either account. This is not a teaser rate and you don’t need to have a mortgage or anything else with them.
I like being able to be “just a click away” from transferring funds from savings to checking. With ING, it took two days to effect the transfer – not a big deal, but I don’t have to think ahead as much with WAMU.
Even the interface on their ATMS is user-friendly!
Participant“I’m ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille.” (from the movie Sunset Blvd)
That series of photos looks like someone smeared Vaseline on the lens – trying for mood lighting or hoping someone’s eyesight is so poor they can’t read the loan docs either when they sign?
ParticipantI hired a Realtor in 2002 and when he showed up for the first appointment, not only did he have a Lexus, but he had a driver (he said the kid was his assistant and they went over business deals as he drove….).
He wasn’t familiar with my area, overpriced the house by 20%, was stunned not to get many walk-throughs in the first month but wouldn’t adjust the price, wouldn’t hold open houses, advertised it in the throwaways when others in the neighborhood were in better-readership publications (this was in Kensington), and when he put the listing on the MLS, he mis-listed the lot footage by 25% under.
It wasn’t difficult to fire him and hire an agent who was much more attuned to my needs – who didn’t have a Lexus or a driver. I’m not saying this is always the case, but sometimes people put so much energy maintaining appearances that they don’t want to get their hands dirty doing “real” work.
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