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ParticipantSuppose you were a yacht broker.
Yacht sales are down and you knew that current prices were probably 30% above what they will be at some unknown point in the future.Now, suppose that a new random potential customer calls you and says they want to buy a boat today at the reasonable price of 30% off today’s asking price.
You might agree that yachts are overpriced by that amount, but you know for a fact you ain’t gonna find them a deal like that today. Where in your priority list does this new customer’s call go ? If you are a good yacht broker and are making sales you probably wouldn’t return the call. Only if you were desperate would you return it.
June 27, 2008 at 9:55 AM in reply to: View, house, price or neighborhood, what is your priority? #229411ParticipantOn our first house it was the house, then the price, then location, then view. Three houses later to me the house is the least important of the four factors …
#1 Neighborhood
#1.b. precise location within the neighborhood (e.g. house with wider lot, low-traffic street, etc)#2. Price
#3. View (e.g. neighbors junk-yard versus area/canyon/water), as well as how much sky you can see. Don’t like the “closed-in” feeling.
#4. The structure.
#1 and #3 I cannot change. #2 is driven by #1 and other factors, but I cannot really change I can only try to time the cycle or negotiate. #4, the house itself is the tiebreaker. I go for the thing that can be changed to how I want it for the least amount of total cost (purchase price plus upgrades/remodeling)
June 27, 2008 at 9:55 AM in reply to: View, house, price or neighborhood, what is your priority? #229531ParticipantOn our first house it was the house, then the price, then location, then view. Three houses later to me the house is the least important of the four factors …
#1 Neighborhood
#1.b. precise location within the neighborhood (e.g. house with wider lot, low-traffic street, etc)#2. Price
#3. View (e.g. neighbors junk-yard versus area/canyon/water), as well as how much sky you can see. Don’t like the “closed-in” feeling.
#4. The structure.
#1 and #3 I cannot change. #2 is driven by #1 and other factors, but I cannot really change I can only try to time the cycle or negotiate. #4, the house itself is the tiebreaker. I go for the thing that can be changed to how I want it for the least amount of total cost (purchase price plus upgrades/remodeling)
June 27, 2008 at 9:55 AM in reply to: View, house, price or neighborhood, what is your priority? #229537ParticipantOn our first house it was the house, then the price, then location, then view. Three houses later to me the house is the least important of the four factors …
#1 Neighborhood
#1.b. precise location within the neighborhood (e.g. house with wider lot, low-traffic street, etc)#2. Price
#3. View (e.g. neighbors junk-yard versus area/canyon/water), as well as how much sky you can see. Don’t like the “closed-in” feeling.
#4. The structure.
#1 and #3 I cannot change. #2 is driven by #1 and other factors, but I cannot really change I can only try to time the cycle or negotiate. #4, the house itself is the tiebreaker. I go for the thing that can be changed to how I want it for the least amount of total cost (purchase price plus upgrades/remodeling)
June 27, 2008 at 9:55 AM in reply to: View, house, price or neighborhood, what is your priority? #229572ParticipantOn our first house it was the house, then the price, then location, then view. Three houses later to me the house is the least important of the four factors …
#1 Neighborhood
#1.b. precise location within the neighborhood (e.g. house with wider lot, low-traffic street, etc)#2. Price
#3. View (e.g. neighbors junk-yard versus area/canyon/water), as well as how much sky you can see. Don’t like the “closed-in” feeling.
#4. The structure.
#1 and #3 I cannot change. #2 is driven by #1 and other factors, but I cannot really change I can only try to time the cycle or negotiate. #4, the house itself is the tiebreaker. I go for the thing that can be changed to how I want it for the least amount of total cost (purchase price plus upgrades/remodeling)
June 27, 2008 at 9:55 AM in reply to: View, house, price or neighborhood, what is your priority? #229588ParticipantOn our first house it was the house, then the price, then location, then view. Three houses later to me the house is the least important of the four factors …
#1 Neighborhood
#1.b. precise location within the neighborhood (e.g. house with wider lot, low-traffic street, etc)#2. Price
#3. View (e.g. neighbors junk-yard versus area/canyon/water), as well as how much sky you can see. Don’t like the “closed-in” feeling.
#4. The structure.
#1 and #3 I cannot change. #2 is driven by #1 and other factors, but I cannot really change I can only try to time the cycle or negotiate. #4, the house itself is the tiebreaker. I go for the thing that can be changed to how I want it for the least amount of total cost (purchase price plus upgrades/remodeling)
ParticipantDo they come with baby seats ?
What about sidecars for 5-year-olds ?ParticipantDo they come with baby seats ?
What about sidecars for 5-year-olds ?ParticipantDo they come with baby seats ?
What about sidecars for 5-year-olds ?ParticipantDo they come with baby seats ?
What about sidecars for 5-year-olds ?ParticipantDo they come with baby seats ?
What about sidecars for 5-year-olds ?June 26, 2008 at 3:12 PM in reply to: Sales of of existing homes rose slightly, in other news DOW drops 358 to 11453 #229005ParticipantI’m thinking of buying some stocks (broad index). Not all in, but at these levels it’s time to start nibbling. After all, we are approaching Dec 1998 levels on the S&P 500.
When oil hits $170 I’ll buy some more.
June 26, 2008 at 3:12 PM in reply to: Sales of of existing homes rose slightly, in other news DOW drops 358 to 11453 #229125ParticipantI’m thinking of buying some stocks (broad index). Not all in, but at these levels it’s time to start nibbling. After all, we are approaching Dec 1998 levels on the S&P 500.
When oil hits $170 I’ll buy some more.
June 26, 2008 at 3:12 PM in reply to: Sales of of existing homes rose slightly, in other news DOW drops 358 to 11453 #229134ParticipantI’m thinking of buying some stocks (broad index). Not all in, but at these levels it’s time to start nibbling. After all, we are approaching Dec 1998 levels on the S&P 500.
When oil hits $170 I’ll buy some more.
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