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(former)FormerSanDiegan
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? #229411(former)FormerSanDiegan
ParticipantOn 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? #229531(former)FormerSanDiegan
ParticipantOn 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? #229537(former)FormerSanDiegan
ParticipantOn 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? #229572(former)FormerSanDiegan
ParticipantOn 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? #229588(former)FormerSanDiegan
ParticipantOn 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)
(former)FormerSanDiegan
ParticipantDo they come with baby seats ?
What about sidecars for 5-year-olds ?(former)FormerSanDiegan
ParticipantDo they come with baby seats ?
What about sidecars for 5-year-olds ?(former)FormerSanDiegan
ParticipantDo they come with baby seats ?
What about sidecars for 5-year-olds ?(former)FormerSanDiegan
ParticipantDo they come with baby seats ?
What about sidecars for 5-year-olds ?(former)FormerSanDiegan
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 #229005(former)FormerSanDiegan
ParticipantI’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 #229125(former)FormerSanDiegan
ParticipantI’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 #229134(former)FormerSanDiegan
ParticipantI’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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