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That’s why I buy New Balance. Their shoes are AWESOME. For dress shoes I typically buy Italian made on discount. Although I recently bought an awesome pair of Cole Haan’s that were made in Mexico of all places.

I also have the ONLY brand of tennis racket NOT made in China…Yonex.

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macro,

The problem is most American’s are so disengaged with what goes on in Washington DC that they never speak up. Most of my family lives in Germany and I have many friends there. It is eye opening how much more involved people are there in governmental matters. The crap that our politicians get away with would NEVER fly over. Sure there are exceptions but in general nope….

The idea that a Representative would add 300 pages to a bill at 3am the day of the vote is just crazy to me.

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macro,

The problem is most American’s are so disengaged with what goes on in Washington DC that they never speak up. Most of my family lives in Germany and I have many friends there. It is eye opening how much more involved people are there in governmental matters. The crap that our politicians get away with would NEVER fly over. Sure there are exceptions but in general nope….

The idea that a Representative would add 300 pages to a bill at 3am the day of the vote is just crazy to me.

[GoUSC]

macro,

The problem is most American’s are so disengaged with what goes on in Washington DC that they never speak up. Most of my family lives in Germany and I have many friends there. It is eye opening how much more involved people are there in governmental matters. The crap that our politicians get away with would NEVER fly over. Sure there are exceptions but in general nope….

The idea that a Representative would add 300 pages to a bill at 3am the day of the vote is just crazy to me.

[GoUSC]

macro,

The problem is most American’s are so disengaged with what goes on in Washington DC that they never speak up. Most of my family lives in Germany and I have many friends there. It is eye opening how much more involved people are there in governmental matters. The crap that our politicians get away with would NEVER fly over. Sure there are exceptions but in general nope….

The idea that a Representative would add 300 pages to a bill at 3am the day of the vote is just crazy to me.

[GoUSC]

macro,

The problem is most American’s are so disengaged with what goes on in Washington DC that they never speak up. Most of my family lives in Germany and I have many friends there. It is eye opening how much more involved people are there in governmental matters. The crap that our politicians get away with would NEVER fly over. Sure there are exceptions but in general nope….

The idea that a Representative would add 300 pages to a bill at 3am the day of the vote is just crazy to me.

[GoUSC]

Thanks for all the compliments guys…Much appreciated. For my fiancee and I this is a conservative play that gives us plenty of wiggle room if things take a turn for the worse. I believe values will continue to fall on the coast but from our perspective is doesn’t impact us. Plus I believe our purchase price is below what the house is really worth (more like the land value alone) We can afford our payment (even on one income), we have plenty of reserves (many many years of PITI in the bank), and worse come to worse we could rent the property out and get very close to break-even (I know you disagre Eugene but it is close…people are willing to pay rent for the LJ school district). We could have gone out and bought a $1.5 million house and eeked by but at the end of the day we decided a conservative lay-up is the way to go.

The point is, there are deals out there. There are a TON of people sitting on the sideline that will come out and make offers on REAL deals. This house has SIXTY buyers through it in one day.

waterboy, we have a realtor we use. The deal came up on the market and we get daily updates to the MLS. We went and saw it, and made an offer on the same day.

[GoUSC]

Thanks for all the compliments guys…Much appreciated. For my fiancee and I this is a conservative play that gives us plenty of wiggle room if things take a turn for the worse. I believe values will continue to fall on the coast but from our perspective is doesn’t impact us. Plus I believe our purchase price is below what the house is really worth (more like the land value alone) We can afford our payment (even on one income), we have plenty of reserves (many many years of PITI in the bank), and worse come to worse we could rent the property out and get very close to break-even (I know you disagre Eugene but it is close…people are willing to pay rent for the LJ school district). We could have gone out and bought a $1.5 million house and eeked by but at the end of the day we decided a conservative lay-up is the way to go.

The point is, there are deals out there. There are a TON of people sitting on the sideline that will come out and make offers on REAL deals. This house has SIXTY buyers through it in one day.

waterboy, we have a realtor we use. The deal came up on the market and we get daily updates to the MLS. We went and saw it, and made an offer on the same day.

[GoUSC]

Thanks for all the compliments guys…Much appreciated. For my fiancee and I this is a conservative play that gives us plenty of wiggle room if things take a turn for the worse. I believe values will continue to fall on the coast but from our perspective is doesn’t impact us. Plus I believe our purchase price is below what the house is really worth (more like the land value alone) We can afford our payment (even on one income), we have plenty of reserves (many many years of PITI in the bank), and worse come to worse we could rent the property out and get very close to break-even (I know you disagre Eugene but it is close…people are willing to pay rent for the LJ school district). We could have gone out and bought a $1.5 million house and eeked by but at the end of the day we decided a conservative lay-up is the way to go.

The point is, there are deals out there. There are a TON of people sitting on the sideline that will come out and make offers on REAL deals. This house has SIXTY buyers through it in one day.

waterboy, we have a realtor we use. The deal came up on the market and we get daily updates to the MLS. We went and saw it, and made an offer on the same day.

[GoUSC]

Thanks for all the compliments guys…Much appreciated. For my fiancee and I this is a conservative play that gives us plenty of wiggle room if things take a turn for the worse. I believe values will continue to fall on the coast but from our perspective is doesn’t impact us. Plus I believe our purchase price is below what the house is really worth (more like the land value alone) We can afford our payment (even on one income), we have plenty of reserves (many many years of PITI in the bank), and worse come to worse we could rent the property out and get very close to break-even (I know you disagre Eugene but it is close…people are willing to pay rent for the LJ school district). We could have gone out and bought a $1.5 million house and eeked by but at the end of the day we decided a conservative lay-up is the way to go.

The point is, there are deals out there. There are a TON of people sitting on the sideline that will come out and make offers on REAL deals. This house has SIXTY buyers through it in one day.

waterboy, we have a realtor we use. The deal came up on the market and we get daily updates to the MLS. We went and saw it, and made an offer on the same day.

[GoUSC]

Thanks for all the compliments guys…Much appreciated. For my fiancee and I this is a conservative play that gives us plenty of wiggle room if things take a turn for the worse. I believe values will continue to fall on the coast but from our perspective is doesn’t impact us. Plus I believe our purchase price is below what the house is really worth (more like the land value alone) We can afford our payment (even on one income), we have plenty of reserves (many many years of PITI in the bank), and worse come to worse we could rent the property out and get very close to break-even (I know you disagre Eugene but it is close…people are willing to pay rent for the LJ school district). We could have gone out and bought a $1.5 million house and eeked by but at the end of the day we decided a conservative lay-up is the way to go.

The point is, there are deals out there. There are a TON of people sitting on the sideline that will come out and make offers on REAL deals. This house has SIXTY buyers through it in one day.

waterboy, we have a realtor we use. The deal came up on the market and we get daily updates to the MLS. We went and saw it, and made an offer on the same day.

[GoUSC]

[quote=greekfire]Congratulations! Do you mind me asking who your mortgage broker is and do you recommend them? We are looking for a good broker or two to move forward with the GFE/pre-qual/pre-approval process.[/quote]

Greekfire,

Send me an email at radelow AT yahoo DOT com and I will get you are brokers info. He is the best in town if you are looking coastal. For a lot of reasons.

Thanks.

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[quote=greekfire]Congratulations! Do you mind me asking who your mortgage broker is and do you recommend them? We are looking for a good broker or two to move forward with the GFE/pre-qual/pre-approval process.[/quote]

Greekfire,

Send me an email at radelow AT yahoo DOT com and I will get you are brokers info. He is the best in town if you are looking coastal. For a lot of reasons.

Thanks.

[GoUSC]

[quote=greekfire]Congratulations! Do you mind me asking who your mortgage broker is and do you recommend them? We are looking for a good broker or two to move forward with the GFE/pre-qual/pre-approval process.[/quote]

Greekfire,

Send me an email at radelow AT yahoo DOT com and I will get you are brokers info. He is the best in town if you are looking coastal. For a lot of reasons.

Thanks.

[GoUSC]

[quote=greekfire]Congratulations! Do you mind me asking who your mortgage broker is and do you recommend them? We are looking for a good broker or two to move forward with the GFE/pre-qual/pre-approval process.[/quote]

Greekfire,

Send me an email at radelow AT yahoo DOT com and I will get you are brokers info. He is the best in town if you are looking coastal. For a lot of reasons.

Thanks.

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