[larrylujack]

“larrylujack, does it really matter if it’s a castle or a dump? $600k off asking from last sold is still $600k, however you slice it.”

Well, I think it does matter since it was obviously either purchased as a flip by a dim bulb or fraudulently since I find it hard to imagine anyone buying that s…hole as a personal residence for 1.7 mil even at the peak of the bubble. There is therefore not much surprise that reality set in and the junk hole is being sold for much less now. But, I certainly do not disagree that mathematically speaking the reduction is significant.

LL

[larrylujack]

“Another interesting one. This is in Carlsbad, linky. Bought in 09/29/2006 for $1,700,000, now, it’s bank owned and is asking $1.1M. That’s a 600k price in in 2 years.”

yes, what a gem, power lines front and back, no pool and lousy curb appeal, what a POS gawdawful dump. No wonder it is BO’d. If they get 500k they would be lucky.
sorry AN, but this place is a sh.t hole.

[larrylujack]

“Another interesting one. This is in Carlsbad, linky. Bought in 09/29/2006 for $1,700,000, now, it’s bank owned and is asking $1.1M. That’s a 600k price in in 2 years.”

yes, what a gem, power lines front and back, no pool and lousy curb appeal, what a POS gawdawful dump. No wonder it is BO’d. If they get 500k they would be lucky.
sorry AN, but this place is a sh.t hole.

[larrylujack]

“Another interesting one. This is in Carlsbad, linky. Bought in 09/29/2006 for $1,700,000, now, it’s bank owned and is asking $1.1M. That’s a 600k price in in 2 years.”

yes, what a gem, power lines front and back, no pool and lousy curb appeal, what a POS gawdawful dump. No wonder it is BO’d. If they get 500k they would be lucky.
sorry AN, but this place is a sh.t hole.

[larrylujack]

“Another interesting one. This is in Carlsbad, linky. Bought in 09/29/2006 for $1,700,000, now, it’s bank owned and is asking $1.1M. That’s a 600k price in in 2 years.”

yes, what a gem, power lines front and back, no pool and lousy curb appeal, what a POS gawdawful dump. No wonder it is BO’d. If they get 500k they would be lucky.
sorry AN, but this place is a sh.t hole.

[larrylujack]

“Another interesting one. This is in Carlsbad, linky. Bought in 09/29/2006 for $1,700,000, now, it’s bank owned and is asking $1.1M. That’s a 600k price in in 2 years.”

yes, what a gem, power lines front and back, no pool and lousy curb appeal, what a POS gawdawful dump. No wonder it is BO’d. If they get 500k they would be lucky.
sorry AN, but this place is a sh.t hole.

[larrylujack]

I find RDs posts interesting and certainly illuminating as to the areas he is looking to buy since I once upon a time was interested in some of the same areas.
But, and this is a big but, how can anyone spend so much time and effort looking at houses and all the research that goes into it, not to mention the travel time being from the Bay area, and so forth and yet not end up with anything. Clearly, according to RD he has the financial resources to pull the trigger on anything he looked at, and can afford to wait even if there is some near term devaluation due to the housing market, so I just don’t get it. If I were RD, I’d consider a shrink to find out. His wife IMO is understandably frustrated.

I am sorry life is too short and to try to get the best deal seems to be really missing the point. I would have gotten tired or bored with the hunt along time ago, life has a defined time limit, and spending a large chunk of my life house hunting seems like a huge waste, kinda like going to the mall frequently and just window shopping.

I know, to each their own and RD has a discipline thing going, but I thought the goal was to buy a house, not to search seemingly forever for a house.

LL

[larrylujack]

I find RDs posts interesting and certainly illuminating as to the areas he is looking to buy since I once upon a time was interested in some of the same areas.
But, and this is a big but, how can anyone spend so much time and effort looking at houses and all the research that goes into it, not to mention the travel time being from the Bay area, and so forth and yet not end up with anything. Clearly, according to RD he has the financial resources to pull the trigger on anything he looked at, and can afford to wait even if there is some near term devaluation due to the housing market, so I just don’t get it. If I were RD, I’d consider a shrink to find out. His wife IMO is understandably frustrated.

I am sorry life is too short and to try to get the best deal seems to be really missing the point. I would have gotten tired or bored with the hunt along time ago, life has a defined time limit, and spending a large chunk of my life house hunting seems like a huge waste, kinda like going to the mall frequently and just window shopping.

I know, to each their own and RD has a discipline thing going, but I thought the goal was to buy a house, not to search seemingly forever for a house.

LL

[larrylujack]

I find RDs posts interesting and certainly illuminating as to the areas he is looking to buy since I once upon a time was interested in some of the same areas.
But, and this is a big but, how can anyone spend so much time and effort looking at houses and all the research that goes into it, not to mention the travel time being from the Bay area, and so forth and yet not end up with anything. Clearly, according to RD he has the financial resources to pull the trigger on anything he looked at, and can afford to wait even if there is some near term devaluation due to the housing market, so I just don’t get it. If I were RD, I’d consider a shrink to find out. His wife IMO is understandably frustrated.

I am sorry life is too short and to try to get the best deal seems to be really missing the point. I would have gotten tired or bored with the hunt along time ago, life has a defined time limit, and spending a large chunk of my life house hunting seems like a huge waste, kinda like going to the mall frequently and just window shopping.

I know, to each their own and RD has a discipline thing going, but I thought the goal was to buy a house, not to search seemingly forever for a house.

LL

[larrylujack]

I find RDs posts interesting and certainly illuminating as to the areas he is looking to buy since I once upon a time was interested in some of the same areas.
But, and this is a big but, how can anyone spend so much time and effort looking at houses and all the research that goes into it, not to mention the travel time being from the Bay area, and so forth and yet not end up with anything. Clearly, according to RD he has the financial resources to pull the trigger on anything he looked at, and can afford to wait even if there is some near term devaluation due to the housing market, so I just don’t get it. If I were RD, I’d consider a shrink to find out. His wife IMO is understandably frustrated.

I am sorry life is too short and to try to get the best deal seems to be really missing the point. I would have gotten tired or bored with the hunt along time ago, life has a defined time limit, and spending a large chunk of my life house hunting seems like a huge waste, kinda like going to the mall frequently and just window shopping.

I know, to each their own and RD has a discipline thing going, but I thought the goal was to buy a house, not to search seemingly forever for a house.

LL

[larrylujack]

I find RDs posts interesting and certainly illuminating as to the areas he is looking to buy since I once upon a time was interested in some of the same areas.
But, and this is a big but, how can anyone spend so much time and effort looking at houses and all the research that goes into it, not to mention the travel time being from the Bay area, and so forth and yet not end up with anything. Clearly, according to RD he has the financial resources to pull the trigger on anything he looked at, and can afford to wait even if there is some near term devaluation due to the housing market, so I just don’t get it. If I were RD, I’d consider a shrink to find out. His wife IMO is understandably frustrated.

I am sorry life is too short and to try to get the best deal seems to be really missing the point. I would have gotten tired or bored with the hunt along time ago, life has a defined time limit, and spending a large chunk of my life house hunting seems like a huge waste, kinda like going to the mall frequently and just window shopping.

I know, to each their own and RD has a discipline thing going, but I thought the goal was to buy a house, not to search seemingly forever for a house.

LL

[larrylujack]

“LL,

Was a teen back then listening to the Murph and music on Q101 (wait, I’m still listening)”

Yes I did as well while growing up in Chicago and was an avid WLS listener, but just to be clear, I am a LL admirer but I am NOT the LL radio host.

My screen name is just a homage to those youthful memories.

LL

[larrylujack]

“LL,

Was a teen back then listening to the Murph and music on Q101 (wait, I’m still listening)”

Yes I did as well while growing up in Chicago and was an avid WLS listener, but just to be clear, I am a LL admirer but I am NOT the LL radio host.

My screen name is just a homage to those youthful memories.

LL

[larrylujack]

“LL,

Was a teen back then listening to the Murph and music on Q101 (wait, I’m still listening)”

Yes I did as well while growing up in Chicago and was an avid WLS listener, but just to be clear, I am a LL admirer but I am NOT the LL radio host.

My screen name is just a homage to those youthful memories.

LL

[larrylujack]

“LL,

Was a teen back then listening to the Murph and music on Q101 (wait, I’m still listening)”

Yes I did as well while growing up in Chicago and was an avid WLS listener, but just to be clear, I am a LL admirer but I am NOT the LL radio host.

My screen name is just a homage to those youthful memories.

LL

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