[lniles]

I’ve seen that bum a lot. He hangs around the pit where we play volleyball (across from the rollercoaster). He’s pretty much always there. He has a friend with Tourrete Syndrome, it’s a good thing he wasn’t there!

Also, did “The Flash” come by? He’s the famous thong-wearing roller blader who’s out there all the time wearing different costumes.

If someone had a wedding there they were asking for it.

[lniles]

OK, this has got to be the worst set of pics I have ever seen on a RE listing. They want $579k and don’t even clean up the garbage in their photos?

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/rfs/415802031.html

[lniles]

I’m in with the lot who think this is a good thing. I think we’re going to see a load of foreclosures.

Helping people stay in their homes = serfdom to the bank
Tax break on forgiven debt = walk-aways en masse
Stricter lending laws = huge inventory

In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if the tax break is the real motivation, masked behind “helping low-income people keep their homes”.

[lniles]

I would never buy a SFR in a place with an HOA. Aside from someone else telling you how to decorate your landscape and outside walls, where you park your car, and so on, you have someone else controlling money you put into a fund and making decisions on how to spend your money. You can expect a lifetime of HOA dues increases, and on top of that you might expect “special assessments” in which they require each owner to put in thousands of dollars for “special” projects (building a playground for little Jimmy next door, fixing the sidewalk that little Jimmy later drove his monster truck onto, putting in a stop sign because little Jimmy killed some pedestrians there, painting the clubhouse that little Jimmy’s friends sprayed graffiti on, whatever).

The management of your HOA is completely unregulated, undemocratic, and allows for rampant waste and poor management, even if the board members live in the complex. It sounds like another conspiracy theory but when you take normal people and put them in control of funds from a large group of people (in my complex the reserve is in the millions) then strange things occur.

Please read the section called “Lack of Checks and Balances” in wikipedia’s page on homo-asses. In fact, read the whole page, it’s a great and unbiased viewpoint on HOAs with all the pros and cons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeowners’_association

[lniles]

I would never buy a SFR in a place with an HOA. Aside from someone else telling you how to decorate your landscape and outside walls, where you park your car, and so on, you have someone else controlling money you put into a fund and making decisions on how to spend your money. You can expect a lifetime of HOA dues increases, and on top of that you might expect “special assessments” in which they require each owner to put in thousands of dollars for “special” projects (building a playground for little Jimmy next door, fixing the sidewalk that little Jimmy later drove his monster truck onto, putting in a stop sign because little Jimmy killed some pedestrians there, painting the clubhouse that little Jimmy’s friends sprayed graffiti on, whatever).

The management of your HOA is completely unregulated, undemocratic, and allows for rampant waste and poor management, even if the board members live in the complex. It sounds like another conspiracy theory but when you take normal people and put them in control of funds from a large group of people (in my complex the reserve is in the millions) then strange things occur.

Please read the section called “Lack of Checks and Balances” in wikipedia’s page on homo-asses. In fact, read the whole page, it’s a great and unbiased viewpoint on HOAs with all the pros and cons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeowners’_association

[lniles]

I would never buy a SFR in a place with an HOA. Aside from someone else telling you how to decorate your landscape and outside walls, where you park your car, and so on, you have someone else controlling money you put into a fund and making decisions on how to spend your money. You can expect a lifetime of HOA dues increases, and on top of that you might expect “special assessments” in which they require each owner to put in thousands of dollars for “special” projects (building a playground for little Jimmy next door, fixing the sidewalk that little Jimmy later drove his monster truck onto, putting in a stop sign because little Jimmy killed some pedestrians there, painting the clubhouse that little Jimmy’s friends sprayed graffiti on, whatever).

The management of your HOA is completely unregulated, undemocratic, and allows for rampant waste and poor management, even if the board members live in the complex. It sounds like another conspiracy theory but when you take normal people and put them in control of funds from a large group of people (in my complex the reserve is in the millions) then strange things occur.

Please read the section called “Lack of Checks and Balances” in wikipedia’s page on homo-asses. In fact, read the whole page, it’s a great and unbiased viewpoint on HOAs with all the pros and cons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeowners’_association

[lniles]

Here it is now posted for $615k. Can’t believe someone bought it for $750k.

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/rfs/401874566.html

[lniles]

Here it is now posted for $615k. Can’t believe someone bought it for $750k.

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/rfs/401874566.html

[lniles]

Here it is now posted for $615k. Can’t believe someone bought it for $750k.

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/rfs/401874566.html

[lniles]

All your base! Heard that one while in a I have not.

Now I feel mean… 🙁

[lniles]

All your base! Heard that one while in a I have not.

Now I feel mean… 🙁

[lniles]

All your base! Heard that one while in a I have not.

Now I feel mean… 🙁

[lniles]

I like it too. The "sepia" look makes it feel like history, which is what is in the making here.

I also like the fact that it is quite easy to increase the font size to my liking (each person likes it different).  I use macs, linux, unix, and PCs, with internet explorer, firefox, safari, and netscape, and have easily changed the font around on all of those.

[lniles]

I like it too. The "sepia" look makes it feel like history, which is what is in the making here.

I also like the fact that it is quite easy to increase the font size to my liking (each person likes it different).  I use macs, linux, unix, and PCs, with internet explorer, firefox, safari, and netscape, and have easily changed the font around on all of those.

[lniles]

I like it too. The "sepia" look makes it feel like history, which is what is in the making here.

I also like the fact that it is quite easy to increase the font size to my liking (each person likes it different).  I use macs, linux, unix, and PCs, with internet explorer, firefox, safari, and netscape, and have easily changed the font around on all of those.

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