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from all that concern w ith order, i learned that i don’t care that much.

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i remember my mom being really uptight about everything being really neat and clean. i remember her getting upset sometimes.

now that we’re gone everything is really neat and clean all the time.

i think she’d prefer the chaos in retrospect.

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Lastly, what you’re saying is exactly what they were saying in the 1980s. Japan will buy the US up, etc, etc, etc. Didn’t happen so fast 🙂 Cash investors aren’t as strong hands as you think, either. If the market burps, they’re actually more likely to sell at (say) a 20% loss than mortgaged investors. Why? Because they can, unlike people with 3% down which have to wait for a short sale, deed in lieu, or foreclosure. There’s really no way to manage how many people run for the hills at once.[/quote]

Maybe it’s better then to sell your house before you die. Hold out for a better price…

Exactly. It’s like BG claiming that heirs to fully paid-off homes won’t sell until they get what they want. Hogwash. Those are the very sellers who CAN sell for whatever houses are going for at that moment in time. Strong hands don’t have to wait for a rising market, and if returns on investments are far higher elsewhere, they will be quick to sell the least profitable investment (possibly houses) to free up cash for more lucrative ventures. For these owners, it’s just business…no emotions involved.[/quote]

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i saw a pretty ordinary but largeish (3300 sq ft) house a week ago in temecula right near my kid’s piano teacher that was renting for 2300. that struck me as superhigh. piano lesson was tonight but i didn’t notice if it was rented.

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Pride of indebtedness.

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I think what is implied is shame in renting.

Personally I’ve always been kind of proud just not to be homeless. Call me modest.

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ok. true. i guess it depends on individual cics. and the steadiness of work.

it’s nice to be working a lot and having lots of money.

but i think i could eb happy not working with not so much money.

still it was nice to buy 2x 1.75l johnnie walker black at costco for 90.00 and not think about the money.

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But it’s not worth deferring taxes if taxes get much higher later right?

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there is something to be said for going with your gut.

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Renters get the std. Deduction so true cost of homeownership must reflect the value of the interest and tax deduction over the std. Deduction. It may be cheaper than renting but the deduction is not all gravy since everyone gets the std deduction anyways.

There’s a lot to be said to waiting till your old and inert and immovable as opposed to merely somewhat stable

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[quote=creechrr]West Coast?

I took Krav Maga for two years at a place in Sorrento Valley. Then, when we moved up to T-Town, my son took the kids class for a while.

Krav is awesome, good workout and more tools in the tool belt.[/quote]

west coast, yeah. tonight was elbow strike to the face. i am feeling good.

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[quote=flu][quote=AN][quote=flu][quote=harvey][quote=flu]I’d like to see folks try to defend this one….[/quote]

So have you actually looked at the numbers?

It doesn’t seem that these changes would result in a net increase in taxes for most families/students.

With the $2500 credit, it could be a net decrease.[/quote]

Except for households above the cap..[/quote]Cap is $180k as a couple or $90k as a single. Don’t you know that you’re rich when you make that much more than the middle class? Be happy that you’re rich and quit ya whining.[/quote]

So basically, almost every enginerd here in san diego that is single or every double income family in California that actually values their kid’s education…is…well screwed….[/quote]

you can value learning and go to call state and pay little. In my uneducated but semi informed opinion the engineering program at SDSU is very good or at least good enough. We write a small check each semester. My kids on the dean’s list and I don’t think he studies relentlessly, socompetition must be reasonable.

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shacking up by the beach sounds good to me.

youd be nuts to give that up!

dont get married or buy a house till youa re really really ready to stay.

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im suspicious of anything that has to do with the educational profitmaking complex.

in a way, it could keep tuition artificially high, since it motivates parents to take big risks with money to save for tuition.

the bottom line is the price of education is way out of line due to federal subsidies in loans anyway. maybe this is just another symptom of that problem, that is, another tax advantage.

should i be incentivizized to take bigger risks with educational savings to have a bigger pt of cash to pay an even higher tuition bill? sheesh. double or nothing.

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I feel like I deserve 500 bucks for staying married and keeping a job.

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