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December 11, 2006 at 3:31 PM in reply to: recorded sale while property currently in MLS (Carmel Valley)?? #41468
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ParticipantThe county assessor shows no such sale, so I’m assuming you got this off of Zillow.
I don’t know what these phantom sales are on Zillow, but they seem to be somewhat similar to smaller home equity loan “sales” that you see there. Anybody got insight into that?
…goes to check Zillow…
Actually I don’t see it there either, so I’m guessing you have more sources than me.
ParticipantAre we maybe taking this a little too far? I mean that location is basically the RB Mile of Cars and has been for years. As long as I can remember I’ve seen luxury cars mixed in with junkers.
Now there could be an increase in the number of luxury cars, but I doubt anybody’s got any historical data to support that (although there’s probably some guy out there!) and even if there is, aren’t we extending it to the *next* level to suggest that those might be owned by a high percentage of realtors (who are now on the skids)?
I’m not saying things aren’t starting to suck pretty well if that’s your chosen field, but again, sounds like we’re fitting anecdotal things to what we want to believe.
Participant15k isn’t a substantial difference. If you like Airoso, why don’t you just go buy one?
ParticipantIn a nutshell, this:
<a href=”http://www.zillow.com/HomeDetails.htm?zprop=16591981″ target=”_blank”>Jim Klinge’s listing</a>
will become this:
(I’m really plugging Jim’s listing today!)
Participantjg– Those are both good suggestions, but to answer your two questions specifically, just enter the following:
<a href=”http://whateveryourURLis.com” target=”_blank”>Link Title</a>
You can do this in the standard reply box without using rich text. The part that says target=”_blank” is what makes the link open in a new window.
If you want to use the rich text editor instead:
1) type the link title first (e.g., ‘Jim Klinge’s listing’)
2) select that text with your mouse (it will highlight)
3) click the link button (near the formatting icons, looks like a chain)
4) A popup will be displayed where you can enter the actual URL and select the option to open the link in a new window (or not). Ignore the “Title” field in that popup as it won’t actually help you.ParticipantPS, check out Jim Klinge’s listing and see for yourself. Jim’s contact info is right there, so an interested buyer can just ring him up.
Here’s a Make Me Move listing. Sellers are emailed anonymously and can proceed as they choose (a la craigslist).
December 7, 2006 at 2:29 PM in reply to: What Things Will Disappear During the (Potentially) Upcoming Crash? #41304ParticipantI actually like colored concrete, but there are a lot of bad stamp jobs out there (in my opinion).
On the cooking thing, then I guess you’re saying this would be the end of Rubios since they’ve been on the downward slide anyway (and *think* they’re now competing with sitdown Mexican restaurants to boot). So sad…
December 7, 2006 at 1:30 PM in reply to: What Things Will Disappear During the (Potentially) Upcoming Crash? #41301ParticipantI’m hoping colored stamped concrete.
but I’m guessing you’re looking for things outside of the housing sector. Okay, how about all manner and form of Cadillac (spare maybe a few antique convertibles)?
ParticipantBubble Meter is a DC area blog. Not as good as Piggington in my opinion (but little is), but not bad. From there, he has a link to a couple other local blogs.
I believe DC is pretty bubbly, so you’re friend should probably sell unless he wants to hold for a fairly long time to achieve any kind of significant return.
December 7, 2006 at 11:09 AM in reply to: thinking buying eventually; any risk in entering 1 year lease now? #41297ParticipantKeep in mind that you can usually get out of the lease if you really need to (although I seriously doubt you will).
Note that I’m not saying you’ll need to screw your landlord to do this, but that most leases provide for a way for you to get out if you need to. The only thing to keep in mind is that you’re on the hook until they find a new tenant, so it will likely cost you something.
Procrastinating is something you generally don’t want to do. Unless, that is, you’re thinking of buying a house right now. I’m *guessing* you already know that…
ParticipantPerryChase, that’s our favorite place that we can’t afford! I’ll keep an eye out for that discount 😉
December 6, 2006 at 6:08 PM in reply to: Bressi Ranch…16 new homes to be auctioned off 10/21/06 #41277Participant$200k? I’m roughly estimating that’s around $9000/month after taxes, so yeah I think most people could live comfortably, save, and have a *lot* of fun with the other $6000 every month.
Perhaps you’re taking it a little far there?
ParticipantWhoa, we must be the exception that proves the rule, because we recently became renters *and* followed that up with a trip to Disneyland!
ParticipantAlso, to be fair on this property (even though I haven’t seen it), $917k does seem like a reasonable price given what appear to be recent comps to this house. It would be the lowest to date (and significantly lower than some), so I can see how it would sell.
What actually surprises me is that they’d have to resort to this technique at all because based on comps, it seems like they didn’t really need to reduce their price (at least not yet). That said, if they sold it in five days, so who am I to question? Maybe we’ll see more like this.
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