[sdcellar]

AN, I have to say the BS detector is really starting to take off, if for no other reason your troubling use of tense. You talk about various investments like something you should do, or switch to or do differently. Seems very odd for a guy who says he’s been putting $50K a year into savings and investments.

You talk about different times of good return in the market that have nothing to do with your investment timeframe. Around me, most people I know are very disappointed with their investment return over the last decade. You, being the savvy young know-it-all you are, know that past performance is no guarantee of future return, so sure, things can certainly turn around, but it’s equally (and somewhat scarily) possible that they won’t. What the market did between 1960 and 1980 doesn’t do me any good.

But again, you come off like someone who talks of financial markets who doesn’t have much skin in the game. Maybe you’ll buy some Berkshire Hathaway, maybe some DOW index. Maybe a CD. Hmmmm.

And again, you find it less than hard to save that money, but sounds like you’re living a fairly lavish (frugal) life. Nice restaurants, luxury cars, vacations and you’re saving a ton to boot. Maybe this is a case where my literal sense is doing me in. Perhaps by luxury car you mean a ’92 Lexus ES250. Maybe by nice dinner, you mean Souplantation. And that vacation is two days at Torrey Pines State Beach.

[sdcellar]

Hard to say, as most of the places we see have never seemed to leave much trace regarding traffic, but I did notice that two of only three properties we even considered considering have both gone unsold and are now listed on craigslist as rentals.

One of them wasn’t that surprising, but the other was a nice clean normal house, so I guess that must mean it’s still too expensive and/or some of these deep pockets are maybe starting to dry up?

I also follow a couple of new developments and I can tell you one that was supposedly hot almost didn’t sell everything in the last release (although I had my doubts going in and wasn’t surprised).

I’m going to the Monteluz/Andelusia release in 4S tomorrow, so we’ll see how that goes. This’ll be the fourth phase and so far every release has been very well attended (and sold out). Fairly attractive pricing, big houses and larger lots have driven demand so far (beyond the usual low interest rates and handouts). We’ll see if that streak continues.

They raised the prices fairly significantly in Monteluz, IMO. These will be pretty much the best lots they’ve got, but the premium they’re asking reminds me of the days of headier times for developers. That said, I’d do exactly the same thing if I were them.

In general, I’d say these two developments provide a pretty good bellwether for what the rest of 4S can fetch.

[sdcellar]

Hard to say, as most of the places we see have never seemed to leave much trace regarding traffic, but I did notice that two of only three properties we even considered considering have both gone unsold and are now listed on craigslist as rentals.

One of them wasn’t that surprising, but the other was a nice clean normal house, so I guess that must mean it’s still too expensive and/or some of these deep pockets are maybe starting to dry up?

I also follow a couple of new developments and I can tell you one that was supposedly hot almost didn’t sell everything in the last release (although I had my doubts going in and wasn’t surprised).

I’m going to the Monteluz/Andelusia release in 4S tomorrow, so we’ll see how that goes. This’ll be the fourth phase and so far every release has been very well attended (and sold out). Fairly attractive pricing, big houses and larger lots have driven demand so far (beyond the usual low interest rates and handouts). We’ll see if that streak continues.

They raised the prices fairly significantly in Monteluz, IMO. These will be pretty much the best lots they’ve got, but the premium they’re asking reminds me of the days of headier times for developers. That said, I’d do exactly the same thing if I were them.

In general, I’d say these two developments provide a pretty good bellwether for what the rest of 4S can fetch.

[sdcellar]

Hard to say, as most of the places we see have never seemed to leave much trace regarding traffic, but I did notice that two of only three properties we even considered considering have both gone unsold and are now listed on craigslist as rentals.

One of them wasn’t that surprising, but the other was a nice clean normal house, so I guess that must mean it’s still too expensive and/or some of these deep pockets are maybe starting to dry up?

I also follow a couple of new developments and I can tell you one that was supposedly hot almost didn’t sell everything in the last release (although I had my doubts going in and wasn’t surprised).

I’m going to the Monteluz/Andelusia release in 4S tomorrow, so we’ll see how that goes. This’ll be the fourth phase and so far every release has been very well attended (and sold out). Fairly attractive pricing, big houses and larger lots have driven demand so far (beyond the usual low interest rates and handouts). We’ll see if that streak continues.

They raised the prices fairly significantly in Monteluz, IMO. These will be pretty much the best lots they’ve got, but the premium they’re asking reminds me of the days of headier times for developers. That said, I’d do exactly the same thing if I were them.

In general, I’d say these two developments provide a pretty good bellwether for what the rest of 4S can fetch.

[sdcellar]

Hard to say, as most of the places we see have never seemed to leave much trace regarding traffic, but I did notice that two of only three properties we even considered considering have both gone unsold and are now listed on craigslist as rentals.

One of them wasn’t that surprising, but the other was a nice clean normal house, so I guess that must mean it’s still too expensive and/or some of these deep pockets are maybe starting to dry up?

I also follow a couple of new developments and I can tell you one that was supposedly hot almost didn’t sell everything in the last release (although I had my doubts going in and wasn’t surprised).

I’m going to the Monteluz/Andelusia release in 4S tomorrow, so we’ll see how that goes. This’ll be the fourth phase and so far every release has been very well attended (and sold out). Fairly attractive pricing, big houses and larger lots have driven demand so far (beyond the usual low interest rates and handouts). We’ll see if that streak continues.

They raised the prices fairly significantly in Monteluz, IMO. These will be pretty much the best lots they’ve got, but the premium they’re asking reminds me of the days of headier times for developers. That said, I’d do exactly the same thing if I were them.

In general, I’d say these two developments provide a pretty good bellwether for what the rest of 4S can fetch.

[sdcellar]

Hard to say, as most of the places we see have never seemed to leave much trace regarding traffic, but I did notice that two of only three properties we even considered considering have both gone unsold and are now listed on craigslist as rentals.

One of them wasn’t that surprising, but the other was a nice clean normal house, so I guess that must mean it’s still too expensive and/or some of these deep pockets are maybe starting to dry up?

I also follow a couple of new developments and I can tell you one that was supposedly hot almost didn’t sell everything in the last release (although I had my doubts going in and wasn’t surprised).

I’m going to the Monteluz/Andelusia release in 4S tomorrow, so we’ll see how that goes. This’ll be the fourth phase and so far every release has been very well attended (and sold out). Fairly attractive pricing, big houses and larger lots have driven demand so far (beyond the usual low interest rates and handouts). We’ll see if that streak continues.

They raised the prices fairly significantly in Monteluz, IMO. These will be pretty much the best lots they’ve got, but the premium they’re asking reminds me of the days of headier times for developers. That said, I’d do exactly the same thing if I were them.

In general, I’d say these two developments provide a pretty good bellwether for what the rest of 4S can fetch.

[sdcellar]

Maybe next you’ll try “I know you are, but what am I?” Sheesh.

Well, as usual, I’m one step ahead of you (several, actually). “Infinity.”

[sdcellar]

Maybe next you’ll try “I know you are, but what am I?” Sheesh.

Well, as usual, I’m one step ahead of you (several, actually). “Infinity.”

[sdcellar]

Maybe next you’ll try “I know you are, but what am I?” Sheesh.

Well, as usual, I’m one step ahead of you (several, actually). “Infinity.”

[sdcellar]

Maybe next you’ll try “I know you are, but what am I?” Sheesh.

Well, as usual, I’m one step ahead of you (several, actually). “Infinity.”

[sdcellar]

Maybe next you’ll try “I know you are, but what am I?” Sheesh.

Well, as usual, I’m one step ahead of you (several, actually). “Infinity.”

[sdcellar]

Not dancing at all, now that you’ve better defined the problem (or at least, I better understand it), correct answers include:

“super hard”
“slightly harder than very hard”
“easy as pie”
“impossible”
“licentious”
“inevitable”
“glerf”
“your favorite swear word”

and, of course, the aforementioned
“purple”

Such an approach certainly makes it easy to weasel your way out of a losing argument.

[sdcellar]

Not dancing at all, now that you’ve better defined the problem (or at least, I better understand it), correct answers include:

“super hard”
“slightly harder than very hard”
“easy as pie”
“impossible”
“licentious”
“inevitable”
“glerf”
“your favorite swear word”

and, of course, the aforementioned
“purple”

Such an approach certainly makes it easy to weasel your way out of a losing argument.

[sdcellar]

Not dancing at all, now that you’ve better defined the problem (or at least, I better understand it), correct answers include:

“super hard”
“slightly harder than very hard”
“easy as pie”
“impossible”
“licentious”
“inevitable”
“glerf”
“your favorite swear word”

and, of course, the aforementioned
“purple”

Such an approach certainly makes it easy to weasel your way out of a losing argument.

[sdcellar]

Not dancing at all, now that you’ve better defined the problem (or at least, I better understand it), correct answers include:

“super hard”
“slightly harder than very hard”
“easy as pie”
“impossible”
“licentious”
“inevitable”
“glerf”
“your favorite swear word”

and, of course, the aforementioned
“purple”

Such an approach certainly makes it easy to weasel your way out of a losing argument.

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