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[quote=svelte]We have a new contestant!

https://www.redfin.com/CA/South-Lake-Tahoe/3695-Primrose-Rd-96150/home/167293966?utm_source=ios_share&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy_link&utm_nooverride=1&utm_content=link&fbclid=IwAR2jGujaAxTvg7sewTAUPf1gO8Ej0YRTrlRLAwn4NBDDFytcxj_2CAN2A-8%5B/quote%5D

I forgot about this thread. I think I used to call it “The thread that keeps on giving.” And sure enough, it is !

The awesome thing about this post is that they spent the money on a serious photographer to take those nice multiple-exposure photos but didn’t bother to clean up.

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[quote=profhoff]$2m for Portofino conveniently located ON the freeway. Now I’ve seen it all. Will they get it?

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/13297-Portofino-Dr-Del-Mar-CA-92014/16765530_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare%5B/quote%5D

Yeah, but it’s in the slow lane.

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[quote=sdrealtor]Nobody wants to live in Tucson[/quote]

Tucson is a great place to be from.

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I wonder if “snowbirding” will become popular for working empty nesters if the working-remote thing sticks.

Could I sell my home in San Diego and buy two kick-ass properties in two different cities – one for Summer living and one for Winter living ?

Tucson for the Winter, Denver in the Summer, for example.
or Phoenix / Idaho or Austin / New Hampshire, etc.

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gzz, I was thinking more of a covid-related supply issue than inflation, myself. And relevant to the housing market.

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A single cheese enchilada, ala carte, is $8 at Fidels. That’s pretty serious.

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[quote=scaredyclassic]it is kind of awful to allocate large sums of money all at once.[/quote]

Yes, I agree. I don’t plan on moving it all at once. Thinking maybe over the next 12 months. But I would like a plan, at least.

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Thanks piggs.

I have been paying little attention to the markets for the last several years due to a little house-building project. I feel rusty in the investing department. This need to get my Mom’s money invested has kind of kicked me in that direction so hoping to start paying better attention to my own retirement funds as well.

I’ll start researching these answers and see what I come up with. Would appreciate any thoughts on what not to do as well. I’ll definitely avoid high growth stuff for Mom.

Last time Mom sold a house – in Tucson at the top of the market in 2005, some WaMu financial adviser sold them some bonds that crashed pretty hard. Muni bonds would have been better for them.

Also glad to see that the “fox news vs trump haters” insanity has left Piggington.

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[quote=svelte]In every neighborhood, there is a good old mechanic who works on cars of any vintage.[/quote]

Except Carmel Valley.

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Try Smittys on Adams Avenue.
Been there forever. Mike, the son of the original owner is not as involved as he used to be but he is exceptional. Not the cheapest, but always honest.

Mike has also referred me to other mechanics as well, to do work he wouldn’t do (install a junkyard part, differential rebuild) or that is closer to our new place.

So, if Smittys doesn’t work for you he may very well know a good place.

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Pre-20 / Post-20
PrePan / PostPan
Pre-bat / Post-bat

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[quote=spdrun]Quick-set epoxy also works nicely and is less brittle than superglue.[/quote]

You can also add fumed silica to epoxy to make it less runny, more like a paste.

Superglue and baking soda is much easier to deal with than mixing epoxy.

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Mebane, the Michigan prof, chimed in.
Haven’t read this yet but thought those interested would like to see it.

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~wmebane/inapB.pdf

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This is just how I like it – party A in the executive, party B in the court, and congress is split.

The gov can get less done this way, and they are best when they do less.

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Seems like this is the time for a 3rd party to emerge.[/quote]

Now that I can agree with!

If you look at the increase in undeclared, it seems the evidence supports this position.

The New Bull-Moose Party.

Actually I don’t feel a strong need to belong to any group. I’m perfectly happy evaluating the individual and not the party.[/quote]

But the person will never win the nomination if they aren’t closely aligned with one of the parties.

And you have to watch that video on the left and right fighing. It’s super-duper.

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