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ParticipantCondos also have HOA fee hikes to deal with. You tend to have a 5-10% hike in HOA fees every few years, if not more often.
ParticipantNot a power trip. Real inflation generally runs above 1% per year on average, so a token 1-2% increase is more than fair.
If you have the right property and they don’t like it, they’re free to move out. If they can find a place that’s cheaper in the same area.
ParticipantEveryone should buy the most efficient vehicle that fits their needs — despite years of GOP indoctrination, the environment is still important.
ParticipantI’m trying to raise it by a smaller % each year. An even smaller % is easier to swallow and it gets them used to incremental annual increases.
ParticipantThe 40-50 mpg cars are good enough to be driven daily by fat Americans with bad knees 🙂 Question is: will smaller cars that get the high end of this MPG range (small Prius) and electric cars (with range and charging limits) survive $100 oil? Or $50 oil for that matter.
ParticipantA slowdown abroad came.
The Saudis are dumping oil in the market (possibly at our behest to hurt the Russians, Persians, and IS??, possibly for economic reasons of their own).
This isn’t a healthy sign.
If we were smart and had some balls, we’d slap a 100% surtax on gasoline tomorrow and put the money in an alternative energy trust fund. Electrify and heavily automate all major freight rail lines. Get those long distance trucks off the road. Invest in medium-speed passenger rail. Invest in alternatives and nuclear energy to beef up the power grid. No more coal and natural gas power plants should be built. Encourage adoption of electric and H2 cars to create an economy of scale there. Rebuilt infrastructure.
We’ve been through a few energy crises, and we’ve always kicked the can down the road when prices fell. Now’s the time to do something vs going back to buying mastodon SUVs and commuting 60 miles each way.
Cheap oil should be viewed as an opportunity to prepare for the next rise in prices and prepare to end the use of oil for energy permanently, not a permanent thing.
ParticipantMoving is expensive — I doubt any sane person would move over a 3% rent hike. Hike away!
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My point is, good luck to them proving exactly who left the bad review.
ParticipantPergo floors. Always be ready to start advertising the place 2-3 weeks BEFORE the current tenant is due to vacate the premises.
ParticipantWindow for owner-occupants etc is 20 days outside of NV. The homes that I’ve seen usually pass that window without any buyers performing.
Pricing is fair but not stellar; agreed. I think there’s a $10k fine if you don’t occupy a place that you agree to occupy. Plus it might affect your future prospects buying from FNMA, so I wouldn’t risk it.
There doesn’t need to be automation and increased efficiency. That would just get more bums to come out and play and drive prices up. Far better to keep things arcane so every idiot won’t succeed in getting into the market.
Keep ’em renting — the last thing we need is every schmoe getting uppity like it was 2005 or something.
ParticipantDid you try to heat the suckers? Maybe they’re held in using some insanely strong Loctite.
After that, I’d weld-baby-weld vs drill-baby-drilling.
ParticipantAlso, unrelated, I had a nice long discussion with my insurance agent about posting social media web review sites and the potential of it exposing oneself to personal liability claims from the business owner when the reviews accuse the business of something shady without proof to back up that claim.
If you’re worried, use a public WiFi or unlocked access point to post the review using a burner Gmail addy. Good luck to them proving who posted it, but it will still affect their rating score.
And you can’t be sued for reporting them to the B.A.R. (assuming you make a true report in a timely manner).
ParticipantDid it damage the engine, or was it a case of empty, flush, refill, refill again, keep fingers crossed? Interestingly, several cars that I’ve owned specified 10W30 oil in the gearbox instead of GL4 or ATF.
ParticipantVirtually impossible to change a timing belt without yanking the crank pulley. Though I did it on a Volvo (I think) — I was able to wiggle the belt in the space between the pulley and the motor.
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