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ParticipantLOL…
I do have a $2000 deposit.
$2000 isn’t enough unless the rent is $500/mo. I was saying $500 per pet ($1500) ADDITIONALLY to the regular (month or 1.5 month) security.
ParticipantLessons:
(1) Don’t have a rental house with frickin’ carpeting. Hardwood floors or tile + area rugs is where it’s AT. In fact, don’t have ANY house with permanent carpeting. Hard to clean, keeps allergens in, and is full of toxins.
(2) Two cats and a snake? Charge a $500 security deposit PER PET! If the tenant doesn’t like it, he should go back to the zoo from where he came.ParticipantMake friends with your neighbor in SD. Get a WiFi extender. Once a year, buy neighbor good bottle of wine in exchange for guest WiFi password.
August 18, 2012 at 9:15 AM in reply to: 2 bad applicants in row on 2k rental top school district (Mi) #750495ParticipantWho cares? Other landlords will see the same problems and run screaming. (Or not run, and just require a large security deposit in ca$h.)
ParticipantFortunately, patriotism isn’t mandatory in the US, and treason is very narrowly defined 🙂
I’m not sure whom you’re referring to as far as wishing for bankruptcy.
ParticipantSpeaking of D-segment cars, GM will be importing the RWD Caprice (Holden) PPV as a civilian model on a limited basis inside of a year, and is coming out with a full-production US-produced version of same in 2014. It may be technically “full-sized”, but a Crown Vic or old Caprice it is not.
If it eventually comes out with a hybrid or diesel powertrain, there may be hope for GM even in that segment 🙂
ParticipantShame, because their cars have become somewhat decent at this point. Mainly thanks to Opel and Holden engineering, but regardless…
And Forbes should shut their pie-holes about things they don’t know about. Reading their comparo with the Passat, longer wheelbase has some drawbacks. It can be detrimental to handling. Not to mention that long-wheelbase cars, especially front-drivers with limited steering lock, tend to have the turning circle of the good ship Edmund Fitzgerald. This makes driving them in urban areas painful.
Note that the REAL Passat (i.e. the Euro version) has a much shorter wheelbase than the obesified and gimped (what, no independent rear suspension, only a twist-beam!) US model.
ParticipantThis is a matter of local markets. I for one suspect that my home state of NJ has NOT bottomed, and will not do so till this winter at the very least. Too many foreclosures and shorts coming online right now.
ParticipantIt doesn’t require a PhD to steal, which is what 90% of the NYC Metropolitan economy is based upon.
I don’t mean those kinds of letters. I mean stupid corporate I.T. certifications: the kind that are a waste of time for anyone with half a brain and actual work to do 🙂
Even assuming that the finance industry is close to 90% of the region’s economy, try doing any business in the US without a working finance industry.
Participant(1) – that’s not the point
(2) – thlappy paddleth don’t give you control over the clutch.
(3) – only if you’re a fattie with bad knees or a weak little lady. I drive a car with a real transmission in NYC traffic and it’s not a problem.
ParticipantGood. If it drives down the value of foreclosures, paint is cheap. Party on, dudes — it just makes it easier for those with more money than you’ll ever see to buy the houses!
(So long as they don’t start brewing meth in foreclosed homes, which is actually hard to clean up.)
ParticipantCamry is also idiot-o-matic only, Accord/Civic can be had with a real gearbox.
Prelude sounds like Quaalude to me.
ParticipantThe building’s board (generally not all residents) voting on whether you can buy is true for NYC, at least for most co-op buildings. Generally not condos. Criteria vary from “basically financially solvent – i.e. 10% down and 2 years PITI in the bank” to the absurd, the latter being much more rare.
However, the basic process actually makes a lot of sense — it keeps the jokers who want to buy with 105% financing out of the game. This has kept the foreclosure rate in Manhattan very close to zero. It’s a matter of self-protection rather than snobbism, since insolvency of a co-op board could potentially result in foreclosure of the entire building.
BTW, imagine if condo boards and HOAs in CA would have been able to reject buyers based on crazy financing methods back in 2005 – a lot fewer people may have been burned.
Participantspdrun, foreigners tend to forget that American real estate comes with HOA and property taxes and generally high maintenance costs when labor is involved.
In most of the world, property taxes and maintenance are insignificant so people just sit on their real estate.
I’d say that taxes in Phoenix and San Diego (the parts w/o Mello Roos) fit that description pretty darn well. Absent HOA fees or bonds, tax rate in Phoenix is under $2 per $100 per year. You can easily get a 3 bdr in a decent area of Phoenix for about $100k, meaning that your taxes would be about $150 per month, assuming no HOA stupidity. About 1/3 to 1/4 of what you’d be paying for mortgage.
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