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March 6, 2011 at 2:14 AM in reply to: OT-Where would you live if someone offered to buy you a home in SD up to $1M #673726March 6, 2011 at 2:14 AM in reply to: OT-Where would you live if someone offered to buy you a home in SD up to $1M #674337
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ParticipantIt totally depends on what is going on in my life. Are my kids in school, am I living alone, is there a woman in my life, if so, is she a voting member of the household, am I retired or am I working still, and where? Most importantly, what is my income, how am I getting by?
Del Mar, La Jolla if It’s just me or if it’s just me or me and wife/girlfriend. A mil isnt going to get me a big house for me and the kids and raising kids in that envoronment, I’d need a substatial income for them just to be average.
Mt. helix is good if the kids are youngish, good compromise.
Pt. Loma, if my kids were grown, to close to some places for me to raise kids there and schools can be subpar, but for me by myself, it works, can I walk to bars, thats a bonus.
Poway or San Digueto districts if I had young kids.
But if my life was what it is today (high schoolers happy with their life and friends, still another 7-10 years of work left, I’d take the mil, buy a house like scardey’s house, invest the other 4-5 hundred K in something that produces income (3-5 rentals up here, generate 4-5k net per month for travel/slush fund) and stay in hotels when I had the urge to be be around lots of people. In fact I could travel somewhere cool every other month and still have plenty of change.
Final answer, I wouldn’t spend a million dollars on a house unless it was just a small fraction of my wealth. Too many other things to do with money than putting it all into a house. It proably explains why I am who I am and why I live where I live. I’ve always admired the Buffet way of thinking. I’ve designed my portfolio to ultimately have in excess of 10k a month, inflation adjusted income, in retirement for the remainder of my stay on the planet. Yet I live in a house worth 300k, have no toys (exotic cars, motorhomes or boats) and I’ve never had to tell a cigar or bottle of wine or a restaraunt, that I can’t afford you. Enjoy the little things, ignore the big things and for god’s sake, buy a house that you can afford on less than one third of your income, it’s just a house.
March 6, 2011 at 2:14 AM in reply to: OT-Where would you live if someone offered to buy you a home in SD up to $1M #674474ParticipantIt totally depends on what is going on in my life. Are my kids in school, am I living alone, is there a woman in my life, if so, is she a voting member of the household, am I retired or am I working still, and where? Most importantly, what is my income, how am I getting by?
Del Mar, La Jolla if It’s just me or if it’s just me or me and wife/girlfriend. A mil isnt going to get me a big house for me and the kids and raising kids in that envoronment, I’d need a substatial income for them just to be average.
Mt. helix is good if the kids are youngish, good compromise.
Pt. Loma, if my kids were grown, to close to some places for me to raise kids there and schools can be subpar, but for me by myself, it works, can I walk to bars, thats a bonus.
Poway or San Digueto districts if I had young kids.
But if my life was what it is today (high schoolers happy with their life and friends, still another 7-10 years of work left, I’d take the mil, buy a house like scardey’s house, invest the other 4-5 hundred K in something that produces income (3-5 rentals up here, generate 4-5k net per month for travel/slush fund) and stay in hotels when I had the urge to be be around lots of people. In fact I could travel somewhere cool every other month and still have plenty of change.
Final answer, I wouldn’t spend a million dollars on a house unless it was just a small fraction of my wealth. Too many other things to do with money than putting it all into a house. It proably explains why I am who I am and why I live where I live. I’ve always admired the Buffet way of thinking. I’ve designed my portfolio to ultimately have in excess of 10k a month, inflation adjusted income, in retirement for the remainder of my stay on the planet. Yet I live in a house worth 300k, have no toys (exotic cars, motorhomes or boats) and I’ve never had to tell a cigar or bottle of wine or a restaraunt, that I can’t afford you. Enjoy the little things, ignore the big things and for god’s sake, buy a house that you can afford on less than one third of your income, it’s just a house.
March 6, 2011 at 2:14 AM in reply to: OT-Where would you live if someone offered to buy you a home in SD up to $1M #674821ParticipantIt totally depends on what is going on in my life. Are my kids in school, am I living alone, is there a woman in my life, if so, is she a voting member of the household, am I retired or am I working still, and where? Most importantly, what is my income, how am I getting by?
Del Mar, La Jolla if It’s just me or if it’s just me or me and wife/girlfriend. A mil isnt going to get me a big house for me and the kids and raising kids in that envoronment, I’d need a substatial income for them just to be average.
Mt. helix is good if the kids are youngish, good compromise.
Pt. Loma, if my kids were grown, to close to some places for me to raise kids there and schools can be subpar, but for me by myself, it works, can I walk to bars, thats a bonus.
Poway or San Digueto districts if I had young kids.
But if my life was what it is today (high schoolers happy with their life and friends, still another 7-10 years of work left, I’d take the mil, buy a house like scardey’s house, invest the other 4-5 hundred K in something that produces income (3-5 rentals up here, generate 4-5k net per month for travel/slush fund) and stay in hotels when I had the urge to be be around lots of people. In fact I could travel somewhere cool every other month and still have plenty of change.
Final answer, I wouldn’t spend a million dollars on a house unless it was just a small fraction of my wealth. Too many other things to do with money than putting it all into a house. It proably explains why I am who I am and why I live where I live. I’ve always admired the Buffet way of thinking. I’ve designed my portfolio to ultimately have in excess of 10k a month, inflation adjusted income, in retirement for the remainder of my stay on the planet. Yet I live in a house worth 300k, have no toys (exotic cars, motorhomes or boats) and I’ve never had to tell a cigar or bottle of wine or a restaraunt, that I can’t afford you. Enjoy the little things, ignore the big things and for god’s sake, buy a house that you can afford on less than one third of your income, it’s just a house.
Participantgandalf, please don’t misinterpret my musing as supporting their code. It was about competition and respecting one’s opponent, respectng a team that follows it’s own rules even when those rules hurt their chances. You can think that even if you think they are crazy, which I do.
sdr, maybe, the early reports were that he deflowered a white mormom princess of theirs, part of it could have been that he is black and part could be that he isn’t mormom. McMahon operated in a different time under a different administration, so I can’t be so sure race was the only factor, but it does look fishy to me too. But I’ll reserve judgment for few more of the facts, based on the amount of attention the story has gotten, I’m sure there are more than a dozen reporters trying to find out the facts and finding out the percentages, numbers, race and religion of the others who have been punished for similar code violations. I’ll bet McMahon’s phone has been ringing off the hook. I see this playing out and eventually becoming and ESPN 30 for 30 documentary. Which by the way, are some of the best examples of film making this decade, watch them all, you wont regret it.
Participantgandalf, please don’t misinterpret my musing as supporting their code. It was about competition and respecting one’s opponent, respectng a team that follows it’s own rules even when those rules hurt their chances. You can think that even if you think they are crazy, which I do.
sdr, maybe, the early reports were that he deflowered a white mormom princess of theirs, part of it could have been that he is black and part could be that he isn’t mormom. McMahon operated in a different time under a different administration, so I can’t be so sure race was the only factor, but it does look fishy to me too. But I’ll reserve judgment for few more of the facts, based on the amount of attention the story has gotten, I’m sure there are more than a dozen reporters trying to find out the facts and finding out the percentages, numbers, race and religion of the others who have been punished for similar code violations. I’ll bet McMahon’s phone has been ringing off the hook. I see this playing out and eventually becoming and ESPN 30 for 30 documentary. Which by the way, are some of the best examples of film making this decade, watch them all, you wont regret it.
Participantgandalf, please don’t misinterpret my musing as supporting their code. It was about competition and respecting one’s opponent, respectng a team that follows it’s own rules even when those rules hurt their chances. You can think that even if you think they are crazy, which I do.
sdr, maybe, the early reports were that he deflowered a white mormom princess of theirs, part of it could have been that he is black and part could be that he isn’t mormom. McMahon operated in a different time under a different administration, so I can’t be so sure race was the only factor, but it does look fishy to me too. But I’ll reserve judgment for few more of the facts, based on the amount of attention the story has gotten, I’m sure there are more than a dozen reporters trying to find out the facts and finding out the percentages, numbers, race and religion of the others who have been punished for similar code violations. I’ll bet McMahon’s phone has been ringing off the hook. I see this playing out and eventually becoming and ESPN 30 for 30 documentary. Which by the way, are some of the best examples of film making this decade, watch them all, you wont regret it.
Participantgandalf, please don’t misinterpret my musing as supporting their code. It was about competition and respecting one’s opponent, respectng a team that follows it’s own rules even when those rules hurt their chances. You can think that even if you think they are crazy, which I do.
sdr, maybe, the early reports were that he deflowered a white mormom princess of theirs, part of it could have been that he is black and part could be that he isn’t mormom. McMahon operated in a different time under a different administration, so I can’t be so sure race was the only factor, but it does look fishy to me too. But I’ll reserve judgment for few more of the facts, based on the amount of attention the story has gotten, I’m sure there are more than a dozen reporters trying to find out the facts and finding out the percentages, numbers, race and religion of the others who have been punished for similar code violations. I’ll bet McMahon’s phone has been ringing off the hook. I see this playing out and eventually becoming and ESPN 30 for 30 documentary. Which by the way, are some of the best examples of film making this decade, watch them all, you wont regret it.
Participantgandalf, please don’t misinterpret my musing as supporting their code. It was about competition and respecting one’s opponent, respectng a team that follows it’s own rules even when those rules hurt their chances. You can think that even if you think they are crazy, which I do.
sdr, maybe, the early reports were that he deflowered a white mormom princess of theirs, part of it could have been that he is black and part could be that he isn’t mormom. McMahon operated in a different time under a different administration, so I can’t be so sure race was the only factor, but it does look fishy to me too. But I’ll reserve judgment for few more of the facts, based on the amount of attention the story has gotten, I’m sure there are more than a dozen reporters trying to find out the facts and finding out the percentages, numbers, race and religion of the others who have been punished for similar code violations. I’ll bet McMahon’s phone has been ringing off the hook. I see this playing out and eventually becoming and ESPN 30 for 30 documentary. Which by the way, are some of the best examples of film making this decade, watch them all, you wont regret it.
Participant[quote=paramount]I really like 3-stories, and I feel safer sleeping on the 2nd floor.
I think the best of both worlds would be to have a 2-story that has at least 1 bedroom and full bath on the 1st floor.[/quote]
I concur. Nothing bad has ever happened and I’ve had all three types (1 story, 2 story all br’s upstairs and 2 story, 1 br/full ba downstairs). The third is my favorite comprimise, I just sleep better, especially with my windows open, if I’m on the second floor. If someone breaks a leg, they can use the downstairs bedroom for a few weeks. If I need to move a relative in that is elderly, that works well too. It also been easy to train the dogs that they are not allowed upstairs, they are old anyways and dont like going up them.
Single stories are the most marketable but most tract homes have a few models, usually the single story is the smallest because it uses up more land. My neighborhood has 2000 sq ft single stories that are very nice, but they only get a 2 car garage as is often the case elsewhere. If they designed them differently I’d lean towards them more, my buddy has a sweet 2500 sq ft home with 4 garages, broken into two-2car buildings on different sides of the house and it’s all a one story, but his was a semi-custom on a big lot, those are hard to find or cost a bundle.
Participant[quote=paramount]I really like 3-stories, and I feel safer sleeping on the 2nd floor.
I think the best of both worlds would be to have a 2-story that has at least 1 bedroom and full bath on the 1st floor.[/quote]
I concur. Nothing bad has ever happened and I’ve had all three types (1 story, 2 story all br’s upstairs and 2 story, 1 br/full ba downstairs). The third is my favorite comprimise, I just sleep better, especially with my windows open, if I’m on the second floor. If someone breaks a leg, they can use the downstairs bedroom for a few weeks. If I need to move a relative in that is elderly, that works well too. It also been easy to train the dogs that they are not allowed upstairs, they are old anyways and dont like going up them.
Single stories are the most marketable but most tract homes have a few models, usually the single story is the smallest because it uses up more land. My neighborhood has 2000 sq ft single stories that are very nice, but they only get a 2 car garage as is often the case elsewhere. If they designed them differently I’d lean towards them more, my buddy has a sweet 2500 sq ft home with 4 garages, broken into two-2car buildings on different sides of the house and it’s all a one story, but his was a semi-custom on a big lot, those are hard to find or cost a bundle.
Participant[quote=paramount]I really like 3-stories, and I feel safer sleeping on the 2nd floor.
I think the best of both worlds would be to have a 2-story that has at least 1 bedroom and full bath on the 1st floor.[/quote]
I concur. Nothing bad has ever happened and I’ve had all three types (1 story, 2 story all br’s upstairs and 2 story, 1 br/full ba downstairs). The third is my favorite comprimise, I just sleep better, especially with my windows open, if I’m on the second floor. If someone breaks a leg, they can use the downstairs bedroom for a few weeks. If I need to move a relative in that is elderly, that works well too. It also been easy to train the dogs that they are not allowed upstairs, they are old anyways and dont like going up them.
Single stories are the most marketable but most tract homes have a few models, usually the single story is the smallest because it uses up more land. My neighborhood has 2000 sq ft single stories that are very nice, but they only get a 2 car garage as is often the case elsewhere. If they designed them differently I’d lean towards them more, my buddy has a sweet 2500 sq ft home with 4 garages, broken into two-2car buildings on different sides of the house and it’s all a one story, but his was a semi-custom on a big lot, those are hard to find or cost a bundle.
Participant[quote=paramount]I really like 3-stories, and I feel safer sleeping on the 2nd floor.
I think the best of both worlds would be to have a 2-story that has at least 1 bedroom and full bath on the 1st floor.[/quote]
I concur. Nothing bad has ever happened and I’ve had all three types (1 story, 2 story all br’s upstairs and 2 story, 1 br/full ba downstairs). The third is my favorite comprimise, I just sleep better, especially with my windows open, if I’m on the second floor. If someone breaks a leg, they can use the downstairs bedroom for a few weeks. If I need to move a relative in that is elderly, that works well too. It also been easy to train the dogs that they are not allowed upstairs, they are old anyways and dont like going up them.
Single stories are the most marketable but most tract homes have a few models, usually the single story is the smallest because it uses up more land. My neighborhood has 2000 sq ft single stories that are very nice, but they only get a 2 car garage as is often the case elsewhere. If they designed them differently I’d lean towards them more, my buddy has a sweet 2500 sq ft home with 4 garages, broken into two-2car buildings on different sides of the house and it’s all a one story, but his was a semi-custom on a big lot, those are hard to find or cost a bundle.
Participant[quote=paramount]I really like 3-stories, and I feel safer sleeping on the 2nd floor.
I think the best of both worlds would be to have a 2-story that has at least 1 bedroom and full bath on the 1st floor.[/quote]
I concur. Nothing bad has ever happened and I’ve had all three types (1 story, 2 story all br’s upstairs and 2 story, 1 br/full ba downstairs). The third is my favorite comprimise, I just sleep better, especially with my windows open, if I’m on the second floor. If someone breaks a leg, they can use the downstairs bedroom for a few weeks. If I need to move a relative in that is elderly, that works well too. It also been easy to train the dogs that they are not allowed upstairs, they are old anyways and dont like going up them.
Single stories are the most marketable but most tract homes have a few models, usually the single story is the smallest because it uses up more land. My neighborhood has 2000 sq ft single stories that are very nice, but they only get a 2 car garage as is often the case elsewhere. If they designed them differently I’d lean towards them more, my buddy has a sweet 2500 sq ft home with 4 garages, broken into two-2car buildings on different sides of the house and it’s all a one story, but his was a semi-custom on a big lot, those are hard to find or cost a bundle.
ParticipantI actually feel bad for making mormon jokes earlier in the thread. Yes, it’s hard to understand a college that doesn’t allow caffiene, tobacco, facial hair, alcohol or sex. But it doesn’t mean I don’t respect them, they did what few colleges ever do, they sacrificed sports success for prinicples. I wouldn’t survive a week at BYU, my college days started and ended with violating most of their codes, in fact, my fondest memories were the days I broke them all. Since the age of 17, I have never made it through a single day without doing at least one of the things that would get me kicked out of BYU. But that doesn’t make either of us right or wrong.
They got killed by and inferior team at home tonight, the best player in the college game right now (Jimmer), went 1 for 9 from the three point line. He’s obviously affected because I think he’s probably good for 3 of 9 from the half court line on any other night.
But the fact remains, Brandon Davies grew up in Provo, Utah. This was not foriegn to him. He had other opportunities but he accepted the scholarship and the rules that came with it. We have a hard time seeing what the big deal is because probably 99% of us had sex with their girlfriends or boyfriends at one time in their lives as adults. But we didn’t willingly agree that we wouldn’t. It’s the same as buying a house in a neighborhood with a strict HOA then painting your house pink and yellow and getting sued. It’s not a crime to do that, you aren’t hurting anyone, but it’s your fault for buying into an HOA. However, to further the analogy, no HOA would make you change the color of your house if it was bringing in millions of dollars for the HOA and the neighbors. BYU just did that. Respect it even if you don’t agree with it.
I’m an Aztec Alum, so I should feel good about this but I don’t. It’s unfortunate for the player, the BYU team, but it’s also unfortunate for the Aztecs and their fans. We wanted to meet them in the conference tourney and the national tourney, we wanted to beat them at their best, to exercise our demons. We probably will beat them now, but it won’t feel the same. If SDSU isn’t playing BYU, I’ll root for BYU. Because if it’s not us, then I want ot to be them, especially now. Both teams represent the opposite of what’s wrong with college sports today.
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