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ParticipantWow – Carly only got $20 Million when she was fired.
I need to tack some letters after my name (CEO) so if I get canned I get more than a couple weeks pay and the right to cobra benefits. Hmmm UCgal, CEO… has a nice ring to it.
ParticipantWow – Carly only got $20 Million when she was fired.
I need to tack some letters after my name (CEO) so if I get canned I get more than a couple weeks pay and the right to cobra benefits. Hmmm UCgal, CEO… has a nice ring to it.
ParticipantThere are big ticket items that can be looked out without power and water… foundation, roof, structural integrety. A cracked foundation can be very expensive to repair… a bad roof or existing water damage can be very expensive to repair. Minor termite damage – not a big deal… but if it’s effecting the structural integrety… a big deal.
Personally, I’d want to look at the house closely, even if it wasn’t a formal inspection, before buying.
Unless the price is such that even if it’s a tear down it makes sense…. That’s a different thing.
ParticipantThere are big ticket items that can be looked out without power and water… foundation, roof, structural integrety. A cracked foundation can be very expensive to repair… a bad roof or existing water damage can be very expensive to repair. Minor termite damage – not a big deal… but if it’s effecting the structural integrety… a big deal.
Personally, I’d want to look at the house closely, even if it wasn’t a formal inspection, before buying.
Unless the price is such that even if it’s a tear down it makes sense…. That’s a different thing.
ParticipantThere are big ticket items that can be looked out without power and water… foundation, roof, structural integrety. A cracked foundation can be very expensive to repair… a bad roof or existing water damage can be very expensive to repair. Minor termite damage – not a big deal… but if it’s effecting the structural integrety… a big deal.
Personally, I’d want to look at the house closely, even if it wasn’t a formal inspection, before buying.
Unless the price is such that even if it’s a tear down it makes sense…. That’s a different thing.
ParticipantThere are big ticket items that can be looked out without power and water… foundation, roof, structural integrety. A cracked foundation can be very expensive to repair… a bad roof or existing water damage can be very expensive to repair. Minor termite damage – not a big deal… but if it’s effecting the structural integrety… a big deal.
Personally, I’d want to look at the house closely, even if it wasn’t a formal inspection, before buying.
Unless the price is such that even if it’s a tear down it makes sense…. That’s a different thing.
ParticipantThere are big ticket items that can be looked out without power and water… foundation, roof, structural integrety. A cracked foundation can be very expensive to repair… a bad roof or existing water damage can be very expensive to repair. Minor termite damage – not a big deal… but if it’s effecting the structural integrety… a big deal.
Personally, I’d want to look at the house closely, even if it wasn’t a formal inspection, before buying.
Unless the price is such that even if it’s a tear down it makes sense…. That’s a different thing.
August 7, 2010 at 10:20 AM in reply to: Problem Solved: The Return of the $1,000 Down Mortgage #587747ParticipantCAR – I remember tighter DTI ratios too… when I bought my first house in WA state in 1991 WAMU required 25% DTI. This was back before WAMU got crazy, they were still mostly WA state at that point. They also held the mortgage themselves (no selling it off to GSEs). Boy times changed in the ensuing decades.
August 7, 2010 at 10:20 AM in reply to: Problem Solved: The Return of the $1,000 Down Mortgage #587839ParticipantCAR – I remember tighter DTI ratios too… when I bought my first house in WA state in 1991 WAMU required 25% DTI. This was back before WAMU got crazy, they were still mostly WA state at that point. They also held the mortgage themselves (no selling it off to GSEs). Boy times changed in the ensuing decades.
August 7, 2010 at 10:20 AM in reply to: Problem Solved: The Return of the $1,000 Down Mortgage #588377ParticipantCAR – I remember tighter DTI ratios too… when I bought my first house in WA state in 1991 WAMU required 25% DTI. This was back before WAMU got crazy, they were still mostly WA state at that point. They also held the mortgage themselves (no selling it off to GSEs). Boy times changed in the ensuing decades.
August 7, 2010 at 10:20 AM in reply to: Problem Solved: The Return of the $1,000 Down Mortgage #588483ParticipantCAR – I remember tighter DTI ratios too… when I bought my first house in WA state in 1991 WAMU required 25% DTI. This was back before WAMU got crazy, they were still mostly WA state at that point. They also held the mortgage themselves (no selling it off to GSEs). Boy times changed in the ensuing decades.
August 7, 2010 at 10:20 AM in reply to: Problem Solved: The Return of the $1,000 Down Mortgage #588793ParticipantCAR – I remember tighter DTI ratios too… when I bought my first house in WA state in 1991 WAMU required 25% DTI. This was back before WAMU got crazy, they were still mostly WA state at that point. They also held the mortgage themselves (no selling it off to GSEs). Boy times changed in the ensuing decades.
Participantsdduuuude – that was great.
back to the op… I was raised in a mixed household… mom was a republican, dad was a democrat. We violated social norms and debated politics and every other subject at the dinner table. It was kind of like piggington – where you needed to have some substance to back your arguments. I definitely learned (and I think it’s a learned skill) to listen, and be willing to consider opposing views. So, yeah, I’ve changed my mind when presented with compelling arguments.
It wasn’t until I was 17 or 18 that I realized how unusual our dinner table conversations were and how many people ignore facts that don’t fit their mindset.
Piggington reminds me of those old dinner table conversations – lots of differing views, (some) people bringing substance to debate. It’s a good thing.
Participantsdduuuude – that was great.
back to the op… I was raised in a mixed household… mom was a republican, dad was a democrat. We violated social norms and debated politics and every other subject at the dinner table. It was kind of like piggington – where you needed to have some substance to back your arguments. I definitely learned (and I think it’s a learned skill) to listen, and be willing to consider opposing views. So, yeah, I’ve changed my mind when presented with compelling arguments.
It wasn’t until I was 17 or 18 that I realized how unusual our dinner table conversations were and how many people ignore facts that don’t fit their mindset.
Piggington reminds me of those old dinner table conversations – lots of differing views, (some) people bringing substance to debate. It’s a good thing.
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