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ParticipantI’ve heard good things about the program from a mom who considered that program.
I’ve heard excellent things about Marshall Middle and their seminar program. A mom I know looked at all the middle school options for her seminar kid and is considering moving if her choice application doesn’t happen. Dingeman feeds into Marshall, IIRC.
ParticipantDefinitely consider the school district. We have family in PA with kids with various dx’s (ADHD, asbergers, PDD). Like your child, OT and speech therapies were very much called for. My BIL turned down a job that would double his salary when he realized that the school district in suburban Georgia would not offer any of these services. It was the right choice for his family – and the two kids are now in college having been able to mainstream and succeed with the help of therapy and IEPs. Having to pay for the therapy themselves would have more than negated the big pay hike.
Family support is another huge thing. You say your family is here. That could be a significant factor. Support and understanding go a long way in alleviating the stresses associated with dealing with the day in day out needs of a kid with autism.
ParticipantIf it’s closed/funded/recorded I don’t think you can do anything.
It’s done.Participant[quote=XBoxBoy][quote=ljinvestor]IMO, you just need to find a buyers agent you can trust and let them collect the 2-3%[/quote]
This might be a bit harsh, but… I don’t think the OP needs to find someone they can trust. What they do need to do is to firmly understand there are four sets of interest in any real estate transaction. The seller’s interests, the seller’s agent’s interests, the buyer’s agent’s interests, and the buyer’s interests. At no time should anyone really “trust” the other to look out for their interests. Each party needs to look out for their own interests.
As a buyer that means becoming knowledgeable about the market you’re looking in, comps, expenses, etc. Gain as much knowledge about what the stages of escrow are as you can, etc.
But a buyer should not trust their agent with all that they are thinking. For instance, a buyer shouldn’t tell their agent, “heck, I’d go another 10k without walking away.” As a buyer you want everyone in the transaction to be aware that you can and will walk away if you don’t get a deal you feel is fair.
Lastly, if you really feel you want to trust other parties in the deal, trust them to look out for their interests. So, yes if your agent thinks you are going to walk away from the deal, then I think it’s fair to trust that your agent will do whatever he can to make the deal happen, even if it means a slightly reduced commission. But trusting your agent to represent your interests doesn’t seem that wise to me.
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Like, +1, whatever. I agree with this.ParticipantCraigslist?
ParticipantHave you looked at dixieline for the fireplace stuff? We replaced our fireplace door with a unit purchased at the Dixieline in Kearny Mesa.
ParticipantIt used to be the haven of divorced folks… You needed a place to store stuff after moving out from the wife/hubby.
Now I look at folks who have their garages completely packed full of junk, and park their relatively expensive cars outside… and pay storage fees as well.
I don’t get it.
Note too self… time for another yard sale… time to purge more junk.
February 28, 2012 at 3:02 PM in reply to: Mira Mesa – 7510 Bannister Ln – 10%+ loss in less than one year #738864Participant[quote=Wah-Wah]street noise or power line : http://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Diego/10774-Penara-St-92126/home/4596173
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The house from the OP does not have power line issues.Or were you talking about Mira Mesa in general?
February 28, 2012 at 8:39 AM in reply to: OT-Contest to guess the occupant of beautiful new building in RSF #738834Participant[quote=flu]Can we all agree enginerds these days are paid like sh!t?[/quote]
Yes.February 27, 2012 at 10:51 AM in reply to: OT-Contest to guess the occupant of beautiful new building in RSF #738784ParticipantI guess I’m confused what the fuss is about the RSF firestation.
Codes are different for public emergency buildings – so the costs are a bit higher. (Seismic standards are higher, for example.) The RSF firestation #3 was replacing one that was no longer to current code.
As far as the locations… Maybe I have a tin ear – but it sounds like whining if the complaint is that these are in view locations. Seems like fire stations should have some combination of view and/or access to areas that they are protecting. I’ll admit that a read the complaint about firestations having views as a realtor opinion that it precludes profitable high end homes going in the same spot… No money for realtors in firestations. Maybe that’s harsh – but that was my first reaction.
How this devolved into yet another fight over public sector jobs and compensation is beyond me. I’m waiting for Markmax to step in and convert it to a Ron Paul discussion… or Paddyoh to step in and convert it to a Jeff Bridges is a bad guy discussion.
February 26, 2012 at 1:47 PM in reply to: What would you do for the privilege of being American ? #738719Participant[quote=briansd1]There also could be a penalty to being American.
You have to pay income taxes on your wordwide income, so it’s not so easy to give up American citizenship. There is a process to renounce it.
As far as income taxes, I think that it’s only fair to pay proportional to the share of wealth you get from society.[/quote]
If you meet the rules for being an ex-patriot you can exclude a huge chunk of income earned overseas. But that’s because your probably paying taxes where the money is earned. There are rules of how many days you can be in the U.S. per year or lose your expat status. My sister was an expat several years ago and I’m considering an overseas retirement. I do not plan to renounce my citizenship.ParticipantLove it.
ParticipantSD Realtor has bought at auction. I believe he and a few other investors pooled their money to do this.
I considered it seriously a few years ago as a way to pick up a more affordable rental property and asked him a bunch of questions.
Some things to know:
– The auction date can (and probably will) change before it finally gets sold at the steps.
– There is no contingency of any kind. You are buying it AS IS. No inspection, no title report, nothing.
– On the subject of title report… you need to make sure that you are bidding on a first trust deed. On rare occasion, the second deedholder will foreclose. In that case you’re not getting the property…. Learn to check the grant deed databases and make sure you know what your getting. This is NOT for the inexperienced or amateur.
– The payment is made in cashiers check and cash. Since you don’t know the final amount, apparently folks bring a base cashiers check – and incremental ones to add to it…
– The opening bid price is rarely posted ahead of time. It may be posted the night before – but more often, it’s posted the morning of the auction.If it’s being short sold – you can probably arrange to get in the house before the auction under the guise of being interested in buying it under short sale – if you have someone who can do an informal inspection, bring them with you.
February 21, 2012 at 2:26 PM in reply to: State tax deductibility of all Mello-Roos charges threatened beginning tax year 2012 #738429Participant[quote=flu][quote=bearishgurl]I just ran across this (1/9/12) article:
(emphasis added)see: http://economy.ocregister.com/2012/01/09/state-targets-property-tax-payers/101799/%5B/quote%5D
No need for emphasis here. Everyone here already knows this BG.[/quote]
I’m confused flu…
Here you say everyone already knows this – when she posted an article saying a new computer system will be online this year to get the prop tax data from the counties.Then in other posts you say they will never do it because they’re broke and won’t get the system together.
I assume the prop tax data will be like other tax data reported by employers, brokerage firms, banks, etc… sent directly from the county to the state (and fed)… Done electronically. Presumably they’ve defined the interfaces so that the reporters (counties) can all transmit the data exactly the same. Maybe that’s a leap – but it sounds like this has been in the works for a while.
Are you saying the computer program to accept this data from the counties won’t happen? Or are you saying everyone already knows it will be done (see above).
You can jump all over Brian for being inconsistent… but he’s consistently inconsistent. It throws me for a loop when you’re inconsistent, flu, because usually you maintain the consistent view.
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