[urbanrealtor]

[quote=qwerty007]I notice on some US news TV stations they play up the “international celebrations” thing, but the truth is that the world is a very big place, and it is likely only a small percentage of people follow US elections. Obama’s victory will be reported in national papers, but a lot of people won’t really know who he is, or much about him. The fact that he has African American roots will attract attention, but not much else. There is a bit of a misperception in the US that the rest of the world is sitting in the same room, but this is a little removed from the reality.

However, you are right that Bush has put the US under the international spotlight, and blotted the proverbial copy-book somewhat. In direct contrast, Obama will be seen as a very moderate figure, who is much more fluent in world-speak. His tone and demeanor are less likely to inflame the ranks of anti-Americanism. Anyone listening to his closing speech last night, would have been struck by his conciliatory tones, realism, and understatement. Whether he lives up to the task in hand remains to be seen, but if his campaign is anything to go by, there’s hope in my view.[/quote]

Obama is probably the only dude who had a passport the same age as me. I was 3 weeks old.
My son was 5 weeks old.

This is not an indictment of his policies but I always found it really pathetic that W applied for his first passport after assuming office.

I kind of think that travel and experience should be a prerequisite to being the most powerful man on earth.

I know its not and perhaps that is elitist and snobby but being naive just grates on me so.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=qwerty007]I notice on some US news TV stations they play up the “international celebrations” thing, but the truth is that the world is a very big place, and it is likely only a small percentage of people follow US elections. Obama’s victory will be reported in national papers, but a lot of people won’t really know who he is, or much about him. The fact that he has African American roots will attract attention, but not much else. There is a bit of a misperception in the US that the rest of the world is sitting in the same room, but this is a little removed from the reality.

However, you are right that Bush has put the US under the international spotlight, and blotted the proverbial copy-book somewhat. In direct contrast, Obama will be seen as a very moderate figure, who is much more fluent in world-speak. His tone and demeanor are less likely to inflame the ranks of anti-Americanism. Anyone listening to his closing speech last night, would have been struck by his conciliatory tones, realism, and understatement. Whether he lives up to the task in hand remains to be seen, but if his campaign is anything to go by, there’s hope in my view.[/quote]

Obama is probably the only dude who had a passport the same age as me. I was 3 weeks old.
My son was 5 weeks old.

This is not an indictment of his policies but I always found it really pathetic that W applied for his first passport after assuming office.

I kind of think that travel and experience should be a prerequisite to being the most powerful man on earth.

I know its not and perhaps that is elitist and snobby but being naive just grates on me so.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=esmith]Obama win is the only highlight of the day, it seems.

Prop 8 is winning. No supermajority for Democrats. Alaskans chose a convicted felon (Ted Stevens) as their senator. Yikes.[/quote]
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It is unfortunate that those other races did not go as I wanted but again the problem with democracy is that not everybody agrees with me.

It does embarass me that our state chose to limit rights.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=esmith]Obama win is the only highlight of the day, it seems.

Prop 8 is winning. No supermajority for Democrats. Alaskans chose a convicted felon (Ted Stevens) as their senator. Yikes.[/quote]
[img_assist|nid=9512|title=Leg shot|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=400|height=552]

It is unfortunate that those other races did not go as I wanted but again the problem with democracy is that not everybody agrees with me.

It does embarass me that our state chose to limit rights.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=esmith]Obama win is the only highlight of the day, it seems.

Prop 8 is winning. No supermajority for Democrats. Alaskans chose a convicted felon (Ted Stevens) as their senator. Yikes.[/quote]
[img_assist|nid=9512|title=Leg shot|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=400|height=552]

It is unfortunate that those other races did not go as I wanted but again the problem with democracy is that not everybody agrees with me.

It does embarass me that our state chose to limit rights.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=esmith]Obama win is the only highlight of the day, it seems.

Prop 8 is winning. No supermajority for Democrats. Alaskans chose a convicted felon (Ted Stevens) as their senator. Yikes.[/quote]
[img_assist|nid=9512|title=Leg shot|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=400|height=552]

It is unfortunate that those other races did not go as I wanted but again the problem with democracy is that not everybody agrees with me.

It does embarass me that our state chose to limit rights.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=esmith]Obama win is the only highlight of the day, it seems.

Prop 8 is winning. No supermajority for Democrats. Alaskans chose a convicted felon (Ted Stevens) as their senator. Yikes.[/quote]
[img_assist|nid=9512|title=Leg shot|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=400|height=552]

It is unfortunate that those other races did not go as I wanted but again the problem with democracy is that not everybody agrees with me.

It does embarass me that our state chose to limit rights.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=zk]Well, the easy part is over.

Let’s hope that Obama can live up to his promise. And let’s hope that we Americans can help him live up to it.

One thing I’d like to see his leadership accomplish is for it to help us to drift away from this “one side against the other” mentality that pervades this country, as illustrated on this forum. It’s our country, and we apparently all love it. But fighting each other accomplishes nothing to make it a better country. If we Americans, politicians especially, took all the time and energy that we spend bickering with and attacking each other and trying to spin things our way and spent it on seeing our problems as they are (not spinning), rationally discussing them and coming up with solutions for them, we might have a shot at turning this country around sooner rather than later. [/quote]

Here here.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=zk]Well, the easy part is over.

Let’s hope that Obama can live up to his promise. And let’s hope that we Americans can help him live up to it.

One thing I’d like to see his leadership accomplish is for it to help us to drift away from this “one side against the other” mentality that pervades this country, as illustrated on this forum. It’s our country, and we apparently all love it. But fighting each other accomplishes nothing to make it a better country. If we Americans, politicians especially, took all the time and energy that we spend bickering with and attacking each other and trying to spin things our way and spent it on seeing our problems as they are (not spinning), rationally discussing them and coming up with solutions for them, we might have a shot at turning this country around sooner rather than later. [/quote]

Here here.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=zk]Well, the easy part is over.

Let’s hope that Obama can live up to his promise. And let’s hope that we Americans can help him live up to it.

One thing I’d like to see his leadership accomplish is for it to help us to drift away from this “one side against the other” mentality that pervades this country, as illustrated on this forum. It’s our country, and we apparently all love it. But fighting each other accomplishes nothing to make it a better country. If we Americans, politicians especially, took all the time and energy that we spend bickering with and attacking each other and trying to spin things our way and spent it on seeing our problems as they are (not spinning), rationally discussing them and coming up with solutions for them, we might have a shot at turning this country around sooner rather than later. [/quote]

Here here.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=zk]Well, the easy part is over.

Let’s hope that Obama can live up to his promise. And let’s hope that we Americans can help him live up to it.

One thing I’d like to see his leadership accomplish is for it to help us to drift away from this “one side against the other” mentality that pervades this country, as illustrated on this forum. It’s our country, and we apparently all love it. But fighting each other accomplishes nothing to make it a better country. If we Americans, politicians especially, took all the time and energy that we spend bickering with and attacking each other and trying to spin things our way and spent it on seeing our problems as they are (not spinning), rationally discussing them and coming up with solutions for them, we might have a shot at turning this country around sooner rather than later. [/quote]

Here here.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=zk]Well, the easy part is over.

Let’s hope that Obama can live up to his promise. And let’s hope that we Americans can help him live up to it.

One thing I’d like to see his leadership accomplish is for it to help us to drift away from this “one side against the other” mentality that pervades this country, as illustrated on this forum. It’s our country, and we apparently all love it. But fighting each other accomplishes nothing to make it a better country. If we Americans, politicians especially, took all the time and energy that we spend bickering with and attacking each other and trying to spin things our way and spent it on seeing our problems as they are (not spinning), rationally discussing them and coming up with solutions for them, we might have a shot at turning this country around sooner rather than later. [/quote]

Here here.

[urbanrealtor]

Here is the reassessment form.

http://arcc.co.san-diego.ca.us/docs/calrev.pdf

In my experience (and I have helped several dozen clients and friends fill these forms out) the assessor does not differentiate between land and building value unless the property is on where the land has a major value other than existing housing (eg: a farm or a vacant lot).

It may have more relevance in other contexts but the question was with regard to the reassessment.

If you send me the address (urbanrealtor (at) gmail) or post it here I will send you the current values and the most favorable comps. The whole lookup process takes me about 5 minutes I will even drop it off at the county office if you fax or email it to me. I go there a lot. I don’t charge for that.

Typically, as econprof mentioned, they like comps that are more recent. In my experience, no comps more than 6 months old should be considered.

[urbanrealtor]

Here is the reassessment form.

http://arcc.co.san-diego.ca.us/docs/calrev.pdf

In my experience (and I have helped several dozen clients and friends fill these forms out) the assessor does not differentiate between land and building value unless the property is on where the land has a major value other than existing housing (eg: a farm or a vacant lot).

It may have more relevance in other contexts but the question was with regard to the reassessment.

If you send me the address (urbanrealtor (at) gmail) or post it here I will send you the current values and the most favorable comps. The whole lookup process takes me about 5 minutes I will even drop it off at the county office if you fax or email it to me. I go there a lot. I don’t charge for that.

Typically, as econprof mentioned, they like comps that are more recent. In my experience, no comps more than 6 months old should be considered.

[urbanrealtor]

Here is the reassessment form.

http://arcc.co.san-diego.ca.us/docs/calrev.pdf

In my experience (and I have helped several dozen clients and friends fill these forms out) the assessor does not differentiate between land and building value unless the property is on where the land has a major value other than existing housing (eg: a farm or a vacant lot).

It may have more relevance in other contexts but the question was with regard to the reassessment.

If you send me the address (urbanrealtor (at) gmail) or post it here I will send you the current values and the most favorable comps. The whole lookup process takes me about 5 minutes I will even drop it off at the county office if you fax or email it to me. I go there a lot. I don’t charge for that.

Typically, as econprof mentioned, they like comps that are more recent. In my experience, no comps more than 6 months old should be considered.

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