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Now we know which homes will absorb the Facebook demand for housing
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 4 Apr 2012 77 comments, latest 12 years ago
At least before Facebook starts doing reverse splits to save from getting de-listed. Yup, I said it. http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/0 #housing

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Lose 70K in 2 months!
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 13 Aug 2013 62 comments, latest 11 years ago
If you bought this for the list price of 730K on June 27th, you would be out 70K now. Maybe more because even at 660K it probably won't move. ...

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2 weeks to find a new Rental!
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 6 Jun 2012 74 comments, latest 12 years ago
So, the most feared event happened to me as a renter. The worst thing that could happening in the world. It has been talked about here in arguments why ...

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NO Multi-bids on this house you bunch of slimmy despicable Realtors
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 3 Apr 2012 30 comments, latest 12 years ago
I guess you are not taking your clients to this neighborhood. They are all buying up the 1000sqft million dollar homes next to El Camino where you keep saying ...

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Sellers are starting to feel it! Down down down
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 30 Aug 2013 26 comments, latest 11 years ago
519..499..485..475.. is there any buyer out there??? http://www.redfin.com/CA/Pleas

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Here come the rentals!
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 8 Aug 2013 70 comments, latest 11 years ago
Getting more and more crowded out there in landlordville. This is only the beginning.

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But But But Housing is the only game, you must BUY!
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 16 May 2013 61 comments, latest 11 years ago
I can't help but realize that in the last few months my equity investments have jumped savagely on increased earnings. While Realtors are hoping that housing is going to ...

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Good argument to not have kids. Are they worth 200K?
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 19 Apr 2012 64 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://economy.money.cnn.com/2

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Rents are rising in the BA. Yah right!
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 7 May 2012 24 comments, latest 12 years ago
I have been living here since 1997 and always interested in renting in Palo Alto. I have never ever been able to find a decent rental value. Well, guess ...

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Why the Fed can't fix housing. Doh!
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 24 Feb 2012 29 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/2 Here is an easy solution. Stop the madness of backing the banks. It isn't a right to own a home in this country like so many think. It ...

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Blackhawk market dying
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 14 Oct 2013 31 comments, latest 11 years ago
75 days now and no bids. http://www.redfin.com/CA/Danvi Now the owner is trying to rent. http://sfbay.en.craigslist.org It'll be interesting to see how long before the price drops. I doubt there ...

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Market dropping = rising Inventory
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 12 Dec 2013 19 comments, latest 10 years ago
Just watch what happens as we go through a much needed stock market correction. My hunch is it will lead to a spike in housing inventory. It is always ...

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Exit! Stage Left
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 10 May 2013 35 comments, latest 11 years ago
I might be on this list in a couple years if nothing gets done to fix this economy. So far, it is all a bunch of smoke and mirrors. ...

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Pleasanton Joke Market
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 17 Feb 2014 14 comments, latest 10 years ago
Flippers trying to sell this place since Dec/12. What a bunch of idiots. My guess is everytime the bank does an appraisal the price comes up way shy of ...

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I predict a huge inventory of rentals in the spring!
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 13 Feb 2013 28 comments, latest 11 years ago
I can see the inventory already rising in my area of interest. Lots of 3+ bedrooms between 2k-3K for rent in Pleasanton/Dublin/San Ramon. Two months ago this search turned ...

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tick tick tick
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 22 Mar 2012 21 comments, latest 12 years ago
Things will only get worse going forward. Even with the fed throwing billions at buying paper the rates still want to go up. Just imagine what happens when they ...

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Hope the flipper here didn't use hard money
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 5 Nov 2013 7 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://www.redfin.com/CA/Pleas

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Washer and Dryer included!
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 8 Feb 2012 17 comments, latest 12 years ago
Is it just me or do other people laugh when up to half of the description of a million dollar+ house for sale in the BA is taken up ...

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American to Lose Everything
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 26 Apr 2013 10 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://moneymorning.com/ob-art A record breaking stock market is distorting a frightening reality: The U.S. is being eaten alive by a horrific cancer that will ultimately destroy the economy and impoverish ...

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What? Better to Rent in San Francisco? Who would have thought. Pure Genius.
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 6 Sep 2012 18 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://money.cnn.com/gallery/r I guess all that effort towards improving the national math scores is starting to pay off. ;) Limited land and an influx of well-paid tech workers has helped ...

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Price this rental!
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 4 Feb 2013 24 comments, latest 11 years ago
Now is your chance to back up the owning is cheaper claims. Looking at the rent-vs-buy calculator with basic assumptions this place should sell for 600-650K to be on ...

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Roberto doesn't even live in Phoenix!
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 27 May 2013 18 comments, latest 11 years ago
I just meet someone at a party that knows Roberto first hand. He let me in on some details that are quite hilarious. Roberto is a high school dropout ...

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Phoenix is on Fire!
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 14 May 2012 9 comments, latest 11 years ago
Doesn't someone around here keep barking about how Phoenix real estate is appreciating? We might already have proof of multi-universes for the string theory folks right on this site. ...

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More proof that rising interest rates have no effect on housing
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 3 Oct 2013 1 comment, latest 11 years ago
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ Single-family home starts are expected to be 629,000 this year, lower than an April estimate of 672,000, the Washington-based group said in a report today. In 2014, the ...

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You didn't find these kinds of prices even just last year!
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 2 Feb 2012 11 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.movoto.com/real-est I'm sure more to come over the next 1-2 years. People are unfortunately runnin g out of options. Now when I can find something comparable in Santa Clara ...

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Reviewing the stupidity
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 25 Feb 2012 7 comments, latest 11 years ago
One of my enjoyments is going back and looking at videos that predicted things that never really happened. Here it is the "Second surge". Sounds exciting, like something from ...

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So long, nice knowing you, well some of you.
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 28 May 2013 11 comments, latest 11 years ago
I may drop back in a couple years and I'm sure I'll see the same pissing matches around here, with so many morons thinking they know the future. This ...

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Price this Pleasanton rental!
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 13 Aug 2013 13 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eb How much would it sell for? $200/sqft? $300/sqft? more? Is ownership cheaper here? You do the math.

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Only if there was a house for sale somewhere around here.
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 16 May 2014 3 comments, latest 10 years ago
Just only. http://www.redfin.com/city/171

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Borrowing from ourselves to make us appear richer.
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 20 Apr 2012 8 comments, latest 12 years ago
When the idea to borrow against ourselves first got tabled, someone should have been shot IMHO. Dead on the spot. As an example for the next stupid idea in ...

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Wow, now you have to pay your bills before you qualify for a mortgage.
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 1 Apr 2012 5 comments, latest 12 years ago
The "everyone deserves a home" program just hit another bump. They changed it to "only people up on their bills deserve a home". Incredible progress. Just stupid stupid people ...

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Even NAR is saying it now!
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 22 Feb 2012 10 comments, latest 12 years ago
If they are saying things went down 2% mth-mth then you can be sure it was actually around double that. And the story continues. Amazing how many people are ...

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Losing another 2300 home buyers. Dammit
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 26 Jan 2014 2 comments, latest 10 years ago
Many of these high paying jobs (assistant managers) are the people paying cash for the SFBA homes. My guess is they just use it as a 2nd home a ...

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Become your own agent
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 31 Jan 2012 11 comments, latest 12 years ago
Has anyone on this forum become a real estate agent just to close their own deals. Come on, how hard can it be. I envision a room with everyone ...

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Danville-Blackhawk for sale!
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 12 Sep 2013 1 comment, latest 11 years ago
I drove through Blackhawk today to visit a friend. I was floored by all the forsale signs. Normally, this place has hardly anything forsale, now it seems like every ...

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Idiot cash buyers
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 19 Feb 2014 2 comments, latest 10 years ago
Welcome to the world of stupid. Glad this is not my money going down the drain. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/

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Canada not free to join anymore
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 11 Feb 2014 3 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/1 The program allowed rich foreign investors to apply for permanent residency in Canada if they had a minimum net worth of 1.6 million Canadian dollars ($1.5 million) and ...

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Bank now chasing a market of no buyers in a short sale.
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 1 Feb 2014 3 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://www.redfin.com/CA/Dubli

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And the picture gets crowded! So much for an inventory problem.
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 20 Sep 2013 1 comment, latest 11 years ago
http://tinyurl.com/l5dgzsj

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4.125% what a joke. The home owner can get 3.5% and save even more!
by RentingForHalfTheCost on 28 Feb 2013 3 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://finance.fortune.cnn.com If someone called me offering 4.125% I'd just hang up. They are just being mean to me. It would take you no time at all hunting around for ...

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