Recent content by Liar Loan

I don't go to Costco for gas to save 10-20 cents over ARCO with no wait. Again, time value of money.

It's been four years since I started this thread. Let's check in on rents, shall we? ‘Finally, a renter’s market’: L.A. rent prices drop to four-year low The median rent in the L.A. metro area dropped to $2,167 in December — the lowest price in four years, according to data from Apartment List...

Driving for dollars is how many flippers do it. 1. Drive the neighborhoods you are interested in. 2. Write down the addresses of the homes that look older and might need renovation. 3. Check the sales history. If it was sold decades ago, it might be an older owner looking to sell...

The saying "time is money" applies here. It applies especially to 1%ers, but everybody on this forum is probably in the top 10% financially, so it applies to all of us. You should be valuing your time far more than your money, especially as you age because you have less remaining time in life...

Norway achieved widespread EV adoption by taxing the poor to subsidize the rich, similar to the strategy the US has used but on a larger scale. EV buyers were being subsidized an average $27,000 in VAT tax savings per vehicle, while poor people still mostly rode bikes. At the time of this...

Iran just appointed the son of the prior Ayatollah to be their new king.

With Tesla's having the highest fatality rate of any car maker on the road, and death-by-Tesla being particularly fiery and gruesome due to the lithium ion battery heating to extreme temperatures, I wonder if you are placing too much faith in this technology?

I mean 2020-21 had the lowest rates in 2,000 years of interest rate history so that was a pretty good time.

Notice the data points since the expiration of the tax credit have not been favorable for electric. The time to EV adoption is going to extend well past 21 years if this new trend continues. And this chart is just for new car registrations, not used, so the percentage of EV vehicles on the...

Wow... This is bordering on American carmaker levels of incompetence. Sad.

Maybe try asking IHO what I was doing RE-wise 10 years ago. There's your proof.

And this is before the war in Iran or the recent spike in mortgage rates!

Keep in mind, even mom/pop places have suppliers that are large national corporations. The small business owners really have no ability to fight these market forces. The person that owns this economy is Jerome Powell and the other deciders at the Fed. They flooded the economy with money...

Highly leveraged Irvine buyers are going to have problems this Spring. Highest Mortgage Rates Since August 2025 March 2026 continues to be an unpleasant month for mortgage rates--a fact almost exclusively due to the Iran war. Even if the war were to end today, there's been sufficient...

Haha... I would LOVE to see the proof! Please post it. And if it turns out you are wrong, I expect a heartfelt apology from you. ;)