We finished our condo purchase in Dallas today. The close took about 12-13 minutes, including smalltalk about Thanksgiving.
There are some differences with CA. One of them is that you don't have to pick any of the intricate choices about how to hold title, like tenants in common, joint...
"Agreed - during our time in Dallas, we met many CA transplants. Funny thing tho....I've met many people in SoCal that used to live in TX. ;)"
I knew several of those when I lived in LA. To the best of my knowledge, all of them either left CA, or are in the process of leaving now...
The latest thing I've noticed is how many people I run into who used to live in LA. Lots of them in Dallas.
Migration of some form must explain most of the drop in LAUSD's enrollment. District enrollment is down about 9% in 7 years, and the drop is getting faster. This matches with my...
I find it amazing how few truly sympathetic cases the media can find. There simply must be someone with a story where you say "Wow, they didn't really do anything wrong. They tried to be responsible and lost their home anyhow"
Posted this on the main blog, but thought it might be interesting here.
I'm buying a condo in Dallas next week (for investment). 20% off of original list, 5% off of most recent list price, 1/3 off of peak. Distressed seller, mildly below recent sale comps.
Aftertax cap rate around...
If you live in Dallas, you will note a large number of police officers. They are out patrolling our neighborhood in the evening. Actual police officers in uniform are in many stores. These aren't minimum wage "security" that you often see in other cities.
I haven't been able to figure...
I ran across an interesting report yesterday. http://www.rockinst.org/pdf/government_finance/state_revenue_report/2009-10-15-SRR_77.pdf
The Rockefeller Institute has a regular series on state tax collections. It may come as shock to many Californians that there are many other states whose...
The quake hazard near St Louis is horrible. Seldom, but the worst in recorded history in the US. The quakes in the early 1800s rang church bells in Boston.
I noticed another difference while putting up some pictures today. In Texas, people use simple screws and nails to hang things. No complex mountings or quake gum. They assume pictures will stay put.