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I don't know where to post this...well, an instant 1/2 million dollar loss if sold at asking price.. should be interesting enough to post here! <a href="http://www.redfin.com/stingray/do/printable-listing?listing-id=1192966"></a><a...

<a href="http://www.dds.cahwnet.gov/Fairview/Fairview.cfm">This</a> used to be one of my regular hangouts. It is definitely not for everyone. I remember they required new volunteers to go through a 7-hour a day orientation for a whole week.

"<strong><em>The most intelligent, beautiful, kind, supportive, giving, warm, wise, insightful, wonderful woman I know is in her forties. You want to guess who she is?</em></strong>" Mrs. awgee !

reason, Funny that was the first thing I asked too. But no, it is not Norman Hsu. I heard in socal, Norman Hsu was known as Peter in Chinese Community. So, beware of people with multiple names. fumbling, The attorney suggested giving 1/2 ownership of house was their immigration...

Phony business adventures, investments, real estate transactions, political fundraising,..etc. Two of the known victims on the list are real estate agents and one is a CEO of a Taiwanese pharmaceutical co. The con man had an accomplice and they both used so many alias I would not know which one...

Thank you. IrvineCommuter. I am sending the information out right away.

IrvineCommuter, are you an attorney? It appears to me that Kazak's brother and his wife are victims of a sophisticated fraud and thus lost a lot of money. I was told that there were more than a dozen victims around Irvine and Newport Beach, most of them Chinese (Kazak brother married a...

Kazak and his wife are in their mid 20's. His older brother is in early 40's. I have met all of them except the brother's wife. Most immigrants I have known didn't bring ALL their money to the US with them at once. We came here first with some spending money. After settled in a city, then...

<p>Kazak feels pressured to help because,</p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">If he refuses to go with the plan, his mother will sure use her own saving to help her elder son. Kazak worries that if the worst happens, he'd have to take care of his mother.</p> <p...

<strong><em>"wouldnt their increase be capped at 2%? i'm assuming this was in california?" </em></strong>Yes, it was in Westpark next to Culverdale elementary. I do not know how reliable the story is though.

<em>"<strong>Has anyone gone to court to lower their property tax.." </strong></em>My friend once told me that her former neighbor did just that and regret it. They got their property tax down in mid. 90's. It was easy to do and received no objection from the government at all. BUT, when...

Well, me first; since I post the thread for him! My first idea is to SELL THE HOUSE ! But, since Kazak's brother does not take that very well. The next best suggestion I have is this, <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">½ mil for ½ ownership.</p> <p...

<p>The following is roughly translated from Russian, </p> <p>Hi, everyone, I am a new immigrant renting in LA. Please call me Kazak for I am from Kazakhstan. I regularly visit my mother at an OC retirement home. My older brother lives with his own family in Irvine; he arrived in the US more...

bix's story, to me, just proves that men (at least some) are the cause of many women behave the way they do. Also, I am very sorry to see that many classically trained musician start to wear revealing clothes for concerts and photo shots --they are ones actually make money in the business.

For a second I thought I read "homeboy roommate." My home has only three bedrooms, one for myself, one for my piano and one I am using as a guest room for my visiting family members. Though my family did not help me to buy this place, I do feel obligated to let them stay whenever they...