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I don't think the fees include Mello-Roos. That was part of an earlier discussion I remember. Theoretically, if mello-roos fees are supposed to cover infrastructure in the development (roads, stoplights, etc.) then for a highrise, they should be particularly low since you have so many people...

There is implicit discrimination against minorities and women in this country. --- Lest we forget, the smallest minority in this country is the individual. What law do we have now that forbids a minority or female citizen from an opportunity afforded to others? I guess there are still...

Green, that's the misconception -- thinking there are only two classes. You're talking absolutes - people who have any and people who have none. That's not the way our country is. There are people who have more and people who have less and it will always be that way. If you take away the bottom...

Is it unfair for someone making $25k to pay $2500 in taxes when someone who makes $2.5m pays $250,000? Only if you think that $2.5m is 'too much' for one person to be making. While some who hold this view may fool themselves into thinking they are being altruistic and have only the greater good...

Just saw an ad for current listings in The Plaza at Jamboree and Campus. A low floor (5th?), 2 bedroom is asking $1,000,000.

Seems the number of foreclosures in QH are starting to exert some downward pressure on prices -- at least, for properties that actually sell and don't just sit on the MLS for a year. I've seen the numbers on some recently solds in the multi-family tracts. 3 bdrm townhomes that were purchased...

If this was not the case, credit card companies would not offer the programs. Think about it... *** They get paid even if you don't carry a balance - don't they charge the retailer a certain percent of each purchase just for allowing customers to use credit cards? I thought that was...

"You can ask, but its not a "material fact" and does not have to be disclosed." What state laws are you referring too? In California it is a question asked on a required disclosure as qwerty stated * * * My mistake -- didn't know that was specific to California. Back east its not...

You can ask, but its not a "material fact" and does not have to be disclosed.

You'll probably be asked to sign an exclusive buyer agency agreement that basically says you're promising only to work with that agent and if you buy something - even without them finding it for you - that they are owed a commission. You'll also be asked on a buyer agency agreement whether...

<em>Who pays for the marketing? Broker? Agent? A combination of both?</em> I would add to what xsocal says about the typical 'marketing plan' an agent might use. When you come right down to it, the only marketing your realtor really <u>needs </u>to do is a listing in MLS and their sign...

You shouldn't have any qualms about asking what the commission is on a particular property - keeping in mind it may vary depending on the deal the seller's agent and the seller worked out on any particular house. Among realtors its standard to split the full commission 50/50 with the buyer's...

They don't seem too bright. We had to move our service recently. Asking it to be turned on at new location on Monday and turned off at old location on the next Friday (overlapping the week when we'd be back and forth moving). Well they did it backwards, leaving us with no TV for a week at either...

Thanks for the info. WIth the water - we're low usage - $2.46. Then there's the $7.50 water service charge and the $13.65 sewer service charge for a total bill of $23.61. So you pay for the water itself, then pay 3x your usage for the service and 6x your usage for taking it away from your...

There are still some things I'm figuring out as a relative newcomer to California. Here's something I didn't expect - having to pay separately for garbage and recycling pickup. We're renting in a development with high HOA fees, so I'm surprised that neither property taxes, mello-roos, nor the...