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    Poll: Irvine Housing Prediction June 2024 to 2025

    $50K price drop - knife catcher at this price. Pretty nice property and lot though. It will go lower.
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    Poll: Irvine Housing Prediction June 2024 to 2025

    why would mortage rates come down when the MBS market has such juicy yield? Property used to be difficult to buy for most but Ownership Society and ZIRP and Fannie/Freddie changed that. I personally see a return to that era with very high prices making property unaffordable for the masses. For...
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    The journey of OC2SV back to OC - with the aid of Martin

    We'd like that. I have your signs and lockbox as well.
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    The journey of OC2SV back to OC - with the aid of Martin

    some plumbing work to relocate laundry to the garage and add a single valve faucet to the guest shower, using The Tailored Closet to build custom organizers, recessed lighting (Martin's contact does great work at a great price), had some electrical stuff done incl adding the 30amp outlet to...
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    The journey of OC2SV back to OC - with the aid of Martin

    OMFG Olives Branch is insane - high end authentic Lebanese - even some red wines from the Bekaa Valley. And with Sol Agave in the same strip mall too. SJC actually is popping with restaurants - had awesome mexi the other night at El Maguey and there are several high end spots in the downtown...
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    The journey of OC2SV back to OC - with the aid of Martin

    I saw it on Yelp and will check it out. Had a great dinner at El Ranchito Sunday night - excellemnt tampiquena. Really like white boy mexi place Amber's down Niguel.
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    The journey of OC2SV back to OC - with the aid of Martin

    Prop 19 ended up being a wash given tacking on the delta from SJC purchase price to LN purchase would be equivalent to the straight 1% prop 13 base of the LN pad, which in and of itself is saving me big $$ as all the bonds the idiot Dem voters pass up trhere had me at close to 1.5%. Only thing...
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    The journey of OC2SV back to OC - with the aid of Martin

    We have a place called Asian Kitchen walking distance from the house - sort of a smaller PF Changs. Excellent Kung Pao and a bar with draft beers and sports and I do see some Asian people there, whereas Jizake is almost all Japanese staff but white clientele (even a little RHOC'ish on a Friday...
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    Presidential Elections

    We should all welcome return to Donnie's foreign policy - even the wonks agree https://www.foreignaffairs.com/donald-trump-realist-former-president-american-power-byers-schweller
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    The journey of OC2SV back to OC - with the aid of Martin

    The biggest difference in South County is virtually zero Asians or Indians. I'm usually the darkest guy in the room.
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    The journey of OC2SV back to OC - with the aid of Martin

    We decided early this year after 17 years in the Bay and 4 years prior in New England to return to South OC. We used Martin for the sale of our San Jose house and the purchase of our Laguna Niguel house. We did a mini-reno prior to sale - LVP throughout, new interior/exterior paint and some new...
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    ICE or EV?

    No HOA kommisar in Bluffs?
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    Presidential Elections

    good segment on Bloomberg this morning discussing how Trump has been able to continuously re-invent himself financially over the past 4+ decades - truly remarkable
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    Why Do the Chinese Love Irvine?

    Young Indian families go to the Bay area these days or Irvine if the job is down here. Is Cerritos stil as nice as it was in the 80s? I always thought it was an oasis surrounded by sketchy Artesia/Norwalk/Bellflower.
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    Panda's Art Gallery by Sarang Design | Korean American Designer

    I think you're on to something though it isn't solely spiritual. Atheists marry too but what are the factors diminishing the drive to marry? Is SK seeing a similar epidemic of low testosterone that we're witnessing with the younger generation here, driven by too much vegetarianism, stress and...
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    Need some professional opinion here? Should I sell or should I rent it out?

    You are dangerously close to screwing yourself. Your non-mortage debt is sky high for your income - that is your cash flow drain. Sell the stock and use your cash to eliminate the debt, but you have to pay cap gains so maybe do a cash out refi for $300K at 6.5 or 7% which is a lot cheaper than a...
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    2025 Top Public Colleges & Universities

    It's Friday so WTH...I have ...experience with most Asian cultures. My completely politically uncorrect assessment: Korean women - the most prim and proper but animals inside. usually larger cup sizes. Vietnamese women - smartest and usually pretty hot Mainland Chinese - most status conscious...
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    Heart of Parenting, Marriage, and Family

    The toughest thing is maintaining and growing the relationship with your kids while being an actual parent. There will be moments of pain as the frontal cortex develops. I found fosterig the same athletic hobbies I obsess over - golf, surfing, snowboarding - was something our son grabbed onto as...
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    2025 Top Public Colleges & Universities

    Ours just played JV/Varsity football and track. He wanted to play travel baseball but never put in the extra work to get to that level beyond little league and that was the gate for the high school baseball team. Looking back I'm glad we had him every night.
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