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  1. changm55

    Irvine housing- % to income

    Well, that's what we get for a decade of cheap imports... Karmas a bitch ain't it?
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    What's the best piece of financial advice you've given or received?

    It's more like a bunch of Taiwanese proverbs... But the direct translations are below... Easy to make money... Hard to keep it... (Used more so in business... Concept is more like, its easy to start a business, but maintaining/growing it is the hard part) Money is always "running"... Don't...
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    New Owner Problems

    Yeah, this was kinda silly... I asked IP if I can just pay for all the upgrades in cash... They wouldn't let me... Would probably be a bit more annoyed at this but the interest rate was low so whatever's
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    County wants recent appraisal? What the heck for?

    I think you r absolutely correct... Kinda reminds me of them Traffic cameras that took pics of speeding violations to catch speeders.. Some cities they can't use cameras as a means of evidence.. but the city still mails u the ticket anyways along with the picture... If u pay without...
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    New Owner Problems

    IP did my landscaping, it was kind of rushed... The plant styles they picked are decent.... They didn't let me choose what type of plants cause it came as a standard incentive package... I think it looks just ok... A bit cluttered so I took out some of the medium sized bushes after i closed to...
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    New Owner Problems

    Also I'll be doing the garage epoxy thing too... Haven't figured out quite what I want yet... But ur garage thread has definitely been really helpful
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    New Owner Problems

    I did the whole house insulation too... It didn't help that much with sound insulation as much as I had hoped either (only slightly better then the apt I moved out from that didn't have insulation)... I think the insulation is there... its just that The R levels for the walls I think is...
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    Read a book? Ain't nobody got time for that...

    haha uh oh... u actually took my advice >_<... NooOooOoooo.... i dunno... i thought it was pretty good haha... i read to like his 3rd or 4th book... it gets kinda wierd after the first book cause each book is like on its own tangent (ie one is about the first book but from another kids...
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    Why are you on TI?

    i come on TI cause where else can u read snarky comments!?! hahaha
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    Housing about to Blowup

    Think I just read enough snark to fill my quota for the week
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    Read a book? Ain't nobody got time for that...

    Haha how about Enders game if u enjoy scifi
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    Detached condo or Attached condo?

    But when I hear my neighbors having sex, it turns me on...
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    Housing about to Blowup

    What? Cut back on the snark??? Blasphemous!!!
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    Housing about to Blowup

    Lol... Sorry haha yeah I was asking what commodities their plants make... Not salaries.. Salary haha haven't paid myself in years... Dirt poor these days
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    Housing about to Blowup

    i do castings... ductile and gray iron
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    Housing about to Blowup

    our company is actually thinking about doing the same moving their plants back to taiwan... btw what do u guys make?
  17. changm55

    Advice on a bird's nest

    good if its a swallow... not good if other type of bird (ie crows or what nots)... we dont have swallows in southern california haha the thing with birds is thier shit is acidic... which can cause some damage to ur paint n stucco
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    Detached condo or Attached condo?

    hmm for manhattan, if ur rich enough, u can buy up all the "attached condos" in a brown stone co-op and make it back to the "detached" that the building was meant to be in the first place LOL...
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    Advice on a bird's nest

    haha a bird tried to build a nest on top of my front door lol i went to wallmart and bought a fake owl... it scared the birds away the next day, works like a charm...
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    Blank Blank Blank

    labor is for sure the defining factor... the rise of home depot and the concept of DIY is very closely associated with the rise of labor costs in the states... if labor cost wasnt an issue, i would call maintenance to do everything in the states... but unfortunately, just to get some guy to...
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