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The driving factor is age. Not so much the age of the owners, but age of the neighborhood which means the neighborhood have undergone an maturation and eventual decline. It's the same story for the revitalized neighborhoods that have gentrified. Their success the first time around results in...

You're a month out. If the place is empty and no work is needed, the landlord is going to want it rented. I've done and would do what IPO did and take place for the 1st and relax on the move. You've have a much easier time with the next move if you're at the 1st.

Close your eyes in Oak Creek otherwise you might notice that the homes have an unexplained pipe or two coming out of the roofs...

1500 sf is a good size home. The key is proper layout. In 1500 sf, you'll have a decent sized kitchen, a large dining area a good living room and three decent sized bedrooms. 2000 is large and 2500+ is very large. What you won't have is a 30 x 30 master bath with massively wasted space...

And the $64,000 question, is that good or bad? Granted it's going to be ugly.

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Front page of the LA Times today: <img src="http://www.latimes.com/includes/sectionfronts/A1-pe-front.jpg" alt="" /> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cheaphomes10-2009jun10,0,4802553.story">Some home prices crater to '80s level</a>

Lots of discussion occurs on the blog about how desirable Irvine is due to jobs, etc. I seem to recall a poll similar to this but a quick search didn't find it. So here goes again (maybe), Where do you work? Just a simple poll to understand how the readers of the forums stack up...

That's just a self watering pot with a plastic bag stretched over to help retain moisture. Just buy a self watering pot. http://www.gardeners.com/Organic-Tomato-Success-Kit/37-852RS,default,pd.html

You need access to the money and it needs relative stabiity. For me, I find the balance point in having approximately one month plus one rent/mortgage payment in cash/money markets linked with my draft account. The remaining emergency funds are pooled with the conservative portion of my stock...

I'm a luddite. I want a nieghborhood where the trees are taller than the houses...

bleech. No offense, the inside looks nice, but one look at the ariel view and all one sees is roof tiles and asphalt.

No. Those P's & A's are short sales now. They are REOs six months from now. Tomorrow more short sales show up from people that are tired of the fight. If you buy now and can comfortably afford the payment more power to you. That's why any decently priced home is blowing off the market.

Would it be impolite for me to mail him a courtesy soap on a rope?