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    Pre-drywall Walk-Through

    I think you would need the inspector more for pre-drywall rather than final walk through (if you have to choose).  The time to inspect pre-dry wall is very short and once the drywall is up, you can never see/inspect again what's inside.  For the final walk through, you generally have a year, so...
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    Dow?

    FCX up +27%, PBR +11%, VALE +9% .. banging my head now.. I was very close to double down yesterday when I saw the market up big but commodities stocks barely moved, but was too afraid to catch a falling knife.. :(
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    Dow?

    eyephone, staying up late at night watching Asian market eh ?  >:D
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    Ellwood by Richmond American at Beacon Park

    IHS, I have a lot of respect on your knowledge about housing architecture and such .. but the one above has like 40+ words on first sentence, 70+ words on the second sentence without pause and with lots of technical jargons.  that's a handful ... :)
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    Who's buying?

    I still think a big factor on why it turned out this way for these kids is how they were trained growing up.  If  they get all the  material things they want when they were still kids, if the parents left their kids most of the time to nannies/friends and does not spend regular time and develop...
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    Who's buying?

    Am I reading this correctly ?  SO you are implying lots of young people now are becoming pastors and missionaries at the expense of their parents having to take care of them ?
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    Dow?

    Buying Disney and Apple on my kid's custodial account .. If it makes money, she can use the earning to buy their stuff.  If it does not, she will know why she has less money and would probably boycott both products  :P
  8. J

    Newsweek says Oxford Academy in Cypress, University High in Irvine, among best h

    what's the criteria used ?  I have exceeded my free monthly view for non-subscribers :(
  9. J

    La Vita at Orchard Hills

    But it can't be offered at the same price.. because it would cost Brookfield more raw land to do the traditional driveway than motorcourt (even with driveway).  So for the exact same number of homes over the same amount of raw land, the motorcourt homes will have to end up having larger lot size...
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    Retail Openings and Closures

    Aldi = cheap stuff  and doesn't match with OH "premier" village aura ?    Hasn't been to an Aldi store in the US though, but when I was in Germany, I probably bought 90%+ of my grocery/food from Aldi.
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    Retail Openings and Closures

    Lure Whole Foods to come ?  The soon to be open Spectrum location and the District location is still somewhat far for this side of town (plus the traffic nightmare going in that District location).
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    Newer Irvine listings with crazy WTF asking prices from equity sellers

    https://www.redfin.com/CA/Irvine/248-Desert-Bloom-92618/home/51684567 Next door neighbor is selling for $80K less...  Interestingly listed by the same realtor.  Unless both owned by the same person, which one would the realtor favor and push first to potential buyer ?
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    2014 homebuyers turning into sellers

    But you still need to live somewhere, so the profit is not really a profit because your new home cost basis is now higher.. You just made your realtor richer by $50K  .. unless of course you plan to rent or does not live here :)
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    Portola Parkway

    Since there is no need for manual toll collection, they should make their rates rational to the distance.  There is no sense that Portola Irvine  - Alton exit has the same toll rate as that if you exit the Santa Margarita Parkway exit.
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    What Temperature do you set your Air Conditioning at during Summer?

    Assuming the same outside temp, Once AC is off, I think it will take a shorter time for the temperature to move from 70 back to 71 compared to 75-76.  I think your AC also has to work harder to move the temperature from 71 to 70, than 76 to 75. 
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    Remove the Lock feature

    you forgot ps9's google skill :)
  17. J

    Remove the Lock feature

    what happened to landofnoland ?  there goes one of the TIs "insiders" :(
  18. J

    Earthquake insurance

    you also need to find an insurance company that is part CEA list of companies (California Earthquake Authority).  The quotes difference I got from those part of and not part of is significant.
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    Earthquake insurance

    We do.. for under $200/yr, its a negligible cost for peace of mind .. I would not want to have to wait for government bailout especially in a major disaster .. that could take forever.
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