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I have a whole house fan and I find it extremely effective. Depending on the outside temperature, it can cool far faster than the a/c, equalizing the outside and inside temperatures in a matter of minutes. There are deadspots in my house, especially upstairs, that the a/c will not reach so the...

The 6 million dollar man vs. bigfoot: <img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LNH9iIM9I8I/SUHXUf8eDpI/AAAAAAAAB0s/x2h_LoPxdVg/s400/2762000164_2c97b60edc_o.jpg" alt="" />

Construction defect plaintiffs often win the battle and lose the war. If they win the lawsuit, they will get some relief. But when they later sell, they often discover that they have to suffer a big decrease in price because there is a public record that the home had been the subject of...

To add insult to injury, cities often sue developers for creating a public nuisance when squatters move in. I worked for the builder of the Four Seasons Aviara when construction stalled in the early 90s when its Japanese investors went bk. Soon, an army of squatters moved into the unfinished...

If you haven't already figured it out, the wife is always right, especially on residential decisions. I think your wife may be technically correct, assuming you put a $180k down, a $700k mortgage is possible with a $150k income. However, you would have to live a very spartan and risky...

This recession/RE bust is different from the last one in the 90s in a very important respect. Within three years into the last real estate bust, prices in So Cal dropped across the board, places like Beverly Hills dropped almost as much (40%) as less desirable places such as the IE. This RE...

My Indo-Chine friends tell me that Tremont in Fountain Valley, which opened just a few months ago, is selling like there's no recession and are almost sold out. These are $1 million homes next to the freeway, in a sketchy neighborhood, where adjecent houses are selling in the 400s, that are...

If you are a lawyer, you just need to pass the test to get a broker license (i.e. pay for cram course and the test). Having a broker license is useful if you are in the mortgage business because it gets you around the California usury law.

Irvine will not become BH unless many more Persian Jews move here which is unlikely because there is no critical mass of Persian establishments nearby like in Westwood (aka Tehrangeles). The former mayor of BH was one of them and half the students at BHUSD are of Iranian origin. A few years...