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<p>News here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a9NCAnGbEBXs&refer=home">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a9NCAnGbEBXs&refer=home</a></p> <p>Website here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.ff.com/ffwe/">http://www.ff.com/ffwe/</a></p>...

<p>I would take cash. Assume $500,000 market value of townhouse, here's my estimate of the projected performance in 1 year of the two options:</p> <p><strong>Cash Prize: $500,000 </strong>Lottery Tax Withholding (25% rate - see <a...

I would accept the credit. Cash back will go straight to your pocketbook. The counter can be replaced anytime. You will probably forget about the crack a week or so after moving in.

<p>My 2 cents:</p> <p>Sofa: You probably want at least one convertible (pull out sofa-bed) for overnight guests. Both Ikea and Jennifer Convertibles are good places to shop for those.</p> <p>Side tables/coffee tables/dining/beds: Avoid Ikea (as someone has correctly identified before) -...

<p><strong>Irvine123: </strong><em>Just for your information, I nearly bought a 3000 sq ft homes in Northpark in 1999, at that time they were priced right around $200 sq ft without landscape, without window treatment, without granite countertop, and appliances, without fancy woodflooring,etc...

<p><em>OC Man: "I know money from Asian countries has been coming to So Cal, especially Irvine to gobble up many houses and other real estate properties."</em></p> <p>Do you have any references to support this or back this up with data? "Gobble up" sounds too hard to believe and...

Anon - I was just kidding :-)

And then we can start a blogpanic blog to lament the sorry state of the Blogtors, and make even more money! Yes!

<p><em>Anon: Per the tool, my website is worth 0$. But as I make a little, my cap rate is infinite! :-) </em></p> <p>Good math sense, however, 0 divided by 0 is "indeterminate", not "infinite". I think that would qualify as a "crap rate", don't you?</p>

<p>I think this is the methodology o fthe calculation (haven't read through it all yet):</p> <p><a href="http://www.tnl.net/blog/2005/10/06/doing-the-numbers-on-the-aol-weblogsinc-deal/">http://www.tnl.net/blog/2005/10/06/doing-the-numbers-on-the-aol-weblogsinc-deal/</a></p>

<p><em>CK: Will it signal that it is a good time to buy when the value of IHB = 20% down in Irvine?</em></p> <p>Don't you know by now? Let me clue you in... It's always a good time to BUY!! </p>

<p><em>LL: And where did they get that 74 cents from?</em> - Probably from the losses incurred by my employer when I am posting on the forums... </p>

<p>According to blog value estimator <a href="http://www.business-opportunities.biz/projects/how-much-is-your-blog-worth/">http://www.business-opportunities.biz/projects/how-much-is-your-blog-worth/</a>, IHB is worth $102,181! <a...

<p>I thought this <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119872013682151831.html?mod=todays_us_opinion">opinion article in today's WSJ</a> was relevant to this discussion...</p> Debt and Responsibility By <strong>ROB ASGHAR</strong> December 27, 2007; Page A10 <p class="times">I...

Relevant? <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/25/opinion/25mcguckin.html?ex=1356238800&en=f78a98a31bbc7384&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">From NY Times...</a>...

<p>I started this thread to share some anecdotal/empirical evidence of severely scaled down shopping plans for Christmas by some of my friends and colleagues. The theme appears to be "no presents for adults"...</p> <p>Colleague #1: Upside-down on a townhome in South County bought in Dec. 2005...

<p>Via CalculatedRisk:</p> <object width="325" height="250"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/youtube" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="325" height="250"></embed></object>

On a lighter note, VOC is an interesting choice of a name for a development on a former superfund site. VOC in chemistry (from the EPA site) stands for "Volatile Organic Compounds" some of which we are discussing here. :-)

<p>Gollini's post above seems to have moderated the discussion to a rational level that is refreshing. I have the following points of offer:</p> <p><em>-Gollini: "If I had small kids that would play in the dirt in the back yard (if I had a back yard!), I might want to take a look at the...

<p><em>From a former post of mine, many moons ago...</em></p> <p> </p> <p>"Tustin MCAS Superfund Site Study by the EPA can be found at this link: </p> <p><a...