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Liz, I agree. My mom made me read "The Millionaire Next Door" when I was a teenager. Allowed me to realize that the display of wealth doesn't equal actual wealth.

But I thought it was different here. At least that's what the permabulls have been telling me.

Guess I should have known when walking into the lion's den that is jcaraway ;-) "Are you concerned with not having the option to renew your lease or that you'll come back one day to find a red tag on your door?" I'm month to month. Now while that may seem precarious, my roomies have...

I'm renting now in Costa Mesa. 1.5 miles from the beach, in a large house.

The saga of my dealings with IAC begin when I was back in high school.... When my parents moved our family back from Maryland, they were renting their house, so we temporarily rented in Park West (which I now refer to as 'Park Watts'). The first apartment the staff gave to us was infested...

In my index, looking at condos and small SFRs in Irvine, Lake Forest, MV, Aliso, etc., they are all dropping. I've seen $100K+ drops on some of these condos! So, no, I do not believe any place is "immune". But there are some places that are holding up better than, say, Santa Ana. Eventually I...

IAC, in my opinion, is evil. (If anyone's curious I'll elaborate) Did I contribute much of anything to this discussion? No, but at least I'm not feuding over the "internets".

Irvine Co. hates small business. They want chains, chains, chains!

They reopened the UCI pub. A few dozen different brews, some bar food, and a nice environment. Lots of students and young people, but its a cool vibe and they have live entertainment some nights. http://www.myspace.com/thepubuci I haven't been to the new one, but the old pub was a...

More humor is reading the real estate blog over at the OC Register.... argh, why do I even bother with the bozos over there... its like the last stand for permabulls.

I will bring punch. And pie.

I have to pay about $600 to the fed in taxes this year, and I will be getting back $600 in the form of these rebates. Took me a couple hours to do my taxes, mail them off, etc. And I'm sure it takes plenty of resources to get that check to me in a couple months. Thanks federal...

If you go to Maui, and are in Wailuku, stop by the baseball stadium... its named in honor of my uncle... http://www.thediamondangle.com/archive/nov02/maehara.html http://www.mauibaseballexpo.org/venue.html

If newer facilities proved for a better education then Harvard and Yale should be crap compared to Soka U. I think both are fine schools, although pretty buildings do make NHS a more attractive choice. Kiddos at either will get a good education. And "better" is such a subjective word...

I'm on the young side, and my parents taught both my brother and I financial responsibility and the importance of saving. I put away 10% of my salary into a 401(k), add in another few thousand a year into a Roth IRA, and save save save about 30% of my income towards a down payment on a home. I...

Hi Momopi, I used to attend El Camino Real elementary way back when, and several of my childhood friends grew up there, so I'm familiar with it. It is one of the older villages in Irvine, and its been around since the mid-late 70s, I believe. There are still some originals that live in...

Well, I attended El Camino, although it was in the late 80's, he he. I do know that over the years the philosophy and quality of the education has been a constant, and can imagine that its even better now that it is in a new location in Woodbury. Too bad they had to change the name, though :-(

Sorry, but in my opinion, Irvine's population has increased too much too fast. That has equated to more crime, including more murders. Traffic is unbearable compared to years past, and hot dammit, I miss the orange groves that used to surround the city. Neighbors used to spend time together, but...

I've lived in Irvine most of my life, and there was a large fire in the hills in 1997. I was going to IHS at the time and the school was closed down for a day to use it as an emergency Red Cross center. Luckily the fire was extinguished and the wasn't the need for the high school to be a Red...