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    Your favorite IAC place

    what's really nice about orchard hills apts is you can walk easily without crossing a major street to the Pavilions and restaurants at the orchard hills shopping center. if we ever move to the orchard hills homes we'll miss the easy walk to get stuff.
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    What's going into escrow - Irvine and maybe some Tustin too

    has the bear stearns blowup affected escrows?
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    Anyone going to *invest* in real estate once the bottom comes around?

    Being a landlord of one or two properties is like having nearly all your investment monies in one or two stocks; you could easily think you're buying a rock solid property like Enron or Bear Stearns, only to find overnight your tenant did something to wipe out most of your cash flow or equity...
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    Eliot Spitzer

    Of course, Eliot's problem is he prosecuted prostitution rings (which to me are no different from adult filmmakers) so he's a hypocrite, but aside from that, the idea of prosecuting prostitution rings and protecting filmed prostitution rings is just ridiculous.
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    Eliot Spitzer

    <p>Why is prostitution involving private consensual sex acts deemed illegal, while the filming and showing of consensual sex acts is legal and protected by the FBI? Every adult video has the FBI seal of approval. Adult videomakers routinely transport "talent" across state lines for sex but...
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    Your favorite IAC place

    actually i measured it, it's close to 10 feet from a normal size car to the garage door. So that's about 200 sf for garage storage, plus they come with one stout wooden shelf too. And the garages have individually opening dual doors, not one big door, so there is a 3 feet space between the...
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    Your favorite IAC place

    orchard hills apts have the 2-car garage, and they are extra long, meaning you can park two vehicles (you have to; you can't use it for storage and park two cars in outside spaces) and you still have several feet (maybe 5 to 6 feet) before the door to the unit, so you are able to both park and...
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    coastline san clemente hovnanian homes closed til spring 2008

    <p>There are three models,</p> <p>3400 sf $1,799,000</p> <p>3172 sf $1,679,000</p> <p>2925 sf $1,775,000</p> <p>I have not been inside the models before but have seen the floorplans. The floorplan for the single story looks very 1980s, very old fashioned based on the brochure but might...
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    Bernanke urges banks to forgive portions of mortgages

    <p>Here's Cramer's take on it:</p> <p><strong>Mortgages Last Hope: Private Sector Saviors</strong> <strong>By <a href="http://apps.thestreet.com/cms/email/rmyEmailStory.do?storyId=10406299&authorId=269&storyUrl=/p/rmoney/jimcramerblog/10406299.html">Jim Cramer</a> RealMoney.com Columnist...
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    Orchard Hills Update Website

    actually i don't mind no houses planned anytime soon for OH, a place I would love to live, because that means I can save more while the prices go down meaning more bang for my buck when the homes actually go up for sale in the initial phases. No hurry here for me. I can still enjoy the...
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    Avenue E

    where is brandywine in garden grove? i read the article but didn't see any reference to what street(s) it's on.
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    coastline san clemente hovnanian homes closed til spring 2008

    just got a message on my voicemail from a coldwell banker sales agent who said they are representing Hovnanian in the sale of the model homes, they are not building the rest of the tract, they are selling the model homes and pulling out. no other details.
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    which Irvine community is your favorite?

    orchard hills, whenever it gets built. nice, quiet location at the northern tip of irvine, foothill location so possibility of views, lots of olive trees.
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    HGTV Dream Home

    If you win it, you get a house free and clear without actually paying for it, right? Let's say the appraised value is $1,000,000 and you'd just pay 1/3 in federal income taxes and take over the property taxes. As long as you could sell it for more than you paid in federal income tax, say above...
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    coastline san clemente hovnanian homes closed til spring 2008

    We went to see Coastline in San Clemente this weekend and to our surprise (actually not too surprised since they were the quite the useless and information-challenged sales office) there is a note posted on the sales trailer saying their sales office is closed until spring 2008. So three...
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    Marquee Park Place has its first forclosure.

    I took the downtown tour of all the highrises for sale about a year ago. L.A. downtown is a terrible place to walk around unless you're in that small area near Staples. Otherwise it's terribly depressing to step out of your $1 million highrise. I couldn't wait to get out of there. There was...
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    Anyone been watching the Towering Inferno at Marquee Place?

    the problem with the south or west facing units is they get really hot from the afternoon sun beating on the glass, plus the light shows all the dirt on the windows. These units would require shades most of the day, preventing one from really enjoying the view. A north or east high rise view...
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    Villages of Columbus - Columbus Square - Astoria

    Astoria Plan 1 is my favorite floorplan out of all the floorplans I have seen in Irvine and anywhere else except for the real multi-million dollar homes of Shady Canyon and Crystal Cove.
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    Marquee Park Place has its first forclosure.

    <p>Actually the Wilshire Corridor high rises in Westwood are pretty successful with real people living there, right? Some areas make sense for high rise living. I think there are very expensive highrises going up in Century City (or being planned). I think Irvine misfired on the highrises...
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    Anyone been watching the Towering Inferno at Marquee Place?

    About the Santa Ana highrise off MacArthur, last time we were there was summer 2007,the buildings were going up, about 4 floors were done, have no idea how much progress if any has been done since then, but I do remember whistling at the prices, how high they seemed, for an "urban highrise...
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