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    Is $9,000 a fair price for filling out paperwork?

    It should be less than $500 to have a good RE attorney write the offer for you. If you really care about your money, and you're paying attention, you will be sure to (at a minimum) write the offer for the amount you want to pay minus the buy side commission (2.5 or 3%). Now, if you have...
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    When are we going to see mortgages rates going up to 8-10%

    <blockquote>If your purchase price was too high, over market, you can go to the county and have your tax lowered.</blockquote> Huh? Please explain how you do that? And hopefully we're not confusing the ability to apply for a temporary, new basis based on significant decreases in market...
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    Here?s the senerio: You?re a middle aged person, your income is low

    Darlene, Sometimes it's pretty simple, sometimes we don't even need to think about the time value of money, opportunity cost, rent versus buy, deflationary/inflationary economic cycles, etc. In your situation, the single most important point that you should take away from the discussion is...
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    Kaisen Kaiten Sushi Bar

    LOL! Yep, like that.
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    Kaisen Kaiten Sushi Bar

    Made me wonder....any floating boat sushi joints in the area?
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    Down Payment in 2010

    Deflation = pay cash now, inflation = load up on debt now. Some believe that a fairly long deflationary cycle may be unavoidable. Some believe otherwise.
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    Obnoxious Realtor

    Interesting, but my take was simply that my SO was being taken more seriously because of Irvine's (perceived or real) desirability amongst Asians. She is Foreign born, she does control the Cash, but we're not knife catchers - we're FCR(enters) for now (out here, we still own back east). We did...
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    Obnoxious Realtor

    I actually prefer that they just keep on surfing the web or whatever it is they're doing to pass the time. No need to prolong what usually takes only a few minutes. I do wish that more agents were better at figuring out WHO they need to be selling to. In visiting open houses, in most areas...
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