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    Prenuptial - good or bad?

    Irvine Renter (IR) -- "Just a rhetorical thought: After the first one, if you don't plan on having any more children, why get married at all?" <em>My thoughts - I know many people think this why marry? But I can tell you marriage is a wonderful thing. It takes a lot of work and effort...
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    Prenuptial - good or bad?

    Laing, I generally agree with the comments above if you are young just starting out don't even worry about one. If there are large disparities in assets, I'd get one. The way to bring it up: she or he is marrying you for you and not what material posessions you have. During the marriage of...
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    Calling IHB artists to design an IHB T-shirt

    <img src="http://www.t-shirthumor.com/Merchant2/graphics/fullsize/hbbl_lg.gif" alt="" />
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    Stock Performance

    I agree I put some $$ overseas in overseas currency, between 2004 and now, I've experience a 20% appreciation just on the currency exchange along! Amazing
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    Blackouts

    Our power went out about 3:45pm, was out until about 4:45pm, then backup and down again about 5pm, just came back on again about 9:05pm. Our place is still cooling down. This is west of Culver West Irvine area.
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    On a cruise ship and reading IHB

    wendy hope you are having a great cruise...by the way any recommendations for cruises are most welcome. :) As a Costco member I have been looking some on their website, been thinking about one next year.
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    How do home appraisals work?

    I've heard they only need two comps and can go with that. I also spoke with an appraiser and asked if they found a few properties in the area most similar pricing but one foreclosure say $200K, would they average out the price? He said no he'd probably just throw out the foreclosure because...
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    Will the dollar crash soon?? China to sell US treasuries???

    <pre><tt><tt>If China dumps dollars by selling some of the $1 trillion+ of our US treasuries on the market, we will be in a world of hurt: The Fed will have to aggressively increase interest rates to counteract the inflation that will occur or the dollar will tank or a combination of both. Its...
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    Villages of Columbus - Columbus Square - Meriwether

    I stopped in the other week, it was pretty dead. With 8% prime loan rates on 30-year fixed, I can't see how these prices can hold. Here's the latest pricing effective: June 21, 2007: <strong>Residence Price Change</strong> Residence 1 - $519,000 (+$4,000)...
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    OT: Dollar 80 support - your opinions

    momopi - Mine is with Merrill Lynch in the "aggressive" model 100%. My wife's is 70% foreign, 30% domestic stocks. I'm with you around 30 years from retirement so I don't care if it tanks when it goes down. However, I have a friend who is looking at his 401k to help with a downpayment on...
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    OT: Dollar 80 support - your opinions

    Interesting subject. During my last visit with my dentist he was encouraging me to get into FOREX trading. I guess he's been doing well - buying on support, selling on resistance. I hear $1,000 leverages $100,000 worth of currency so a small move can make you a great % return. I don't know...
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    Portola Springs - Sendero

    Hmm, I found out there is a listing on Ziprealty listing courtesy of JLH REALTY & CONSTRUCTION, INC. I guess the builder is not getting enough traffic?? This is definitely a Plan C with the pricing the same as above at $666,880. <strong>http://tinyurl.com/ytwsgx</strong>
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    Woodbury Trader Joe's is Open!!!

    Ya when is Jalapenos going to open anyways?? I keep calling the one in Tustin that we go to, and they say the same answer -- 2 weeks.
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    Foreign money

    Having been to Asia a few times I would have to say that those who have $ can definately grow it faster over there. Lower tax rates, and in some cases no taxes, coupled with higher returns on your money combines to makes a huge impact on invested money.
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    Orange County Inventory

    From 12,600 to 18,630 homes for sale on the market, I agree something has to give. The only ones being smart are the builders of new properties, who are cutting their prices ahead of the rest of the herd.
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    Inventory Rise Mission Viejo hits 1000

    Orange County Total Inventory is 18,024 as of 5/20/2007. Its been quite a steep rise since the beginning of the year! http://bubbletracking.blogspot.com/2007/01/tracking-orange-county.html
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    Portola Springs - San Carlos

    Looks like we are down $75K from Dec 2006 prices. Yippie!!
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    Portola Springs - Sendero

    No phase release that I was aware of. I just showed up with my wife and got the info just for this blog.
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