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  1. alan_IHB

    Hard water in Irvine?

    <strong></strong>Didn't read your pdf that closely. "Does Irvine Ranch Water District ban water softeners? Irvine Ranch Water District (IRWD) bans water softeners in commercial and industrial settings only" Apparently the ban <strong>does not</strong> apply to residential customers...
  2. alan_IHB

    Hard water in Irvine?

    Bashing a brine based water softener as environmentally unfriendly is a bit harsh. Why don't you just say being human is environmentally unfriendly. Back to topic.... Water softener's use ion exchange resin to replace Calcium (which makes the water hard) with sodium or potassium...
  3. alan_IHB

    Ants in my...well, fricking everywhere!

    News flash for the newbies So Cal is built on one huge ant hill. Buck and get an exterminator.
  4. alan_IHB

    I'm mad at ...

    You should be mad at the shills on Wall Street... Borrowers, Lenders, Re agents, mortgage brokers, apraisers were just the enablers, now they are all left high and dry, broke and jobless. cities are left with vacant, foreclosed homes. The winners were the shills on the top of the...
  5. alan_IHB

    Credit Suisse sees 6.5 million loans in foreclosure by 2012

    1 in 8 US mortgage holders entering foreclosure.... HMMM... I'm a bear and I believe a serious depression is starting but that number is too high to believe. Sorry, don't get this one, maybe one in 20 but not 1 in 8
  6. alan_IHB

    Sign of Inflation

    no_vas... you are close to the truth.. The main driver of farm subsidies is to keep maintain a bargaining chip to hammer the Europeans to lower their subsidies. US-European Farm subsidy reduction talks are as bad as US-Russia nuclear disarmament talks. Especially the French, they love...
  7. alan_IHB

    2003 Prices or Rollbacks

    Normally I would steer clear of this one. I agree, in OC this was a former crack house... but if this were the SF valley I'd say they might have been shooting blue movies. I wonder if any of the intrepid posters could cross reference this address with the police blotter and see what...
  8. alan_IHB

    Can?t buy in Irvine? Take Advantage of the Pain !

    Thought I'd bump this up again... You profit from change by spotting and taking advantage of trends before they happen. Last week starbucks was profiled in the news media because their business is suddenly shrinking as people have less disposable money to blow on $3.00 coffee. Not...
  9. alan_IHB

    Economy up w/ house price up VS Economy down w/ house down

    Why is this thread in the Irvine Real Estate section... Should be filed under economy-general.
  10. alan_IHB

    Losses Outside of Irvine

    Just because you can't find a buyer at a trustee auction doesn't mean that with adequate time and marketing a buyer couldn't be found. Look... I need a new employee. I post adds in the help wanted.. maybe I have to advertise for 3-4 months and interview 30 people before I find the person...
  11. alan_IHB

    Losses Outside of Irvine

    I never considered REDC a fair auction, I think of it as a marketing gimic put out by the sellers marketed to the public as a fair auction.
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