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    Quail Hill vs Northpark / Woodbury

    Using bkshopr's data, QH-TR is the biggest jump in $$$ per degree (must be the gates, although they subtract value, in my book) This is very counter-intuitive. I would've thought that human discomfort vs temperature is non-linear, and exponentially increases as temperatures approach Death...
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    US Department of Homeland Security Wants to Buy My Land!

    Get an architect to draw plans for a Pan-americal visitor welcome center on your land. Just come back with your fair value estimate of $37,117 an acre. They may say no or they may say yes.
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    Quail Hill - On A Mission

    OR 4) Just live in your house, enjoy the association pools on hot days, walk the dog, raise your kids, and don't sweat over the money that's been lost already, so doesn't matter. If you loose your job, default on you mortgage, find another job, move to an IAC condo. The best things in...
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    How do i report short sales fraud? Help

    This is no different from Barney Frank's plan as to the final outcome. The bank takes a writedown on the mortage principal.
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    Hard water in Irvine?

    Not sure about pressure. I have adequate pressure, consitering that it is quail HILL. Here's from another source of universial wisdom, Wikipedia: "Effects on Skin Some confusion may arise after a first experience with soft water. Hard water does not lather well with soap and leaves a...
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    Hard water in Irvine?

    Nice! Lived all these years thinking it was hard water (because experienced it in places known for having hard water!) Cool, will try fiddling with it tonight! This resource rocks! Re: enviromentally unfriendly, Irvine water district says it messes up their water treatment plants that can't...
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    Hard water in Irvine?

    I just moved from Villa Siena (Jamboree&Michelson;) to Quail Hill. The water was fine in Villa Siena, but it is pretty hard in Quail Hill (demonstrated by soap not washing off, no matter how hard you rub your hands). The landlord has an enviromentally-irresponsible salt water softener installed...
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    Google's Street View - Creepy or Cool?

    Besides, the real danger zone is not accessible on a vehicle, only on foot with a permit (medium-hard to get apparently). This is to control for what gets out. So the story about riding in the middle of the paved road is poetry too Interestingly, rather than predicted eco devastation, the...
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    How can a renter evaluate landlord's credit standing?

    <p>From experience, 10% below asking is the floor. Need the landlords to lower the asking price.</p> <p>Is IrvineRenter overblowing the issue here? On ForeclosureRadar I see <10 properties in either TR or QH. Out of 100s of homes. </p>
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    How can a renter evaluate landlord's credit standing?

    <p>This thread about skimming is close</p> <p><a href="http://forums.irvinehousingblog.com/discussion/533/">http://forums.irvinehousingblog.com/discussion/533/</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Do I really need to get foreclosure radar? </p> <p>Can I legally stop paying rent at some stage in the...
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    How can a renter evaluate landlord's credit standing?

    <p>Thanks. Is that on the basis that the asking rent is too high or that landlord will likely default? What are the mitigating tactics a renter can use to at least get the deposit back? Stop paying the rent as soon as some stage of foreclosure starts? I remember seeing a thread, but can't find...
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    Moving to Shady Canyon

    nice one!!!
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    Fed mortgage maps

    <p>Just released</p> <p><a href="http://www.newyorkfed.org/mortgagemaps/">http://www.newyorkfed.org/mortgagemaps/</a></p> <p> </p>
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    Moving to Shady Canyon

    acpme, may I ask where you lived before? Have you sold the previous house or borrowed against it to pay for Shady Cyn? Not prying, just would like an insight on how to handle the timing and the associated house price risk.
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    How can a renter evaluate landlord's credit standing?

    <p>Hmm, on that basis Quail Hill and Turtle Ridge (or any other property built in 2004-06) should never rent...</p> <p>Where can I see how much money is owed, please? Tried searching but the search words seem too common</p> <p> </p>
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    How can a renter evaluate landlord's credit standing?

    <p>The objective is to make sure that my family won't be kicked out in 3 months due to a foreclosure.</p> <p>Can we request all mortgage deeds on the house? What about HELOCs?</p>
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    Property price derivatives price in 19.5% LA house price drop next year

    <p>Another day of carnage. LA 1yr index is -26.5% now (Dec 07 to Dec 08)</p> <p>Thats >35% drop from peak. </p> <p> </p> <p>As mentioned before, it is probably overstating true price decline expectations, because some of it is risk premium that banks hedging their REO books pay, but...
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    Property price derivatives price in 19.5% LA house price drop next year

    <p>Carnage in the mortgage market.... Home price index swaps are marked down... Although if this persistes, you won't be able to get a mortgage to take advantage of low prices...</p> <p>LA probably the hardest hit... Only 1 year is trading, and it projects 23.5% drop in prices ($ per sq ft)...
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    How do you figure out how much down payment was put down or HELOCs are taken from a house

    <p>Corrected. Mr X is the lucky July 2007 buyer</p> <p> </p> <p>Yes it is the same property, 51 Valley Terrace in T Ridge.</p>
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    Quail Hill Foreclosures

    <p><em>What is the story with 515 Luminous? It looks like they dropped their asking price $500,000.</em></p> <p>Just matched 51 Momento, and squeezed under the "psychological" $400/sqft level I figure...</p>
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