Search results

Celebrities, nice. I'll tell you a celebrity sighting story (not in Irvine though). Eight years in LA certainly had it's disadvantages, but occasionally, I got to see famous people. So, one Friday night, I'm at the Trader Joe's at 3rd and La Brea and I see Ashlee Simpson with one of her dumb...

That big CDM house looks like a melted version of the LAX "spider" restaurant. An oceanfront view gets a little boring because there's nothing in the foreground. At night it's just like looking into a void. Oh well, that wouldn't be the worst thing in life, I guess.

Well count me in on the Co-op. I'll take on the heaviest chore rotation and the smallest room so that I can get the most favorable room rate. Who's scrubbing your toilets this week (and the next)? Soul Brother, that's who.

Shady Canyon is like older new-money. People who have a "been there - done that " attitude (and probably experience) towards an ocean view, and now want the seclusion to which they believe they are entitled. "I'll retire now to my Tuscan countryside home," they'll say. Well not me! I say, give...

Carona certainly had something not so figured out. I don't know what's more embarrassing, people knowing you were paid off or people knowing you were paid off for so little. He was a Mensa member or something, no stoop. But public service, not the place where you make so much, so every 10k here...

Best of luck to those officials. People who hang out on Black Star Canyon road aren't exactly the type who want to cooperate with authorities.

In all seriousness, I think there is some provision where you can ask for just a basic basic situation and get that for less $. I'd ask to talk to a supervisor. Cable companies run a regulated monopoly: infrastructure makes this a de facto necessity and the government is supposed to regulate the...

I have and extra high quality coax 5-1000mhz splitter you can have, and your local radio shack has all the cable you need. You can also borrow my shovel. Use your imagination. Love thy neighbor (and his cable).

Actually, this is for my father who wants to make the loan, and he's wondering about what is being offered out there on the market, so that we can price our loan accordingly,

<p>What terms can a borrower reasonable obtian from an instutional lender on the following:</p> <p>150K loan, due in one year, LTV 30% </p> <p>Terms (Interest rate, points, escrow fees and costs)</p> <p>Loans secured by combination SFR and apartment in Tustin. . .</p> <p> </p>...

Money as Debt was great. I had never really thought about some of that stuff. Thanks IR. I had always had the basic idea that one is very rewarded for saving money, and this just shows how much one (or, the Bank) really can be.

Let's expand your mind: Oxnard. I think you can get what you want at that price. Time to learn the train schedule. Toot-Toot!

Just to weigh in as someone who studies this stuff. . . "There are many families in Irvine and intact families have more of a tendency to attend church." Any ideas on marital satisfaction in religious vs. non-religious couples? Yeah. . . the more meaningful demarcation in couples...

A 911 driver should have enough money to afford a Shady Canyon weed lot, definitely in a year or 2.

Well, I always enjoy reading your posts, bk. And I frequent the high density Asian areas in Irvine, so it gives me some context that I wouldn't have otherwise. Just did Shabu Shabu and Yogurtland last night, and I stuck out like a sore thumb, naturally. Coincidentally, my [asian] friend's family...

What about drawing the conclusion that it was a female? Who's was that?

Does anyone else find it ironic that when Bk makes a general statement about characteristics of Asians (who <em>all</em> come from collectivist cultures) inevitably some individuals cry foul? What is that?

Yay! There's my favorite bull argument! "I see too much foreign money coming into the nicer parts of Irvine." It would take such a ridiculous influx of foreign money to prop up Irvine, and the stats on sales show this to be a fallacy.

Thanks Graph for this great explanation. It's an even worse picture than I had perceived! <img src="http://azraelscustomleather.com/grim%20reaper.jpg" alt="" /> You truly are the Grim Reaper of the Option ARM.

<--- Bag holder, (been holding it since the early 90's though. . .)