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Sejinro, As somebody who has consulted for government and non-government clients, I can tell you that working in non-profit/government environment requires a mental make over. The transition is not for everybody. Maybe you need to figure out what will make you happy and then hold yourself...

ipop, this is just a comparison of perspectives for me by the way. It seems like the day you will be able to comp out a deal you will buy. It is a different story for me. I do not want to pay more than what something is worth in the reasonableness sense. Some parameters of that...

IPOP said "Unfortunately it appears they still can. Guess we need to make more money somehow. " Ipop, are you fine with paying more than what something is worth(per your judgement)?

Kali, believe it or not. This is what my agent's research shows.

Sorry to burst your bubble ok ok, pun intended @bubble! :-) In 2005 the owners took out a mortgage for $616,000. The current value of the home is $850,000-ish. The owners negotiated a "Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure" with the lender for a buy out before they went bust. It seems that the...

This last weekend I went to some open houses in West Irvine. One realtor was shameless enough to say "You should try and buy the home now because lending standards are loose and you can still get a home with lower income". There is so much kool aid out there amongst realtors that it is...

I believe that these impractical solutions proposed by the Fed Reserve Chairman are AT BEST trial balloons to get a pulse on the market sentiment for forgiveness. What Ben is suggesting is now officilally in the arena of Desperation and do what it takes to save the homeowners. A principled...

LOL@ Scaring you to death:) Chill my man.

Nude, If you believe that delaying the inevitable i.e. the collapse of the banking system is a good strategy rather than letting the system self correct, then we definitely have a different perspective on how to deal with the problem. I would rather cut my losses today than suffer a systematic...

You are probably right awgee. I did not care as much for her advice as for the fact that tellers are getting quite familiar with people pulling out their money and looking for alternative means to invest.

So I went to the bank this morning and withdrew my CD money. The teller asked me if I was getting a better rate elsewhere. I responded that I was investing it in Non-CD investments. She said it was a smart idea to invest in precious metals these days with the dollar tumbling along with the CD...

I am planning to travel during the Memorial day weekend. Would end of May be a good time to visit? Thanks folks!

IrvinePerson, If I were to go to Maui, how many days is adequate to explore at a moderately leisure pace - 2/3/5days? Thanks!

Thanks folks, I am reading your comments carefully.

Alo-ha! Alright folks, I am tired of house hunting and need a vacation away from the Housing market :-) I am planning on my first vacation to Hawaii, yup never been there. So I thought I would hit you folks up - who have been there, done that. I am a nature loving kind and value the time away...

Has anyone on this board worked with any of the big agents like Frank Agahi etc? Do they impose their own terms and conditions to deal with you versus the more 'humble', bull-dog agents? What makes them tick? Do they offer any advantage back to an individual seller or are they meant only for...

IR, The politicians have no realization about how much burden this proposal would put on the legal system or the investment required to install the required machinery. There is no efficient solution to this mess other than the garbage loans being cleaned from the system and the lenders taking...

I recently had a discussion with one of my colleagues who works part time as a real estate broker. I had not met him in 3 months and he looked a different person yesterday - very stressed and worried. On further inquiry he told me that he had just bought two new investment properties at deals...

CM Dude, Hello from a fellow Costa Mesa-ite. Based on Professor Shiller's graph, I do not see prices returning to sane valuations here in California for a very long time. People have been drinking kool aid for a decade, so it is highly unreasonable for the kool aid to evaporate in a year's time...