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Isn’t Irvine mostly a cash market?

I’m sure it is amazing like so many communities across the South and Texas, but like everywhere outside CA the weather sucks for at least half the year. It’s a pragmatic choice for families that don’t want or can’t afford to pay a premium for what CA offers.

When I was in SF for RSAC I wanted to take a Waymo but strangely it was priced 50% higher than Uber

Just checked inventory in Newport - $5M and under has 163 properties - that’s a lot. One close to $5M Port Streets house has been sitting for close to 1 month.

“Dialing down software investments .” Why? No hope of ever building a team to compete with Tesla - it’s just wasted R&D investment. It’s not just UI but actual natively software controlled elements of the car. No automaker will ever be able to put together that kind of software talent. Ever...

I use FSD 90% of the time and it’s 90%+ autonomous. Sometimes it will mistake a right lane exit only lane as a regular lane but otherwise it handles everything. I drive up and back from San Jose frequently and it makes a huge difference.

Tesla is a good stock for the long term , as is Meta, for a simple reason that’s hard to comprehend for those without a deep understanding of what it takes to build high performing software teams: they both have huge teams of pretty much the highest caliber sw talent in the Valley. And Tesla has...

Growing up in Pasadena I learned the cardinal rule of Southern CA real estate: never buy anywhere near a hillside because we saw them burn from our front yard 2 miles south of Altadena every few years. Very expensive areas like Kinneloa also burned but again that neighborhood violates the...

We’re witnessing a master class in madman theory-driven negotiation leverage

San Carlos is prime mid-peninsula - killer art and wine festival every year. $3M seems like an avg price there when the avg 2 earner household brings home close to $1M/yr. Something doesn’t add up - may be a location issue.

Not as good as the jamon bellota samples at High Times Cellars this afternoon . BTW, went to the Irvine Gelson’s for sushi today and was blown away by the quality. Young Japanese female sushi chef. Tuna is akami, king salmon, blue crab for the rolls, and 10 beers in tap. Hidden gem of Irvine.

ZIRP built so many good memories

My first manager was Swiss and a competitive fencer. Phenomenal engineering manager.

4 year letterman is a crucial box to check - any good private college counselor would have told him that. Congrats on USNA! A huge sacrifice for your kid but will definitely pay off. Ours graduated from Marine OCS last summer (Marine PLC program) and is set to commission upon graduation in Dec.

He got accepted to UMass

Hilarious - UMass Amherst is one of the top CSCI depts in the country - which dad probably doesn’t even know because in New England it’s still known as Zoo Mass given it used to be a huge party school. And the kid played no sports! Kids like this are a dime a dozen in the Bay Area. 4 years of...

Try Bricco in Laguna Niguel for authentic Chicago thin crust (cut in squares) with Chicago Italian sausage - it’s the best I’ve found anywhere in CA. We had dinner at Angelina in LN recently - what an incredible restaurant with stunning ocean views and great live smooth jazz. Quite an older...

I miss Diedrichs

Bamboo just renewed me for no increase after an $11,000 water claim from a burst pipe. Happy and surprised .

Single level, level lot, big yard - that’s as prime as Port Streets get. Very few single levels left there