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    Renting Is Cheaper Than Buying, Almost Everywhere

    Landlords have a lower cost basis, since most purchased in prior years.  particularly with prop13.
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    Tax the rich

    What about carried interest loophole and cap gains rate moving back up to normal income tax rates?
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    Azalea: New Low Cost or Investment Homes for Cypress Village

    yes, thank you for aiding our nation. question-once you are financially able to buy, won't your kids have aged out of the schools, and so you could substitute another city?
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    Ford F-150 Lightning Electric Truck

    where is that cybertruck?
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    Ford F-150 Lightning Electric Truck

    is it $40k *after* the rebate?  so list price $47,500, plus all the garbage fees?
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    Where the market is - Buyer Offers

    What was the Feng shui problem?
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    Running power in my backyard

    if your conduit for power for the lights is already deep enough, any electrician will make quick work of pulling higher voltage wire through the conduit using the existing wire.  should make the job inexpensive
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    Where to put older house gear

    dig a basement!
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    coronavirus

    They should still get vaccinated, as it increases antibody levels 5x-10x in folks who were infected, and likely increases persistence.  Which adds up to reduced symptoms if re-infected.
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    Own rental property? Your thoughts on how this could impact you:

    Why the hating on the liberal arts?  most 'creatives', advertising, lawyers and teachers were liberal arts majors.  Maybe we should be hating on the states dis-investing in supporting colleges and universities - where taxpayer subsidy for tuition has dropped by 3/4 in the past three decades.
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    Toyota moving to Texas

    Why do you keep saying 'Texas' got the seat?  Why not all the Californians moving to Oregon (an even more liberal place) to WFH?
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    Pickup Trucks

    aren't there really two very different 'new bronco's? low end on the escape platform, and the other on a truck platform?
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    Toyota moving to Texas

    sounds disastrous until you look at the actual number, instead of the percent change annualized. on the order of 3k, up from 2k people moved from SF. only 136k from all of CA, out of what 40M?
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    CR: Is there a new housing bubble?

    Not much productivity increase for hotel maids, gardeners, or waitresses and cooks (the lower leg of the "K") more bifurcation coming.
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    Experiences with Zillow Offers / Redfin Now / Opendoor?

    How did the final offer compare with the 'Zestimate' prior to contacting Zillow?
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    Available High Deductible Pet Insurance

    I got a quote from one of the aggregator sites (pawlicy advisor) for $500 deductible $10k coverage for about $15/month last fall from Pets Best insurance.
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    Irvine files lawsuit over UCI?s proposed medical complex

    what is the complaint?  Does Irvine have any jurisdiction, given that it is state controlled?
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    68 homes priced from low-$400,000 coming to Irvine

    but the uni hills resale price is restricted to the rate of inflation, so if you live there, your housing is not an 'investment', just a place to live. would you chose to live in a place where housing did not appreciate above inflation?
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    Masks?

    Why is it so difficult for you to understand levels of evidence? Fauci said it was 'likely' to be more efficacious to double up. Fauci said the data is not definitive (ie not rigorously proven). Makes perfect sense to anyone not a conspiracy winger
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    Driver's License Renewal

    I opted out of the 'real ID' scam I just paid the extra $25 for the passport card when I renewed my passport.  good for 10yr.
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