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    Orchard Hills 4 - "The Summit" Updates

    Had the builder not offered the same deal to under contract, near to closing buyers everyone would have cancelled. Reselling a previously customized home can be difficult. Those who already closed would have put signs in their windows complaining about the builder eventually causing a stigma...
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    President Trump

    I'd prefer to see them build ADU's in LA and SF so those who voted for Bass / Newsom, ect can live alongside them. It's only fair that voters who wanted the policies that lead to this problem get the reward of seeing first hand what the results are. If you say that's unfair, how is it fair to...
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    Tesla Cybertruck

    https://fortune.com/2025/08/08/air-force-tesla-cybertrucks-missile-targets/
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    New communities in Portola Springs

    "Area Expert....." I guess it's what to expect when you have one listing photo showing a bare dirt back yard yet two other photos showing a 'shopped "grass" backyard?
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    Newer Irvine listings with crazy WTF asking prices from equity sellers

    @CalBears96 You are right about vacant homes being purchased by some as a future investment. It's often a cash deal. When financed however most want only owner occupied rates and terms for a home that is required to be occupied by the borrower within 60 days. The transaction you've described is...
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    Newer Irvine listings with crazy WTF asking prices from equity sellers

    No one cares about money laundering. If they did, the OC real estate market would crash. If money laundering is suspected, realtors and escrows are to report it, but while the cash is flowing like a tsunami from Kamchatka, why would anyone go against the tides and stop the party? If we knew...
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    Real Estate Competition

    Hard to say White Flight is part of all this. Humans, no matter their melanin level, are among other things greedy, lazy beings. An "Irvine original" homeowner is selling their property. 888 offers come flooding in. The top buyers are either way over list or all cash. At that point do these...
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    President Trump

    Let's hope this news on Tuesday isn't simply TACO https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-considering-eliminating-capital-gains-tax-houses
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    Orchard Hills 4 - "The Summit" Updates

    Curious... was that $120k on just rear yard landscaping or front as well?
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    Toyota moving to Texas

    Video interview about In-N-Out move. Thanks Governor Dippidy Doo.
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    Economy and Climate Change

    One of the great documentaries on the subject of consumerism and recycling. A must watch IMHO - "Buy Now" https://www.netflix.com/title/81554996
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    Cielo million dollar price drops

    Perhaps capital controls or tariff issues are slowing foot traffic and purchases? Has the oversight of international money flow been tightened? If so, it wouldn't be as evident in resale real estate given that new construction seems to be the best place to wash your RMB.
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    President Trump

    We're going to hear plenty about "The War Powers Act" (circa 1973 re Vietnam War) from Congress. We won't hear how SCOTUS has never ruled on WPA as being constitutional or not. Congress has never tried to enforce it, because SCOTUS will shoot it down for the junk legislation that it is...
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    Orchard Hills 4 - "The Summit" Updates

    Your snark detector needs recalibration. Also celebrities do these mundane things merely to be seen, or haven't been on People magazine for a few months. Newport Rich do it just in case they hear someone is scouting for TRHOC at Gelsons.
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    President Trump

    I heard a new term for the B-2 recently and every time I see it on the news I can only remember it's new name: "Freedom Dorito" Trump took the bait laid out by the warmonger wing of the party. In many ways this had to be done, but it didn't necessarily have to be us. The next few days are...
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    Orchard Hills 4 - "The Summit" Updates

    If you live in the Newport Coast, you send someone to get these things for you or have them delivered.
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    Newer Irvine listings with crazy WTF asking prices from equity sellers

    That's a hefty price improvement from original list.
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    Apolitical discussion (impossible?)

    4) Should Israel kick enough ass and these 9th Century troglodytes are finally overthrown, that's the kind of regime change I can live with. 6) The Federal Minimum Wage needs to increase. Although the true "minimum wage" is 0.00, that kind of Libertarian utopian idea just isn't going to work in...
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    President Trump

    Same Federal Authoritarianism on display in 1992 forward. This may be new to many of you, dear reader, but it's not new. Since ICE is simply doing their job in a lawful manner, what exactly are we complaining about? Given that these recent round ups were a host of child molesters, repeat...
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    President Trump

    The writer used unnamed sources and "officials" (dog catchers? food inspectors?) to "verify" the actions listed above. The claims are suspect at best. I was told by a person in LA. "ICE went into a high school graduation ceremony and arrested people!!!" Which is simply a fable - one that is...
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