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    Interesting/Amusing Property Finds

    I don't know where to post this...well, an instant 1/2 million dollar loss if sold at asking price.. should be interesting enough to post here! <a href="http://www.redfin.com/stingray/do/printable-listing?listing-id=1192966"></a><a...
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    Being single and part of the community?

    <a href="http://www.dds.cahwnet.gov/Fairview/Fairview.cfm">This</a> used to be one of my regular hangouts. It is definitely not for everyone. I remember they required new volunteers to go through a 7-hour a day orientation for a whole week.
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    The IHB Singles Club

    "<strong><em>The most intelligent, beautiful, kind, supportive, giving, warm, wise, insightful, wonderful woman I know is in her forties. You want to guess who she is?</em></strong>" Mrs. awgee !
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    Kazak needs help!

    reason, Funny that was the first thing I asked too. But no, it is not Norman Hsu. I heard in socal, Norman Hsu was known as Peter in Chinese Community. So, beware of people with multiple names. fumbling, The attorney suggested giving 1/2 ownership of house was their immigration...
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    Kazak needs help!

    Phony business adventures, investments, real estate transactions, political fundraising,..etc. Two of the known victims on the list are real estate agents and one is a CEO of a Taiwanese pharmaceutical co. The con man had an accomplice and they both used so many alias I would not know which one...
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    Kazak needs help!

    Thank you. IrvineCommuter. I am sending the information out right away.
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    Kazak needs help!

    IrvineCommuter, are you an attorney? It appears to me that Kazak's brother and his wife are victims of a sophisticated fraud and thus lost a lot of money. I was told that there were more than a dozen victims around Irvine and Newport Beach, most of them Chinese (Kazak brother married a...
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    Kazak needs help!

    Kazak and his wife are in their mid 20's. His older brother is in early 40's. I have met all of them except the brother's wife. Most immigrants I have known didn't bring ALL their money to the US with them at once. We came here first with some spending money. After settled in a city, then...
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    Kazak needs help!

    <p>Kazak feels pressured to help because,</p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">If he refuses to go with the plan, his mother will sure use her own saving to help her elder son. Kazak worries that if the worst happens, he'd have to take care of his mother.</p> <p...
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    Property Tax Assessment

    <strong><em>"wouldnt their increase be capped at 2%? i'm assuming this was in california?" </em></strong>Yes, it was in Westpark next to Culverdale elementary. I do not know how reliable the story is though.
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    Property Tax Assessment

    <em>"<strong>Has anyone gone to court to lower their property tax.." </strong></em>My friend once told me that her former neighbor did just that and regret it. They got their property tax down in mid. 90's. It was easy to do and received no objection from the government at all. BUT, when...
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    Kazak needs help!

    Well, me first; since I post the thread for him! My first idea is to SELL THE HOUSE ! But, since Kazak's brother does not take that very well. The next best suggestion I have is this, <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">½ mil for ½ ownership.</p> <p...
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    Kazak needs help!

    <p>The following is roughly translated from Russian, </p> <p>Hi, everyone, I am a new immigrant renting in LA. Please call me Kazak for I am from Kazakhstan. I regularly visit my mother at an OC retirement home. My older brother lives with his own family in Irvine; he arrived in the US more...
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    Late Night HBO Insight on the OC mentality

    bix's story, to me, just proves that men (at least some) are the cause of many women behave the way they do. Also, I am very sorry to see that many classically trained musician start to wear revealing clothes for concerts and photo shots --they are ones actually make money in the business.
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    Ideal location in Irvine (or OC) for single young professional to purchase a 3000 sf house?

    For a second I thought I read "homeboy roommate." My home has only three bedrooms, one for myself, one for my piano and one I am using as a guest room for my visiting family members. Though my family did not help me to buy this place, I do feel obligated to let them stay whenever they...
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    Ideal location in Irvine (or OC) for single young professional to purchase a 3000 sf house?

    hmm, I think my best bet is a security camera, dummy or not. Forget about dogs because I am often gone for two to three weeks at a time. Can't leave the dogs out in the yard. I often hear coyote fights at nights, sounds really scary. I might come home find my dog missing. Thanks...
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    Ideal location in Irvine (or OC) for single young professional to purchase a 3000 sf house?

    I don't live in a gated community. I did have motion sensor lights, never thought about a security camera though...
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    Ideal location in Irvine (or OC) for single young professional to purchase a 3000 sf house?

    I did put in flood light (is that how it's called?). The police investigator said the burglar(s) broke it. I fixed it shortly after, only to find it broken again, the cord had been cut. My parents, who live out of town but visit often, insisted that I installed alarm system. The...
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    Ideal location in Irvine (or OC) for single young professional to purchase a 3000 sf house?

    Trooper, Just one time real entry. I was out of the country, came back found a broken window and a sliding glass door opened from inside. Because I was out of the country, I really could not tell the police the exact date it happened. A week after I reported the break in, a...
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    Ideal location in Irvine (or OC) for single young professional to purchase a 3000 sf house?

    "<em><strong>you have more privacy in a SFR...</strong></em>" Depend on the location. Most SFR in Irvine are surrounded by houses. I live in a townhouse with no neighbor on three sides. Though connected on one side, my location is so private it has become a magnet for burglars...
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