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    Half Bathrooms Next to the Kitchen

    Am I the only person who can't stand the half bathrooms that get built right next to the kitchen? It seems convenient, but these are often meant for guests, and I feel terribly uncomfortable using them, especially when every single one I've been in seems to have no noise dampening built in. Also...
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    Los Angeles Housing Treasures

    LA city is known for being a disorganized hodge-podge of lax zoning and poor urban planning gone all wrong. But scattered around the city, are hidden landmarks and architectural wonders, in the most unexpected and forgotten about places. I've spent hours browsing the Big Orange Landmarks blog...
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    New ETF - Gamble on House Prices

    There is a pair of new leveraged ETFs coming online this month that let you bet on the future of housing prices. One product predicts the price will go up, the other is a bet on the price going down. I'm not exactly sure what exactly the point of these is, other than speculation. There is no...
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    Former New York Fed Head Calls Bottom LOL

    This has to be the worst case of shilling I've ever seen. It almost sounds like a paid commercial for the economy. This guy has a PHD in economics and used to serve as the head of the New York Fed Monetary Analysis Staff. He has worked at Lehman, Chase, and Morgan Stanley, and is an advisor on a...
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    Money/CNN Calling California Bottom? Looks More Like NAR Shilling...

    CNN/Money is claiming that "California is Reawakening." Of course, they are using California Association of Realtors and National Association of Realtors as their sources, so the article is faulty, but this is the first mainstream article I'm aware of trying to put a positive spin on things...
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