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  1. someguy

    Toll Brothers is building another community in the Great Park

    Seems like Elevate is moving along steadily. Only about 20 lots left as of now out of 82. https://www.tollbrothers.com/luxury-homes-for-sale/California/Elevate-by-Toll-Brothers-at-Great-Park-Neighborhoods It doesn't seem like they've pushed prices up much, if at all, in the past few months...
  2. someguy

    BBB - taxes on overtime

    The tax deduction/exemption happens at the individual level on their 1040. Employers do not get a direct tax benefit.
  3. someguy

    President Trump

    So much of home price appreciation is simply inflation. Compare *real* (i.e. number minus inflation) residential property prices: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=n8TX vs *nominal* (i.e. just the number) residential property prices: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/QUSN628BIS For...
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    Recommendation for front load washer

    I've had an LG front load washer/dryer for about 10 years. Still works great. One of my friends purchased a front load a year or two ago and said the newer designs fix some of the problems of the old ones. The biggest problem with my front load washer is mold will accumulate in and around the...
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    How low can we go? 30 yr fixed at 3.75% with no fees...

    Lol, yes you're right. My literal bro, who is a tech bro in the bay area sitting on big RSU gains, experiences the effects of this. He is on the missed out side of the homeownership equation in his favorite city, Los Altos. Despite his solid performance and tenure at a well known bay area big...
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    How low can we go? 30 yr fixed at 3.75% with no fees...

    Scroll Redfin or Zillow for a bit. There's been a lot of price drops lately, even in Irvine. I expect it will continue in the near term.
  7. someguy

    Northwood Estates

    What a nightmare. Sorry you had to experience all of this. I'm curious about PMP. Would you mind elaborating on PMP's role in all of this?
  8. someguy

    Toll Brothers is building another community in the Great Park

    What was it about your experience with Toll that leads you to think that?
  9. someguy

    EV/Plug-in/Other vehicles

    In the time it took you to type that post you could have googled the source of electricity generation in China. China used coal to generate 58% of it's electricity in 2024. China emitted 5,640 metric tons of CO2 emissions in 2024, the most ever on record in a year...
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    Economy and Climate Change

    You know what confuses me? Science tries to predict the high temperature for the day on the morning of in my local city. Sometimes it's accurate, sometimes it's off by 5+ degrees. Meanwhile, scientists are so sure they know exactly what the temperature is going to be for the entire planet...
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    The joy of dealing with EDD for unemployment insurance

    A sign of TDS is when you blame orange man for something he has nothing to do with. The EDD is administered by the glorious state of California. The irony here is the EDD paid out over $20B of fraudulent claims during the pandemic, but now they're having trouble administering a legitimate...
  12. someguy

    Guess the buyer and the final price

    Wooooooooooow! What a house! What a property! Such a place doesn't deserve my poor unsophisticated working class opinion of value! I'm not worthy!! I'm not worthy!!
  13. someguy

    Orchard Hills 4 - "The Summit" Updates

    Ya'll are such teases. FCBs aren't going anywhere. Just a matter of time until we have a Mao shrine in Irvine city hall.
  14. someguy

    President Trump

    Do you think it's reasonable to think Congress may change the rules on Roth accounts to make them taxable in some way? Suppose some time in the future they say "plebians, the US is in really bad financial shape, so if you're a big bad rich guy with a roth account over $X million in value, this...
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    REVEALED: SCHEME TO DISENFRANCHISE IRVINE VOTERS

    Good luck Irvine, you're going to need it. https://voiceofoc.org/2024/05/irvine-grapples-with-nearly-60000-new-housing-units-in-general-plan-proposal/
  16. someguy

    Orchard Hills 4 - "The Summit" Updates

    I hope you're sitting down for this one. There are gas pipes in your home. Those pipes are fed and metered with a pipe next to your home. That pipe is fed from gas pipes under the streets in your neighborhood. Those pipes are fed by pipes under major roads. I'll stop there to let you...
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    Orchard Hills 4 - "The Summit" Updates

    Excessive prices? No problem Proximity to landfill? No problem Expanding landfill usage? No problem Methane fueled generator? No problem This is all buyers need to know before they wire cash: Real Estate. Irvine Unified School District. Fly n Buy.
  18. someguy

    Orchard Hills 4 - "The Summit" Updates

    To quote a movie, "If you Irvine it, they will build it" ... or something like that...
  19. someguy

    Orchard Hills 4 - "The Summit" Updates

    Did anyone notice pricing has been added to TB's OH4 website? Pinnacle starting at $5M Skyline starting at $6M
  20. someguy

    Orchard Hills 4 - "The Summit" Updates

    Regulation induced. Tank electric water heaters.
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