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Tue Oct-06-09 10:13 PM
Response to Reply #14 |
| 16. The idea is to own something.... |
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If you rent, you are still under the landlords rule. A house also enables you to modify your environment. I've got a huge backyard which I've planted bamboo and put a pond in . I also just knocked out a wall to open up the kitchen. If I want to turn up Neil Diamond and blow the speakers in my house, then I'm welcome to do so. I was a renter for a very long time, but its been far more enjoyable to be a home owner. Of course, I made the decision to buy exactly half of what I could qualify for.
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| -Apartment Glut Expands |
WriteDown |
Oct-06-09 04:23 PM |
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There are many of us to whom this is great news... |
BrklynLiberal |
Oct-06-09 04:41 PM |
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This is good news |
short guy |
Oct-06-09 10:41 PM |
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Rents being driven down in San Jose? |
KamaAina |
Oct-06-09 04:58 PM |
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Yes, actually they are! |
MsKandice01 |
Oct-06-09 05:27 PM |
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How can you pay that much in rent? I don't make that much a month |
2Design |
Oct-06-09 07:43 PM |
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That's why avg salaries are higher in NY, LA and a few other cities. Cost of living is HIGH |
Liberal_in_LA |
Oct-06-09 10:23 PM |
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How does a burgerflipper make it? |
quakerboy |
Oct-06-09 11:16 PM |
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You can rent a room for $500 to $800 (drop in prices from prior years). Share an apt. |
Liberal_in_LA |
Oct-06-09 11:35 PM |
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Hectic |
quakerboy |
Oct-07-09 12:07 AM |
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becoming working homeless, move out of LA, go into even cheaper rent - garages, shared room |
Liberal_in_LA |
Oct-07-09 12:22 AM |
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What may not be obvious to an outsider is that there is a black market economy |
closeupready |
Oct-07-09 04:00 PM |
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My neighborhood is majority Hispanic.... |
WriteDown |
Oct-07-09 04:16 PM |
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Poor people do that, not only people with a Hispanic background. |
No Elephants |
Oct-08-09 04:10 AM |
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+1 |
Liberal_in_LA |
Oct-08-09 09:59 AM |
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Like eating watermelon, eating fried chicken and wearing overalls |
WriteDown |
Oct-08-09 10:07 AM |
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Easy! |
NeoConsSuck |
Oct-07-09 08:22 PM |
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Ive been priveledged |
quakerboy |
Oct-07-09 09:04 PM |
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That's why God made slums, furnished rooms, people living six to a one bedroom and single |
No Elephants |
Oct-08-09 03:59 AM |
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Three of the 6 units in my section of my building are vacant, one since last March. |
kestrel91316 |
Oct-06-09 05:27 PM |
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I'm thinking there's only a glut of high-end apartments, |
intheflow |
Oct-06-09 05:33 PM |
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I was thinking the same thing ... |
Myrina |
Oct-06-09 05:42 PM |
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Many of these foreclosed homes are being bought up |
EmeraldCityGrl |
Oct-06-09 06:11 PM |
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)verbuilding and/or unaffordable rents. People are homeless, moving in with friends and relatives, |
No Elephants |
Oct-08-09 04:06 AM |
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Or they moved in with family members. |
wickerwoman |
Oct-06-09 07:13 PM |
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Maybe not cheaper per month, but with the mortgage |
WestSeattle2 |
Oct-06-09 08:06 PM |
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Ah yes, the Tax Writeoff Propaganda arises from the ashes of 9% Unemployment |
Grinchie |
Oct-06-09 09:25 PM |
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The idea is to own something.... |
WriteDown |
Oct-06-09 10:13 PM |
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Not everyone has the skill or the need to own a home. |
Grinchie |
Oct-07-09 02:07 PM |
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Why own a dog? |
WriteDown |
Oct-07-09 03:03 PM |
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Yeah, but nothing beats living in your own home. I hated life as a renter |
Liberal_in_LA |
Oct-06-09 10:25 PM |
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I agree about the write off |
quakerboy |
Oct-07-09 12:16 AM |
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Good question, and you are correct, it ultimately goes to uncle sam through the landlord |
Grinchie |
Oct-07-09 03:57 PM |
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Exactly. The interest deduction is a nice perk but its not |
WestSeattle2 |
Oct-07-09 06:33 PM |
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Now I feel like a fool! I bought a 12 unit apartment complex with payments |
mbperrin |
Oct-08-09 12:06 PM |
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Now that you've accepted it, you can move on... |
WriteDown |
Oct-08-09 12:08 PM |
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Really depends on what you bought, when and where. |
intheflow |
Oct-06-09 09:50 PM |
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My best friend lives with his boyfriend |
XemaSab |
Oct-06-09 07:24 PM |
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Jeez, not a whole lot of getting the freak on in that house! |
WestSeattle2 |
Oct-06-09 08:07 PM |
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Thats when you bring back the sock system... |
quakerboy |
Oct-07-09 12:17 AM |
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The sock system?...dare I ask?....lol |
WestSeattle2 |
Oct-07-09 06:38 PM |
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The sock goes on the doorknob |
quakerboy |
Oct-07-09 09:10 PM |
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Oh, so much neater than lube on the knob. Wait, let me |
WestSeattle2 |
Oct-07-09 10:15 PM |
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Seems like a lot of people I know |
quakerboy |
Oct-06-09 11:20 PM |
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Except in Bethesda MD, where my landlord treats us all like crap and raises the rent. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Oct-06-09 05:39 PM |
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WSJ stories under Murdoch tend not to apply to most people |
PfcHammer |
Oct-06-09 09:23 PM |
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wow I cannot imagine paying over 1000 a month for rent |
Mari333 |
Oct-06-09 10:15 PM |
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wow.. Car insurance in LA approaches $200 per month. can't imagine low rents like that |
Liberal_in_LA |
Oct-06-09 10:26 PM |
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Michigan and Toledo are hurting |
du_grad |
Oct-07-09 09:42 PM |
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In New York (including the five boroughs), anything under 1000 is a steal. |
closeupready |
Oct-07-09 03:57 PM |
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The cheaper NYC neighborhoods of the old days got gentrified. |
No Elephants |
Oct-08-09 04:47 AM |
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Yes, all of them - the Bronx, Washington Heights, Crown Heights, East Village |
closeupready |
Oct-08-09 06:37 AM |
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They won't lower rates much and remove the automatic disqualifier |
jasi2006 |
Oct-06-09 10:34 PM |
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Holy hell |
Sin |
Oct-07-09 04:09 PM |
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Oh no! Just another tiny blip in our recovering not anymore recession economy. |
Rex |
Oct-07-09 09:36 PM |
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Many renters are young |
fujiyama |
Oct-08-09 12:17 AM |
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