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Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know--until last year, I had been living a few miles
from Sooz for 9 years It's more shocking to me that I could buy a house here for that amount than the fact that it would only remodel a closet in NoCali! LOL! "LC aka Fiddy" wrote in message ... F*CK! I could buy a 4 bedrom house here for $20,000! Welcome to the world, girl! Here, in Sunny So Cal, it would take that to remodel a bathroom! LOL... and Sooz?..she's up in "bogglesthemindhowexpensiverealestateis" land! (but, according to my dh who's a financial planner, and his real estate friends...the market has topped, and we're headed for a "correction"!) The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!) |
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"LC aka Fiddy" wrote in message
... F*CK! I could buy a 4 bedrom house here for $20,000! Welcome to the world, girl! Here, in Sunny So Cal, it would take that to remodel a bathroom! LOL... and Sooz?..she's up in "bogglesthemindhowexpensiverealestateis" land! (but, according to my dh who's a financial planner, and his real estate friends...the market has topped, and we're headed for a "correction"!) Haven't they been saying that for the last 5 years? -- -------------------------------------- Lori Greenberg www.beadnerd.com ebay: http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...origre enberg |
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Haven't they been saying that for the last 5 years?
They've been predicting it, but now it's becoming real. There are now some "buyer incentives" popping up, and homes that would have had 5 offers, all at above the sale price, are sitting unsold for weeks... The real estate agents are starting to sweat, as are the mortgage folks...knowing it could be just a 'correction', tho, some sellers are still thinking "ack!..let's get this pig on the market NOW"!... Economics...fascinating...(sometimes)! The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!) |
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It's more shocking to me that I could buy a house here for that amount than
the fact that it would only remodel a closet in NoCali! I know what you mean. My dh has a biz acquantaince that just bought an "income property" in Kentucky. The MAYOR of the town met with him and his wife, and the local vendors are bending over backwards to help them clean up this property to get it rented...it's amazing. And the investment the man made is considered somewhat chump change (as in Sooz's "relativity" theory of money). The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!) |
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Real Estate in my area would send a die hard Cali resident to their
knees--lemme grab my local paper and share an ad or two with you guys. "Three bedroom home on two acres.....Washer /dryer hookup, stove and refri, two outbuildings. $22,000" "Recently Remodeled...Brick and Vinyl, one bath, lg backyard w/chain link fence, carport w/storage, utility room, hardwood floors. Great Starter Home. $65,000" "New House for sale, 2400 sq ft, 3/4 bdrms, lg bonus room,3 baths, hardwood flooring, custom cabiners, jacuzzi tub. $169,000" "2600 sq ft with partial finished basement, 4 bdrm, 4 bath, vaulted ceilings, tile and wood floors, screended porch, 7yrs old with nice shady lot. $189,000" See what I mean? And these are higher than what we normally see around here. "LC aka Fiddy" wrote in message ... It's more shocking to me that I could buy a house here for that amount than the fact that it would only remodel a closet in NoCali! I know what you mean. My dh has a biz acquantaince that just bought an "income property" in Kentucky. The MAYOR of the town met with him and his wife, and the local vendors are bending over backwards to help them clean up this property to get it rented...it's amazing. And the investment the man made is considered somewhat chump change (as in Sooz's "relativity" theory of money). The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!) |
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See what I mean? And these are higher than what we normally see around here. Yeah, but...they are "there". Pack one up and move it out here, and I'd consider it! Price ain't everything! The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!) |
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*sigh* If I could pack one up and move it out there, do you really think
I'd let anyone else have it? lol! "LC aka Fiddy" wrote in message ... See what I mean? And these are higher than what we normally see around here. Yeah, but...they are "there". Pack one up and move it out here, and I'd consider it! Price ain't everything! The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!) |
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*sigh* If I could pack one up and move it out there, do you really think I'd let anyone else have it? lol! My point exactly! WWSS?...Haw! The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!) |
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Well said, and exactly what I was thinking.
I remember a time when I *swore* I would never spend more than ten bucks for a pair of jeans. At the time, my take-home pay, for 40 hours a week, was 66 bucks. Now, although I try not to do it very often g, it doesn't seem weird to me to pay 30-40 dollars for jeans. Hobby money for me might be fifty bucks a month (heh), but for someone else, maybe it's ten times that. Cheers, Carla Dr. Sooz wrote: You know what I think? (Otherwise known as "Who cares -- shhh!") I think that money is a sliding scale thing. $1000 would be a teensy drop in the bucket to me if our household income were ten times what it now is. It would be one big shrug. $1000 is *nothing* to pay for a pair of shoes, for instance, to some women. (To use an item we've been talking about in other threads....SHOES.) They *collect* Manolos. Some women think nothing of spending $20,000 for a DRESS. So, maybe the buyer of Corina's set of beads -- and her bidding-war partner there -- have lots of money. Simply put. It's all relative. (And I no longer think it's insane.) ~~ Sooz |
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In article , "~Candace~"
writes: I could buy a 4 bedrom house here for $20,000! Where is that? India? $20K won't even add a room to an existing house, here. And may not even be enough to remodel the kitchen. Kaytee "Simplexities" on www.eclecticbeadery.com |
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