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L.A.dweller (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 06:18 PM Original message |
The Real Estate boon. How has it affected you? |
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TwentyFive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. And they can easily avoid paying tax on the capital gains. |
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Mr. McD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Our house has more then doubled in value |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 06:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Same here - we are now the "poor white trash" |
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jdots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. i live in Calabasas about 5 miles away |
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L.A.dweller (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 06:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Once the bubble pops |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm not in California, but the influx of Californians have |
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L.A.dweller (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 06:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Thanks, that is nice of you |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. No way I can live in the town where I grew up. Homes were going for |
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luxpara (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
9. Horrible story - just happened to me |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 02:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. The bottom does not necessarily have to drop out any time soon |
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Silver Gaia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 06:28 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Good grief!!! |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. The average selling price for a house in Portland |
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Silver Gaia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 06:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Hey, cliss... |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. bought a house w/ 4 acres in Sonoma valley in'85 |
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L.A.dweller (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. IMO, Los Angeles |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. you spend 3 months indoors here |
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L.A.dweller (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 11:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. You mentioned fog bank |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 04:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. well the fog extends quite a way in. |
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Semi_subversive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 04:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Try Sacramento for fog |
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99Pancakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
16. Dear LA Dweller |
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L.A.dweller (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 02:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Thanks for the funny story! |
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Piperay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 03:43 AM Response to Original message |
18. The house my parents bought for twelve thousand in 1954 |
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Ernesto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
19. In '86 I bought 5 acres near a nuke plant for 29k |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-24-04 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
20. What evidence do you have for a bubble? |
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L.A.dweller (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 02:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. I would expect to own a home |
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Momgonepostal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
22. We're in Modesto, supposedly a cheap part of CA |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 08:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Modesto hasn't been "cheap" for years. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
25. I've done OK |
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Biased Liberal Media (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
29. It's what caused my DH to move us to WA (Where he grew up) |
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