I noticed that the recent stuff on the radio is pitching the buying of out of state rentals as the cash flow is potentially there. Nothing like...
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How many housing price cycles have you been through? Where I live (Southern California), your assumption is incredibly incorrect.
All that good news and some pretty poor action in DHI today. Big spike and finish near the open on better than average volume, below the 50 DMA....
I'll jump on that one. My condo in Long Beach/Signal Hill, CA went from 125K to 215K to 120-130K in the period from 1986 to 1993. I think the...
Kin, Where do you live? Pigs can fly too........... I saw it on a Pink Floyd album cover. Not picking on you, but, get the sense you...
Absolutely incorrect. Many of the areas of So Cal have limits on building heights or they are limited to defined areas of cities. You don't...
I agree with you on this in the HOT MARKETS.... it's greed. The 90 home development my sister bought into in La Quinta, Ca had the builders...
Dataquick provides some of the data you are looking for. Don't know if they do it nationally. Might check with a local realtor for the data....
If you have a product that allows people to buy more house than they should, or could afford, you increase the demand because those people locked...
What I like about the chart on the first page of the PMI link, it starts right after the big decline in the late 80's. Subsequent charts show the...
1. True... Changes the character of gains from Cap to Ordinary Income. Subject to the other lovely taxes. 2. False... There are cases...
I guess the peril of MTM election depends upon the instruments you trade. It isn't for everyone. Filing MTM doesn't make you trader status....
Follow this at your own peril......... If you fail to meet trader status, which isn't clearly defined, you run the risk of an audit....
I would second the Excel suggestion. You can override/input the total for trades into the cells Sch D in Turbo Tax if needed, IIRC. As...
They charge 2.25 points so they aren't starving as brokers and makes up for any benefit gained fromthe low payment. The rate changes after 6...
The benefits of ownership through tax savings just don't work anymore in SoCal. It used to be the payment should be a maximum of about 40-45%...
Bill, I wouldn't take anything others say on here personal. If others want to believe the inflation numbers the Gubment is touting,...
Mike, Take a look at the bottom of one of my post on page 30 in this thread for an example of the swings in price over time for SoCal. My...
Oneway, Always enjoy your post and content. I posted this in the other RE thread. I found her comments interesting and very much along the...
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