| 2012/3/2-26 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/China] UID:54325 Activity:nil | 3/2 I just came back from Asia and I'm completely convinced that
it is where economic boom will really happen in the next decade.
What's a good web site to learn Chinese?
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| 2011/5/19-7/30 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/China] UID:54111 Activity:nil | 5/19 Is it some cultural chinese thing to never take sick days?
\_ Chinese New Year Day Off!
\_ No. When I was in primary school, my parents used to tell me to
take a sick day when I overslept (i.e. when they overslept and
wake me up in time.)
didn't wake me up in time.)
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| 2009/5/8-15 [Reference/Law/Court] UID:52973 Activity:kinda low | 5/8 http://csua.com/?entry=52724
I had my day in court today. Was awarded the $350 he owed me, $150
in damages, and $200 for having to drive down from SF to LA. If I had
a pay stub, he probably would have given me money for PTO. The case
went extremely quickly. He asked when I moved out, how long I lived
there (2.5 years) and if I got a statement of deductions within 21
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| 2009/3/17-23 [Reference/Law/Court, Reference/RealEstate] UID:52724 Activity:moderate | 3/17 I posted on 2/10 about a landlord that stiffed me $600 on
my deposit. I wrote him a "strongly worded letter" and followed it up
with a "Pay up or I'm going to file a small claims court in 10 days"
template. He didn't respond so I filed a claim, but the day I filed
a claim, he wrote me back and added $250 to the deposit. If I hadn't
already spent the $60 on the filing, I would have been happy and taken
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| 2009/3/10-17 [Reference/RealEstate] UID:52692 Activity:moderate | 3/10 Sure glad I didn't take suburban guys advice and buy a big place
in the outer suburbs:
http://tinyurl.com/b68rty
\_ My house just got appraised for 2x what I paid for it in 2001,
which is down from 2.5x in 2007. I'm really upset about it,
especially since the appraisal was because I refinanced at
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| 2009/2/26-3/5 [Reference/RealEstate] UID:52641 Activity:kinda low | 2/26 REAL ESTATE, IT ONLY GOES UP! LANDLORD - WITH A YACHT!!!!!!!!one
\_ I use to be boat person, now I own boat. -John Vu
\_ you call now, make money in real estare wit no money down, i come
here make money wit no money down, look at these women!
\_ Nice thing about being a landlord is that some schmuck pays
the mortgage for you whether the property is going up or down in
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| 2009/2/10-17 [Reference/RealEstate] UID:52550 Activity:nil | 2/10 I've mailed my landlord about excess withholdings from my deposit
(certified mail), quoting legal code and all that. I'm going to write
him a followup letter saying he never responded. Is the next step
to go to some free legal clinic and then take him to small claims?
Any advise? (I've actually been looking forward to this for a while...
when I moved in, I knew this would happen so I've tried to keep
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| 2009/2/4-8 [Reference/RealEstate] UID:52507 Activity:nil | 2/3 There's a glut of apartments out there. Three units on my floor
(of a 80 unit apartment) are now vacant, in less than a month.
The weird thing is my landlord is increasing the rent by $200
a month, bumping it to $2200. I'm told her about the rate out
there, and she only budged $100. WTF, is this common? Oh well,
time to look for another place. I hate corporate managed apartments.
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| 2008/9/8-14 [Reference/RealEstate, Reference/Tax] UID:51107 Activity:nil | 9/8 Dear landlord question. If my net flow is negative (e.g.
rent - operation cost < 0), can I write off my loss for tax purpose?
Say I work a 9-5 job and make $100,000K/year, and my total
rent - operation cost is $20,000 loss, is my taxable income
$80,000K? In addition, can I write off HOA+repair+advertising+etc
in addition to my net loss, meaning a taxable income of
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| 2008/8/20-26 [Reference/RealEstate] UID:50910 Activity:nil | 8/19 Quick landlord question. If I'm paying X interest per year to a
rental property, does that mean I can write off X from my income?
Or do I do a (home-value)/27.5 depreciation for Schedule D? Can
I do both?
\_ You can do both, but you add the rent as income. I think you
know this, but it's the value of the improvement (less land)
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