2013/8/1-10/28 [Reference/RealEstate] UID:54722 Activity:nil | 8/1 Suppose your house is already paid off and you retire at 65.
How much expense does one expect to spend a year, in the Bay
Area? Property tax will be about $10K/year for a modest $850K
home. What about other stuff?
\_ I think at age 65, health insurance is the next biggest expense.
\_ I am thinking that we can have a nice middle class
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2013/7/31-9/16 [Reference/RealEstate, Finance/Investment] UID:54720 Activity:nil | 7[31 Suppose you have a few hundred thousand dollars in the bank earning
minimum interest rate and you're not sure whether you're going to
buy a house in 1-5 years. Should one put that money in a more
risky place like Vanguard ETFs and index funds, given that the
horizon is only 1-5 years?
\_ I have a very similar problem, in that I have a bunch of cash
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2013/3/21-5/18 [Reference/RealEstate] UID:54634 Activity:nil | 3/21 Holy crap is Bay Area real estate on fire right now. I keep
getting outbid by hundreds of thousands of dollars on places.
\_ does more home-owners mean fewer people will be renting,
driving the demand for rental down? -poor renter
\_ I am kind of doubting that, but it might work.
\_ what is the zip code that you're bidding on?
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2013/2/19-3/26 [Reference/RealEstate] UID:54610 Activity:nil | 2/19 I just realized that my real estate broker has a PhD in plant
molecular cell biology from an Ivy League school in the mid 70s.
Now she has to deal with a bunch of young dot-comers, and they're
pain in the ass. -Only a BS in EEC$
\_ My agent used to be a hardware engineer. He switched to real estate
when he got laid off during the 80's. Now he's doing very well.
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2012/12/21-2013/1/24 [Transportation/Car, Reference/RealEstate] UID:54567 Activity:nil | 12/21 Is it possible to use my Fastrak on a rental car?
\_ Don't know if you're supposed to, but I think it works under normal
situation (i.e. you're not speeding, your windshield doesn't block
the signal, etc.) The problem is that if the reception is bad and
the toll tag doesn't beep, the booth will take a picture of your
rental's license plate and fine the rental company because the
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