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 $850K
home. What about other stuff?
\_ I think at age 65, health insurance is the next biggest expense.
\_ I am thinking that we can have a nice middle class
...
|
2013/7/31-9/16 [Reference/RealEstate, Finance/Investment] UID:54720 Activity:nil | 7[31 Suppose you have a few hundred thousand dollars in the bank earning
minimum interest rate and you're not sure whether you're going to
buy a house in 1-5 years. Should one put that money in a more
risky place like Vanguard ETFs and index funds, given that the
horizon is only 1-5 years?
\_ I have a very similar problem, in that I have a bunch of cash
...
|
2013/2/19-3/26 [Reference/RealEstate] UID:54610 Activity:nil | 2/19 I just realized that my real estate broker has a PhD in plant
molecular cell biology from an Ivy League school in the mid 70s.
Now she has to deal with a bunch of young dot-comers, and they're
pain in the ass. -Only a BS in EEC$
\_ 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.
...
|
2012/8/21-11/7 [Reference/Law, Reference/RealEstate] UID:54462 Activity:nil | 8/21 I'm trying to negotiate rent renewal and my manager came
back saying she can't do that due to Fair Housing Laws
that states that if they adjust price for one person
they need to adjust price for everyone else. Is this
an actual law or some bullshit she just made up?
\_ Probably bullshit.
...
|
|