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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 01:20 PM Original message |
My take on SUV's and McMansions... |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. The debt always amazes me |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I'll take my $380 mortgage payment on my shack. |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 01:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yeah, but Gable-Front Cottage Circa 1870 sounds nicer than shack. =) |
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Child_Of_Isis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. McMansions |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. Problem is, the "housing bubble" is a myth |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. "They aren't making any new land." |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 01:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. That's why buying a home is a safer investment than buying stocks |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 01:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. But the current owners can get screwed |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 01:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Buying with an ARM is completely foolish |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 01:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. No Bubble Down Here, Walt |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 02:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Yup, I doubt there will be a "burst" in a "housing bubble" |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Walt I have to disagree with you... |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 02:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Ain't gonna happen |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 02:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. When I bought this shack in '83... |
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merbex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 02:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Back in the late 70's when Volker raised the rates (I was a teen then) |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 02:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Seemed very fast to me, too... A year or so. |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Nope, no burst |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Could argue that was localized. |
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CitrusLib (748 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 02:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. I live in an area where housing prices have increased over 40% in a year. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. 40%? Now that's a bubble! |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 03:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Best sell and move elsewhere |
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CitrusLib (748 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 03:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. We're in for the long haul. |
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fighttheevilempire (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. They've made their pig sty and so now they get to wallow in it |
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beetbox (428 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 01:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. We all end up wallowing in it |
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beetbox (428 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. They punish others |
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whatever4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
14. Oh, encouraging them, that's kinda mean, ain't it? |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 02:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I am mean to Rethuglicans... |
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Ioo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
25. I need an SUV!!! |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 02:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. You don't need a waiver! |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 03:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Build a garage at the foot of the hill to house your VW... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Here's Your Waver: |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-05 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
31. I'm libertarian-minded on the choices people make for themselves |
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