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 Facebook stock up after the lockup expires...
By permanent_marker in Mountain View CA 94041 12 comments, latest 5 months ago:
SFace says I was thinking about the greatest acquisition of all time and damn, Google's acquisition of Youtube must be the greatest ever. 1.6B. Youtube is worth at least 50B. MTV, Viacom execs should be... |
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self-directed IRAs?
By permanent_marker in Mountain View CA 94041 15 comments, latest 6 months ago:
mell says There are multiple vehicles, self-directed 401Ks and IRA-LLCs. I don't think the advantage is that you can invest in housing or any other vehicle, the real advantage is that you can easily park/invest... |
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interesting post-election analysis
By permanent_marker in Mountain View CA 94041 2 comments, latest 6 months ago:
KILLERJANE says I don't get the reasoning for the Christians etc. wanting a republican. 1. Thou should not kill, didnt gwb fuck that up? About a million times over. 2. Christians say Obama isn't supporting... |
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lending club?
By permanent_marker in Mountain View CA 94041 8 comments, latest 7 months ago:
E-man says Based on what I read above, I know it's not for me. 1) unsecured personal debt. 2) illiquid with no upside potential, but downside risk. 3) 8%-14% return. Given these criteria, why not... |
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ideas to invest 50k short term ( ~ 2 months)
By permanent_marker in Mountain View CA 94041 8 comments, latest 1 year ago:
FortWayne says Depends on how much risk you are willing to take. Nothing out there will make you any money in 2 month when it comes to standard investment vehicles. |
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868 Sierra Vista Av, Mountain View, CA 94043
By permanent_marker in Mountain View CA 94043 1 comment, latest 1 year ago:
E-man says What are you suggesting? I can find an example where a property was recently sold at mid 90's price. ;) |
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so Facebook IPO is a flop?
By permanent_marker in Mountain View CA 94041 25 comments, latest 1 year ago:
michaelsch says supersunken says Would you buy FB if it was at $10? At $10? No. The only situation I would buy it would be smelling upcomming mass psycosis and would like to do a... |
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what is the scene at court-house auctions?
By permanent_marker in Mountain View CA 94041 19 comments, latest 1 year ago:
FortWayne says I wouldn't call everyone there a bottom feeder. I know some folks who bought their residence at the courthouse steps because it was cheaper than buying someones flip. |
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clicking on forum links takes me to 2nd page of comments
By permanent_marker in Mountain View CA 94041 7 comments, latest 1 year ago:
Dan8267 says Ah, forgot to mention, but whatever method you decide to play around with, I'd implement it so that the server only uses the new way if the URL has a parameter like "test=yes".... |
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How did you guys do in 2011 taxes?
By permanent_marker in Mountain View CA 94041 40 comments, latest 1 year ago:
SFace says Tax time is sort of like true-up your entire year finance. A refund or payable is a function of timing. From the perspective, once tax is settled, it is more apprpriate to ask... |
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bay area bidding wars... hell...
By permanent_marker in Mountain View CA 94041 86 comments, latest 1 year ago:
Goran_K says Considering that the cure rate for homes that receive a NOD is about 5% for the entire nation, I'd say NOD shouldn't be ignored. |
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new Property Reviews forum
By permanent_marker in Mountain View CA 94041 4 comments, latest 1 year ago:
I agree. There really should be just one record per property. Actually, I already do that in a way, since all thread titles are forced to be unique in the database. So giving an address... |
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RealtyTrac vs ForeclosureRadar?
By permanent_marker 1 comment, latest 1 year ago:
sean7825 says ptiemann - thanks for being a long time customer! permanent-marker - ptiemann is right, perfect accuracy is really hard with public records. That said I believe we do a better job of it... |
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Rents in South Bay are up and up...
By permanent_marker 17 comments, latest 1 year ago:
dodgerfanjohn says FWIW, requiring 20% down to obtain a mortgage would fix all of this. I'd just say eliminate mortgage in this country! Let the sheeple spend money on everything else except housing and this... |
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SF Bay area real estate report : Feb 2012 -- from a realtor
By permanent_marker 23 comments, latest 1 year ago:
Katy Perry says I forget now,...hmmmm. not much...1945-80 prices adjusted for inflaton were flat while interest rates skyrocketed... 1980-1997 prices flat except for a few bumps while interest rates dropped back to the levels of... |
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recommendations for financial advisers who don't charge 1-1.5 % (bay area)
By permanent_marker 7 comments, latest 1 year ago:
Oh, for the love of Christ. Investing is not brain surgery. If you want to beat the britches off market, sure --that's hard. But, as a rule of thumb: no one offering to do that... |
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'Jim The Realtor' for San Francisco Bay Area?
By permanent_marker posted 1 year ago:
http://www.bubbleinfo.com/ He is a real estate agent in Southern California. He is popular for the no non-sense video tours of the houses. Here is one: http://www.bubbleinfo.com/2011 We sooo need some one like him in SF... |
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9/11 ten year anniversary
By permanent_marker 4 comments, latest 1 year ago:
http://www.theonion.com/articl |
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what price range has little competition from cash investors? (bay area)
By permanent_marker 53 comments, latest 2 years ago:
bubblesburst says Sybrib says Tude says Want to brag about how you are doing that That'd be iwog. Hey Sybrib, I haven't read all of the forum and don't know this iwog. I never brag... |
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calculating monthly cost of owning a home
By permanent_marker 73 comments, latest 2 years ago:
E-man says Btw, this is the real E-man with the American Flag. The fake Eman is formerly known as ChrisLA. Don't confuse the smart one with the average one ;) |
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