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The End Game Is Closer Than Ever

By MsBennet   Follow   Wed, 30 Jan 2013, 12:36am   555 views   9 comments
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http://agonist.org/2013-financial-overview-the-endgame-is-closer-than-ever/

By Numerian, on January 27th, 2013 Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein has just bought a second home, this one in the Hamptons, the fabled playground for New Yorks bankers and hedge fund managers. It was on the market for $33 million, and its sale in December contributed to a splurge of estate buying last year that saw record prices being set for country manors in the Hamptons. The luxury segment of the real estate market in the US had a very good year, and not just in New York. California mansions which would have sat idle two or three years...

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1. Mick Russom Follow Befriend (2) 7 threads 530 comments Belmont, CA

   1   12:44am Wed 30 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Some clown bought a 117 million house in woodside, ca. looks like the oligarchs have some FRNs to dump into RE.

2. TechGromit Follow Befriend (6) 85 threads 968 comments 44 male Egg Harbor City, NJ

   2   11:47am Fri 1 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   If you have that kind of money, why do you need to buy a house anywhere expensive? If I was that rich, I buy a mansion someplace cheap (and warm) on a couple thousand acres of land and hire people to wait on me hand and foot.

3. Mick Russom Follow Befriend (2) 7 threads 530 comments Belmont, CA

   3   4:42am Sat 2 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   TechGromit says If I was that rich, I buy a mansion someplace cheap A lot of rich people are sociopaths that want to rub it in. You just want to be left alone in peace and pursue life without being harassed or haraassing. Not everyone is like that.

4. lostand confused Follow Befriend (9) 160 threads 1,534 comments Premium

   4   4:54am Sat 2 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Mick Russom says Some clown bought a 117 million house in woodside, ca. looks like the oligarchs have some FRNs to dump into RE. Yeah, I would like to see the tax bill on that. I was reading about a 95 million dollar apartment in NYC that had 60k a month in HOA fees!! I guess that is beyond our understanding.

5. Kevin Follow Befriend 40 threads 2,652 comments

   5   9:21am Sat 2 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   People who can afford $100m houses don't really care what it costs to buy a place. If they're buying a place in woodside, they're probably a tech executive who still cares about working. If you love what you do, there's nothing wrong with that.

6. unstoppable Follow Befriend 9 threads 86 comments Portland, OR

   6   10:24am Sat 2 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   lostand confused says Mick Russom says Some clown bought a 117 million house in woodside, ca. looks like the oligarchs have some FRNs to dump into RE. Yeah, I would like to see the tax bill on that. I was reading about a 95 million dollar apartment in NYC that had 60k a month in HOA fees!! I guess that is beyond our understanding. Usually in New York your property taxes are included in the HOA or CO-OP fees.

7. Reality Follow Befriend 2 threads 1,645 comments

   7   10:37am Sat 2 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   TechGromit says If you have that kind of money, why do you need to buy a house anywhere expensive? If I was that rich, I buy a mansion someplace cheap (and warm) on a couple thousand acres of land and hire people to wait on me hand and foot. Keeping squatters off your land would be a problem. IMHO, the ridiculously high prices (20-100 mil) quoted for some of the properties may well be the result of two reasons: 1. money laundering to favored clients 2. asset allocation just like buying art, as a hedge against inflation. In jurisdictions with less than 1% property tax rate, the "storage fee" is actually lower than hundreds of pounds of gold . . . and you can be sure that the house is "allocated" and deeded, and the title not clouded by MERS in that price segment. On top of all that, you get to enjoy the place. The townspeople also benefit by having those guys paying for their bureaucrats, thereby keeping the property tax low for the rest of the homeowners.

8. MsBennet Follow Befriend 4 threads 206 comments

   8   11:53am Sat 2 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Further down in that article, it talks about our government is buying its own debt through these quantitative easing schemes. I have trouble wrapping my head around that!!!! As for housing, some people have shotloads of money. I met a man who bought a house cash for 8M somewhere around Los Altos. And it was a fixer upper of sorts. He is a small player but started a company that got bought out by a bigger company. Happens all the time here.

9. JodyChunder Follow Befriend (3) 16 threads 1,368 comments Victorville, CA Premium

   9   4:41pm Sat 2 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Kevin says If you love what you do, there's nothing wrong with that. I ♥ collecting rent. I've gotten pretty good at it.