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DAiryQUeen (aka TheOtherSide, MarinaPrime, FakeP, FaceReality)


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2007 May 22, 1:01pm   27,514 views  74 comments

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DAiryQUeen (DAQU), who also goes by various other infamous aliases around here, has been kind enough to share her Realtor(tm) mugshot with us.

Though we may disagree with her annoying arguments, lets at least give her credit where credit is due.

--Thanks DAQU!

(Jealous, bitter, living-in-the-boondocks-known-as-Marin-according-to-DAQU, Randy H takes credit for this thread).

((No realtors, models or Cinemax softporn starlets were harmed in the making of this thread.))

#housing

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1   LurkinLeech   2007 May 22, 1:25pm  

I think I found DAQU's lover...

http://www.bawldguy.com/boise-real-estate-investing-under-the-radar/

Favorite quote:
"Our current correction can accurately be described as not having enough butter for your morning toast"

2   skibum   2007 May 22, 1:38pm  

Dear DAiry QUeen,

I was bored so I dug a little deeper into your beloved namesake website, DQnews.com. Was it zip code 94123 you mentioned as "prime" LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION? :)

Well, they haven't published the April data yet, but I noticed this for your neighborhood for March:

http://www.dqnews.com/ZIPSFC.shtm

San Francisco 94123 16 -33.3% $1,210,000 -15.1%

That's 33.3% FEWER sales than last year, 15.1% DROP in MEDIAN in your beloved neighborhood. Well, so much for prices only going up in PRIME SF. lol. :)

BTW, Median price still doesn't tell the whole story, but you keep touting the median - well, doesn't look too good in 94123. YIPPEEE. ROCKING and ROLLING downward! L, L, L!!!

3   danville woman   2007 May 22, 2:13pm  

OO

I checked out www.propertyshark.com You are right. It is just amazing. It gives so much information, however, I wouldn't be surprised if someone doesn't shut it down.

4   OO   2007 May 22, 2:49pm  

I am saving all the precious info on my computer before someone shuts down my Second Life platform :-) :-) :-)

5   Malcolm   2007 May 22, 2:55pm  

Someone actually said this site is boring?

6   e   2007 May 22, 3:46pm  

“Young people have a great future ahead of them, but the rules of wealth creation have changed,”

What future?

We've got Peak Oil, Global Warming, The War on Terrorism(TM), China, India.

I'd take the Cold War and Sputnik over that any day.

7   surfer-x   2007 May 22, 3:58pm  

It only goes up. squakkkkk
It only goes up. squakkkkk

23% above asking. squakkkk
Red hot. squakkkk

8   Lost Cause   2007 May 22, 4:03pm  

Jesus -- she does not look like a transvestite! I guess the queens have gone high tech now -- silicone valley and all.

9   OO   2007 May 22, 4:08pm  

Exactly, I would rather have Cold War.

Give me the Cold War again please, fuck Global Warming, SS Crisis, globalisation of living standard, Collapse of USD....

Someone please go back on a time machine and shoot the idiot Gorbachev in the head. Mr. Gorbachev, keep that wall up please.

10   SP   2007 May 22, 5:01pm  

Bork Says:
comparing to an SS-20 going through the roof in the opposite direction.

The Russians love their children too.
SP

11   Vicente   2007 May 22, 6:46pm  

I rather think we were LUCKY to make it through the Cold War IN SPITE of Mutually Assured Destruction, not because of it. Too many fingers on too many buttons, and too many planes and ships pushing the edge..... there are some rather unpleasant stories about how close we ACCIDENTALLY came to WWIII several times.

Take the case of Stanislav Petrov, generally considered to have avoided an unpleasant exchange in 1983. I think this is an excellent example of how reasonable men stuck in the middle of insane systems, made the right choice even if it went against the grain of what they were programmed to do. Was he rewarded, no he was punished.

12   Randy H   2007 May 22, 11:37pm  

BTW, MAD is still there, it’s just people tend to forget about ultimately unpleasant things.

No, it's not. That's why a "cold war" scenario would be __very__ different in the current context.

MAD is a specific instance of a "prisoner's dilemma" game theory scenario. I don't have the exact numbers or reference, but a few years ago game theoreticians computed that the US-USSR "MAD" scenario had over an 80% probability of producing an equilibrium outcome in which both players survived.

However, adding a third credible player reduces the likelihood to under 20%. The used the obvious US-Russia-China scenario, which they gave the best stableness (China being assumed to be the most rational third player).

I don't remember all the numbers, but they just kept going down from 20% with 3 players. Any other third player with strategic nukes & intercontinental delivery capabilities, like India or Pakistan was a lower probability of equilibrium. The worst was a seven player scenario: US-Russia-China-India-Pakistan-N.Korea-Iran (or substitute Israel for N.Korea), at which point theres only a couple % chance of equilibrium.

13   DinOR   2007 May 23, 12:31am  

IIRC Ben Stiller did a great spoof on Yakov Schmirnov (comedian from former USSR) sobbing to self (and a 5th of wodka) wishing for old Soviet Union come back. "I no longer have "material" and career going into crapper. :(

Hysterical.

14   DinOR   2007 May 23, 1:11am  

Almost as pathetic as DQ him/herself?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1_-TlqdlvM

You tell me?

15   DinOR   2007 May 23, 1:13am  

My bad. Go to youtube and search Ben Stiller+Yakov? :)

16   Ed S   2007 May 23, 2:19am  

OT to FAB

I'd like to ask a question about Peninsula SFR rentals (Burlingame/SM area). Can you email me at caed744 @ yahoo dot com?

Thanks in advance

17   HeadSet   2007 May 23, 2:44am  

Bork,

You are quite right. A liitle country with a nuke does not become a superpower, it justs gives the pipsqueek a suicide method.

The MAD has scaled back quite a bit, though. American B-52s and KC-135s no longer sit cocked on to launch at a moments notice. The ICBMs may still be active, but it takes a B-52 (or other heavy bomber) to deliver the megatons needed to destroy the hardened sites.

18   HeadSet   2007 May 23, 4:33am  

Bork,

Nuke subs have been around since the early 1960s, they were not introduced very late in the Cold War. Even so, the payloads of our sub based missiles were not large enough (or accurate enough) to pop hardened Soviet facilities.

The Soviet subs were far from invisible. We did a very good job of tracking those noisy tubs.

Our strategy was that the ICBMs and SLBMs would hit the soft targets, and the manned bombers would hit the hardened sites. Strategic Bombers were not made irrelevant by missiles (sub or land based), they stood down only when the Cold War ended.

19   DinOR   2007 May 23, 5:06am  

I've gotta say (nukes aside) the Battle Mountain "Fat Cat" wine I had at a client's last night is definitely taking a toll! I had 3 freaking glasses and I feel like I pulled an "all nighter" for crissakes. I can still taste it and I feel dehydrated like a dog. Supposedly it's from Sonoma (and the client seemed to enjoy it) but has anyone else had this experience? Damn.

Oh and I'm shaking like a dog sh1tting peach pits!

21   DinOR   2007 May 23, 6:58am  

SP,

Thanks for the heads up! I'm surprised they let that on the plane? My mother-in-law is visiting from the Philippines and I asked for (4) bottles of ESQ Rhum and now I'm being told NO LIQUIDS on Int'l flights!

Can anyone verify this or is Mrs. DinOR just trying to make sure I don't become any "more" of an embarrassment at the wedding? :(

TIA

22   Malcolm   2007 May 23, 7:52am  

Not just international flights. You can't take any liquid or gel on domestic flights also; in amounts greater than 5 oz per container.

23   DinOR   2007 May 23, 7:54am  

Great....

24   OO   2007 May 23, 7:55am  

An acquaintance we know just bid into a Palo Alto Eichler (1200 sft) for over 1.3M, it is quite close to 101. It is not even going to Gunn High, it goes to the other high school.

I personally think that the blue-collar part of Palo Alto is the most overpriced, bubblish area of BA. Give me a break, at least shacks of the same level of school district and lot size in Mountain View, Cupertino and Sunnyvale are "only" selling at $800Ks.

Mountain View High school is doing really well now, it is doing better than the other PA high school. You really have to shoot me in the head to pay $1.3M for a worker shack in eastern part of PA, which looks no different from RWC to me.

25   Malcolm   2007 May 23, 8:00am  

That's just for carryon, I believe in checked luggage it's not a problem.

26   Malcolm   2007 May 23, 8:03am  

I'd check with TSA or the airline for specifics. We ended up having to throw away $50 worth of deodarants, and orther containers. We had a brand new can of sunscreen spray which was like $15 just because we didn't want to have to walk all the way back and check the bags.

27   Malcolm   2007 May 23, 8:05am  

Mrs DinOr, that's funny.

Oh no, very sorry can't bring on the plane.

28   Malcolm   2007 May 23, 8:09am  

SP Says:
"May 23rd, 2007 at 1:08 pm
Umm… you do realize _that_ picture at the beginning of the thread is not really of a real realtwhore, don’t you?
SP "

SP, thanks for basically telling me Santa Claus isn't real. I dreamed about that girl. I was even going to go and get my real estate license.

29   e   2007 May 23, 8:12am  

I personally think that the blue-collar part of Palo Alto is the most overpriced, bubblish area of BA.

I dunno about that - I've spent a lot of time in RWC recently looking for rentals, and it's pretty damn different than any part of Palo Alto (that's not East Palo Alto).

Is there a street in particular you were referring to?

30   OO   2007 May 23, 8:16am  

eburbed

I will get more details from friends. Just heard about it.

Western RWC is not bad at all, I drove by it the first time last week, fully grown trees, fully restored houses, some even craftsman style. I prefer western RWC bordering 280 to the part of Palo Alto bordering 101 any time, if I don't have to deal with the school district.

I suspect that the address is near Orgeon Expressway, that part of PA is no different from eastern Cupertino or northern Sunnyvale.

31   OO   2007 May 23, 8:20am  

eburbed,

if you live by yourself, or married with no kids, have you considered renting an in-law quarter in really nice areas?

There are lots of in-law quarters for rent in Los Altos, LAH, Cupertino, Saratoga and Los Gatos, in the traditionally upscale foothill areas. The cost is around $1500-2000 for 1bd/ba 600-1000 sqft, utilities usually included. I personally consider this the best deal of the valley, because you get to live it up with just a fraction of the cost.

32   OO   2007 May 23, 8:26am  

If you only target Peninsula, I have seen some in-law quarter rentals in Portola Valley, Woodside, and even Atherton.

If you have no kids, and have a great credit score, some savings to show to landlords, they will be very happy to take you in for such deals, because these cottages are usually rented out by retired landlords who are looking for some stable pocket money.

33   Randy H   2007 May 23, 9:12am  

Many of those rentals are not legal rental units. Just be aware that you're not a "real" renter going into it. I worked with a guy years back, during the 90s boomtime, who'd moved out here to join the fray. He was renting a non-legal in-law unit in Saratoga from a sweet old lady who used to bake him cookies and talk his ear off. That worked well from 1997 until late 1998 when she unexpectedly died. He had to vacate in a hurry after that when the kids came from back east to arrange the estate. (yea yea, he could've probably made all kinds of hell, but in most cases people want to avoid conflicts...and he really liked the woman and her family, and had been paying dirt cheap rent).

34   OO   2007 May 23, 9:22am  

Yeah, I am aware that some transactions, if not all, for these cottage rental are cash-only.

But heck, for the same amount you'd pay to some "luxury" apartments, you have all utilities paid for, got to live in a really nice part of the area, that's not a bad deal at all. Over half of these cottages are updated, so they look and feel much better than the apartments with paper-thin walls.

So if one is single, or has a wife without kids, it is a risk worth taking on. Apartments may raise rent too. Usually these sweet old ladies or grumpy old men don't particularly like churning renters. So the only thing you've got to be worried about is their life expectancy :-)

35   e   2007 May 23, 9:49am  

If you have no kids, and have a great credit score, some savings to show to landlords, they will be very happy to take you in for such deals, because these cottages are usually rented out by retired landlords who are looking for some stable pocket money.

Thanks for the suggestion. I have a great credit score, and I posted an ad on craigslist recently - just waiting for some nibbles.

36   skibum   2007 May 23, 9:51am  

OT, but Money/CNN have ranked what they consider the "hottest" tech companies:

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/biz2/0705/gallery.fastgrowing_top25.biz2/index.html

Interestingly, of the 25 on the list, only 4 are in the Bay Area. Sure, the methodology may be off, but it's interesting nonetheless.

37   OO   2007 May 23, 10:18am  

why is my comment in moderation? I didn't mention soc-ia-lism.

38   e   2007 May 23, 10:18am  

He seemed relieved and that made me think that may be he is claiming the house as primary residence in his tax return. Am I legally responsible for reporting his rental income to the IRS? If so, how would I do that?

It's probably more that he's not reporting this as rental income.

I don't think you have a responsibility to report this - except for malicious reasons.

If the IRS cracked down on that, a lotttttttttt of homeowners would be screwed. I know a lot of single people renting out rooms, etc.

*NOT TAX ADVICE

39   Randy H   2007 May 23, 10:56am  

No, you are under no obligation to report anything to the IRS, since you don't know his tax status and there are no fillings required of you (you don't have to 1099 him, for example). If you were a corporation renting the place on your behalf, he'd be screwed. That's what he's asking, maybe. Tax cheats tend to assume everyone else is cheating also. My landlord here, who openly cheats on the same thing (and has me pay utilities in his name so he has evidence he isn't cheating, so he thinks) wanted to know if I was going to write off my rent to one of my companies -- same issue.

If he actually told you he was cheating, then perhaps you'd have some arcane legal responsibility to report it, but I doubt even that. Unless compelled under oath or a matter of life & death, you seldom have a duty to report.

40   B.A.C.A.H.   2007 May 23, 12:09pm  

OO:

I followed your comment and checked out propertyshark.com.

It is not nice to look up personal stuff about people, but I did it anyway. It confirmed my gut instinct that some well-heeled folks I'm acquanited with appear to be "FB".

But maybe not. Because I looked up myself on there and there's about as much wrong information on it as there is correct information. Even some basic sh*t like the dimensions of the lot, year of construction, are just wrong. I don't mean a little bit inaccurate. They're way wrong.

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