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HARM Says:

I still think s/he/it’s SOOOOOO pretty!

Dude, You're a sick, sick man!

Ok, ok, I removed the offending graphic and replaced it with HARM’s dream agent.

Still... having... difficulty... breathing.....

Come the day I actually buy a house, maybe I'll use the abomination graphic to conceptualize the owners that I'm negotiating with. Demonizing the opposition is useful in any conflict.

Having that James-Bond-Babe as my buyers agent would be useful; any offer from her is going to sound very enticing.

I guess that explains SP's original question; charismatic negotiators have an extra edge. Perhaps after months of polishing POS properties into "cozy gem in the rough" listings, realtors have an inflated sense of their own attractiveness.

One of my friends put in an offer of the asking price for a SFR house on the Peninsula that came on the market on Friday.

And immediately he was outbid by 5%. Ouch. It's still 2005 in some neighborhoods on the Penn.

@eburbed,
What price range and what neighborhood?

And immediately he was outbid by 5%. Ouch. It’s still 2005 in some neighborhoods on the Penn.

It meant nothing.

I was looking at a townhouse in the good part of Sunnyvale earlier this year before MSM bubble coverage. It dropped its price twice with no takers. Then it dropped a little bit more and it started a bidding war!

If someone puts a crappy condo in EPA for $1, it may be sold for forty million percent over asking.

Most people bid only if it is cheap and nice. Such a house is likely to be "reasonably" priced for the "market". Of course, they will have company.

It was ~$7xxk

Fortunately, there price wars like this:

http://www.burbed.com/2006/10/16/fairoaks-war-gets-worse-now-its-a-3-way/

It seems to me that the South Bay is getting hit harder than the Penn.

It was ~$7xxk

7XXK for a SFR on the Penn.? Is it a 1950 2/1 "bungalow"?

@eburbed,
The Sunnyvale units you have on your site are U-G-L-Y!
Are they condo conversions from rental units?

The Sunnyvale units you have on your site are U-G-L-Y!
Are they condo conversions from rental units?

For less than 500K you can get a much-newer unit at Compass Place (Arcadia Ter). I used to rent a condo there, it is not too bad. (At least they were built as condos with individual garages.)

Hey,
Has anyone else noticed on the (current) thread graphic, her patch says, "Estate Agent 69," and I can't quite make it out, but I think her button says, "Make an Offer."

7XXK for a SFR on the Penn.? Is it a 1950 2/1 “bungalow”?

Is there any other? Pretty good views of the Bay though. :)

The Sunnyvale units you have on your site are U-G-L-Y!
Are they condo conversions from rental units?

Not sure - though I don't believe so.

Is there any other?

Yes, a 1950 1/1 bungalow.

Yes, a 1950 1/1 bungalow.

Touche.

Oh prices - please go down. :(

I am not very interested in buying wooden common-interest structures that are older than 15 years.

http://www.mlslistings.com/common/search/propertyResults.asp?type=property&page=1&open=0

The condos above have been reducing their prices. Some of the units are still listed at $550k, but two of the 2br have come down under $500k - the two that are under $500k were previously listed at $535k and $565k(?). These units are in a pretty decent part of Cupertino.

Recent comps:
20680 Celeste $572k 6/15/06
20692 Celeste $560k 4/26/06

@SFWoman,
It's ironic this doofus is the editor of smartmoney.com

What a dumbass.

@SFWoman, loved it, Are there areas at risk? Yes. I'm buying a home, not a property, so my time horizon for growing the value of my real estate is long.

Remember it's not a house, it's a home! ahahahahahahhahahahahahaahahha

I think we should go all mainland Chinese on these morons, a bullet in the back of the head with the bill for said bullet going to the next of kin.

One sad development is that mainland china is slowly moving towards lethal injection from firing squab.

Peter P, man I laughed out loud, firing squab Man, that's funny, especially given your encyclopedic food knowledge.

Oops. I guess this is not as serious as the nuclear detergent in the context of MAD.

@HITB,

You jest, but you're not too far off:

http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/business/yourmoney/15care.html

On the other hand, china and much of asia has a very high prevalence of Hepatitis B. You may not want to take your chances there...

@SFWoman,
I'm not a liver/GI specialist, but my understanding is that reinfection can happen and is a real concern. Transplant patients are immunized for HepB, and this is more or less effective, despite immunosupression they receive to prevent rejection. Hep C, on the other hand, is nastier and almost always reinfects the new liver no matter what you do.

*not medical advice*

For a little change, has anyone thought to have a thread about rentals? What factors influence rents like rent control, cost basis / mortgage of the landlord, taxes, maint. etc.. Why didn't all property owners try to cash out like so many condo conversions?

Well, just test the organ for Hep A and Hep B. And TB if you intend to smoke yourself into lung cancer or emphysema.

How does one buy a liver anyhow? I get buying a kidney or even buying eyeballs, but how the heck does one buy a liver (unless you're planning on buying from the Chinese death row).

e.g. “Extnsv Remdl in 2003, newer rack, brazilian lanscpng” :lol:

Professionally antiqued leather exterior, two tone faux finish upstairs and extra cushions available. Comes with a soon to be off-lease Lexus.

Great opportunity to own!* Only three previous owners. Moderate maintenance fees.

* Easement by 5 cats and 2 ex-husbands.

@SFWoman,
Ooops- just realized I didn't answer your question at all. If the donor liver is infected with Hep B, the idea is that the vaccination one had received for HepB prior to transplantation would prevent serious problems. It's not that different than if they unfortunately got exposed to HepB some other (usual) way. I don't know of reports of acute rejection because of an immune response to donor Hep B, either.

e.g. “Extnsv Remdl in 2003, newer rack, brazilian lanscpng”

Don't forget, "carpet and curtains may not match in color."

Professionally antiqued leather exterior, two tone faux finish upstairs and extra cushions available.

This might fit the bill:

skibum,

Would the immune suppressants used for organ transplant cause problems?

Great potential! Needs $20K of remodelling for a true beauty. Extensive work already underway and all preliminary work has been done.

Fabulous income property! Has potential to bring in $5K per month.

Great growth potential!

@astrid,
I believe, to some degree, yes, the immunosupression can cause problems with infection, but nowadays, patients with HepB who get transplanted get vaccinated and treated with antivirals, and this is effective.

Fabulous income property!

Translation: you probably do not want to live in it...

Has potential to bring in $5K per month.

If you find the greatest fool.

I am not sure it that is legal though.

Gosh, I didn't even think of the selling one's flesh angle. I was just thinking of realtwhores overselling their earning potential.

HARM, and other image posters,

If the picture is not workplace appropriate, can you please just post a link instead of the actual image. I am sure none of us reads the blog at work, but just in case. ;-)

SP