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2011 Jun 18, 2:27pm   45,284 views  181 comments

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In late 2010, I think 4 of my coworkers were laughing at me because I said housing will double-dip. They all thought prices would stay flat or drop only a couple of percentages. Well, it's June 2011 and prices already fell 5.5% from Jan to Mar 2011. They look at that and now say that it won't fall anymore even though sales numbers are double-digits in the red.

The sheeple are so brainwashed it's mind boggling! I think it's hopeless guys. America will never wake up to reality until the ESPN is shut down or until the economy totally collapses!!

OMG I'M ANGRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for letting me vent!!!!

#housing

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118   waiting_for_the_fall   2013 Nov 23, 1:08pm  

Homeboy says

Not funny. Roberto just made a very big mistake.

Are you going to report him like you did before?

Why do people take message boards so seriously?
Over 200 posts arguing about a chart. A chart, for gods sakes!

119   thomaswong.1986   2013 Nov 23, 2:44pm  

egads101 says

spring 2012 was the best time to buy.

how laughable... at best the below home should be at 400-450K.. based
on incomes, inflation, and if need be past normal trends (double over 15 years at the extreme). there is nothing to justify these insane prices in the SFBA...

But we are still way way overpriced in SFBA... 50% hair cut to get back to normal. The Real Estate Investors like you would differ with that ...

37779 Alta Ct
http://www.redfin.com/CA/Fremont/37779-Alta-Ct-94536/home/1350365

Property History for 37779 Alta Ct
Date Event Price Appreciation Source
Oct 15, 2010 Listed $995,000 -- BAREIS #21029431
Sep 01, 2004 Sold (Public Records) $845,000 10.2%/yr Public Records
Jun 05, 1992 Sold (Public Records) $257,000 -- Public Records

120   thomaswong.1986   2013 Nov 23, 2:45pm  

egads101 says

I remember that Rob guy from here too; He doesn't seem to be here any more. He'd beat your ass just as easily as I would.

your IP address is still traceable Roberto..

121   B.A.C.A.H.   2013 Nov 23, 2:53pm  

Oracle, please dont make terroristic threats on a blog.

Especially since you are a public figure.

122   thomaswong.1986   2013 Nov 23, 3:03pm  

some people have a vested interest for all the wrong reasons...

123   Homeboy   2013 Nov 23, 3:45pm  

You don't get it. Calling me names is one thing. Threatening me with physical violence is a crime. You are digging a deeper and deeper hole for yourself.

124   Bigsby   2013 Nov 23, 5:33pm  

waiting_for_the_fall says

Homeboy says

Not funny. Roberto just made a very big mistake.

Are you going to report him like you did before?

It makes you wonder.

125   Homeboy   2013 Nov 23, 6:08pm  

Yep, just as I thought, Bigsby. Saying you were out of this was bullshit, just like everything else you've ever said. Once a troll, always a troll....

126   Bigsby   2013 Nov 23, 6:12pm  

Is that you disliking the post Homeboy? Why would that be?

You know perhaps Roberto wouldn't be so irritated as to make that remark if you didn't repeatedly call someone with his stated background a 'rich spoiled fuck.' Did you think he would be best pleased by that? Would you if you were him? But of course, you know better than to use 'gratuitous language,' so would never make such a remark. Repeatedly.

127   Bigsby   2013 Nov 23, 6:23pm  

Oh, by the way Homeboy, I can see your posts if I don't log on. You might actually notice that I've refrained from responding directly to your comments because, hey when I actually log on I can't see them except when others quote them. And as I don't recall ever saying I wouldn't respond to others remarks...

Mind, I have to say I did find your comment to Egads that 'gratuitous name calling does not help your point' immediately followed by a repeat of your 'rich spoiled fuck' insult hilarious. Hilariously moronic. But of course, you aren't a troll...

128   tatupu70   2013 Nov 23, 9:40pm  

Homeboy says

Threatening me with physical violence is a crime. You are digging a deeper and
deeper hole for yourself.

Where did he threaten physical violence? Saying he would love to meet you in real life? That's a bit of a stretch...

129   Y   2013 Nov 23, 10:48pm  

Stuttering is a hallmark trait of "a cowardly little bitch"..

egads101 says

I would honestly love to meet you in real life. in real life, and I can tell from your posting that you are a little cowardly bitch, in real life.

130   Patrick   2013 Nov 23, 11:49pm  

egads101 says

He'd beat your ass just as easily as I would.

Hey, physical threats not allowed here. In fact, they are a major crime and I will happily report everything I know to the police if they ask me.

131   Patrick   2013 Nov 23, 11:51pm  

Actually, egads101 is now banned for this:

"I would honestly love to meet you in real life. I would enjoy punching the ever loving shit out of you, in real life,"

132   Bigsby   2013 Nov 23, 11:54pm  


Actually, egads101 is now banned for this:

"I would honestly love to meet you in real life. I would enjoy punching the ever loving shit out of you, in real life,"

You should take a good look at the constant baiting coming from Homeboy in thread after thread to give it a bit of context.

133   lostand confused   2013 Nov 24, 12:01am  


Actually, egads101 is now banned for this:


"I would honestly love to meet you in real life. I would enjoy punching the ever loving shit out of you, in real life,"

Professor banned from online website!!

134   Patrick   2013 Nov 24, 12:04am  

Bigsby says

You should take a good look at the constant baiting coming from Homeboy in thread after thread to give it a bit of context.

baiting = legal

physical threat = felony

http://www.shouselaw.com/criminal_threats.html

135   Bigsby   2013 Nov 24, 12:10am  


Bigsby says

You should take a good look at the constant baiting coming from Homeboy in thread after thread to give it a bit of context.

baiting = legal

physical threat = felony

And I suspect that this particular threat wouldn't hold much water in a court of law: "conditional threats are true threats if their context reasonably conveys to the victim that they are intended." Doesn't seem too likely when directed at an anonymous internet troll...

And someone phoned up his place of work, and.... We're still in the dark about who that was from this website. There can't be that many potential candidates.

136   Bigsby   2013 Nov 24, 12:22am  

People bait him all the time. Homeboy being an obvious trolling example. Clearly he goes over the top but he gets shit all the time. And come on Call it Crazy, you don't half post up some complete bloody bollocks on here, so it's a bit rich for you to pop up and start crowing.
And I'm not quite sure what half of you on here will do with him gone. You've killed the goose...

137   Robert Sproul   2013 Nov 24, 12:24am  

Homeboy says

You don't get it. Calling me names is one thing. Threatening me with physical violence is a crime. You are digging a deeper and deeper hole for yourself.

Damn, what a whiny pussy.

138   Bigsby   2013 Nov 24, 12:30am  

Call it Crazy says

Bigsby says

People bait him all the time.

People bait other people here all the time.... How many other posters go off the deep end with their responses like he does??? His responses aren't normal.....

He's had years on here getting it constantly. Who else gets that? Who else had a phone threat made to their place of work?

Call it Crazy says

Bigsby says

Clearly he goes over the top but he gets shit all the time.

He gets shit BECAUSE he goes over the top....

People go fishing for it all the time, you included.

Call it Crazy says

I admit, I post different articles to get people to comment, but isn't that what Patnet is, a place to share and debate different topics??

Come on. It's a bit more than posting a few different articles to get people commenting.

139   Bubbabeefcake   2013 Nov 24, 12:51am  

Bigsby says

And I'm not quite sure what half of you on here will do with him gone. You've killed the goose...

140   waiting_for_the_fall   2013 Nov 24, 12:58am  

Bobby will come back, he can't stand to stay away.
Unless Patrick blocks his ip address...

141   mell   2013 Nov 24, 1:04am  

Patrick.net is more precise, wittier, leaner and faster without all the profanity clogging up the wires. You guys can open your own website with a (literally!) 'explicit' platform for the kung-fu fighting housing mogul. But it's nice to see some libertarian spirit on this board questioning government overreach - not that these moments of clarity will last long with today's 'progressives' ;)

142   Bigsby   2013 Nov 24, 1:07am  

Call it Crazy says

With responses like he made to Homeboy??? And you're defending him for that type of response??

Really??

Is threatening someone with physical harm because of some typed comments acceptable by you??

Really??

That response was a bit much, but it was made to an anonymous internet troll, so do you really take that seriously? Come on. And what about Homeboy's repeated 'rich spoiled fuck' comment? Quite honestly, Homeboy has been pushing it for quite some time.

143   Bigsby   2013 Nov 24, 1:22am  

turtledove says

this site is supposed to be an intelligent discussion where people from different vantage points discuss relevant topics.

You must be reading a different forum to me. It seems to be almost entirely populated by conspiracy freaks, racists, ultra right-wing loons and unhinged anti-Obama nuts these days. Oh, and gold bugs.

144   waiting_for_the_fall   2013 Nov 24, 1:27am  

Bobby has his own website, but he never would let comments through that he disagreed with.
So naturally, no one posts there. And explains why he was always here.

What I just wrote will drive Bobby crazy. He will try everything he can to come back and deny what I wrote is true.

Bobby...
Are your guts twisting in a knot trying to resist coming back??
This reminds me of the Star Trek scene where Spok gets sprayed with the flower spores that gave him emotions. Spok would grit his teeth and chant "I am in control of my emotions!" over and over again. That is what I imagine Bobby is doing now. "I will resist coming back to Patrick.net!"

145   turtledove   2013 Nov 24, 1:29am  

Bigsby says

You must be reading a different forum to me. It's almost entirely populated by conspiracy freaks, racists, ultra ring-wing loons and unhinged anti-Obama nuts these days.

And everyone of them is entitled to his or her opinion. It shouldn't cause people to lose their minds because of what someone says (someone you DON'T even know). They are just words. My power is in the upper right corner of my computer screen. I can click on that "X" any time I feel like it.

146   Bigsby   2013 Nov 24, 1:34am  

turtledove says

Bigsby says

You must be reading a different forum to me. It's almost entirely populated by conspiracy freaks, racists, ultra ring-wing loons and unhinged anti-Obama nuts these days.

And everyone of them is entitled to his or her opinion. It shouldn't cause people to lose their minds because of what someone says (someone you DON'T even know). They are just words. My power is in the upper right corner of my computer screen. I can click on that "X" any time I feel like it.

Maybe, though the world would be a much better place without some of the opinions expressed on this forum. And entitlement to an opinion doesn't equate to 'intelligent discussion.'

147   mell   2013 Nov 24, 1:38am  

Bigsby says

turtledove says

this site is supposed to be an intelligent discussion where people from different vantage points discuss relevant topics.

You must be reading a different forum to me. It seems to be almost entirely populated by conspiracy freaks, racists, ultra right-wing loons and unhinged anti-Obama nuts these days.

Right on, the same loons who incessantly bash George "Zimfuck" Zimmerman for (and denying him the right to) using violence after being pinned to the ground under a brutal beatdown, but then are totally ok with going apeshit and advocating violence against someone who had the audacity to disagree with them on a web forum! Oh wait, that was somebody else.. ;)

148   Bigsby   2013 Nov 24, 1:40am  

Or simply the people who post blatantly racist and homophobic comments on here without any consequence. How about them for starters?
And I'm glad you know exactly what happened to George Zimmerman on that night. He certainly comes across as a likeable chap. Wouldn't hurt a fly...

149   mell   2013 Nov 24, 1:57am  

Bigsby says

Or simply the people who post blatantly racist and homophobic comments on here without any consequence. How about them for starters?

And I'm glad you know exactly what happened to George Zimmerman on that night. He certainly comes across as a likeable chap. Wouldn't hurt a fly...

That is irrelevant. I don't have to like GZ. The definition of racism is subject to interpretation and without any further calls to harm the group of people targeted by what you perceive as racism those comments are protected by freedom of speech. This may be hard to swallow for some but it is the only way to prevent governments from hijacking morality and turning into an oppressive Orwellian fascist state.

150   Bigsby   2013 Nov 24, 2:18am  

mell says

Bigsby says

Or simply the people who post blatantly racist and homophobic comments on here without any consequence. How about them for starters?

And I'm glad you know exactly what happened to George Zimmerman on that night. He certainly comes across as a likeable chap. Wouldn't hurt a fly...

That is irrelevant. I don't have to like GZ. The definition of racism is subject to interpretation and without any further calls to harm the group of people targeted by what you perceive as racism those comments are protected by freedom of speech. This may be hard to swallow for some but it is the only way to prevent governments from hijacking morality and turning into an oppressive Orwellian fascist state.

A good number of posts I've read on here aren't subject to too much interpretation. They have been blatantly racist or homophobic. And your supposed right to freedom of speech has plenty of restrictions. It doesn't seem to have turned the US into an 'oppressive Orwellian fascist state' despite what some on this forum like to think.

151   turtledove   2013 Nov 24, 4:47am  

Most people don't support homophobia or racism. But this is a public forum. Racists and homophobes do, in fact, have the right to say things no matter how foul most of us would find those words to be. The line is crossed at threatening to hurt another person.

I wish I didn't have to read idiocy, too. But I don't feel that I have the right to determine the rule book of what others are allowed to think and feel. It is not illegal for a person to hate gay people. IMHO, it's a waste of their energy. I might tell them that I don't appreciate their words; I can try to help them appreciate a different way of looking at things.... But that's the extent of what any of us can do.

Personally, I wish many of you would dispense with some of the language used on this site. It's as if you think that continuously dropping the F-bomb impacts the credibility of your argument. A few months ago, my nine-year-old daughter came up behind me while I was reading a thread on patnet and said, "mommy, that's the F-word." I shouldn't have to shield my computer screen from my kids as if I were watching porn. Now, that's my opinion, and I'm entitled to it. The best part of all is.... You have the right to disagree with me.

152   Homeboy   2013 Nov 24, 5:38am  

Bigsby says

You know perhaps Roberto wouldn't be so irritated as to make that remark if you didn't repeatedly call someone with his stated background a 'rich spoiled fuck.' Did you think he would be best pleased by that? Would you if you were him?

You're being dishonest again. You know perfectly well he called me much, much worse things than that, many more times. In fact I was very restrained compared to the heaps and heaps of gratuitous insults and profanity he was throwing in my direction. Do I need to quote all the nasty names he called me? The difference is, I do not threaten someone with physical violence "in real life" just because they called me nasty names on the internet. Honestly, what's not to understand here?

153   Homeboy   2013 Nov 24, 5:44am  

Bigsby says

Oh, by the way Homeboy, I can see your posts if I don't log on.

Wow. So you announced that you were done here, but then came back to troll me some more. Then you announced that you were putting me on ignore, but you log out just to read and respond to my posts.

Can you say, "obsessed"?

154   Homeboy   2013 Nov 24, 6:03am  

Bigsby says

You should take a good look at the constant baiting coming from Homeboy in thread after thread to give it a bit of context.

Baiting? Look at some of the things you and Roberto were writing in this thread:

"seriously, you are a fucking loser. and a moron

Flunk life much?

are you, in real life, as fucking stupid as you are on here?

you are continuing to be an arsehole

You really are an arrogant so-and-so. Let me guess, you're in your 20s, think you are super duper intelligent, dislike your job, and are wondering why life has dealt you a crappy hand. Is that right? Or perhaps you'd care to explain why it is you're such a petulant and arrogant individual.

You are clearly a rather tiresome and extraordinarily arrogant arsehole"

I mean, really Bigsby. Who was doing the baiting?

155   Homeboy   2013 Nov 24, 6:31am  

Bigsby says

And someone phoned up his place of work, and.... We're still in the dark about who that was from this website. There can't be that many potential candidates.

If this is supposed to be some sort of veiled accusation, you can kiss my ass, Bigsby. I was barely aware of Roberto's existence; I just remember he was that guy who got in fights all the time and bragged about his Arizona investments. I didn't even know egads was the same person until someone pointed it out here. You can see in this thread where I came to the realization that it was Roberto, and my surprise that all the time he had been talking about real estate in Arizona rather than California like the rest of us. I don't threaten people in real life, not only because it is a crime, but because it is wrong. I didn't do it here, even though you classy gentlemen were calling me a "pussy" and trying to egg me on. Roberto didn't like it when it happened to him, but he doesn't seem to mind doing it to others. If you are accusing me of something, you ought to think long and hard about that, because you too are in danger of crossing a line.

You seem to suffer from the same emotional fragility as Roberto, although thankfully not to the same degree. If you are considering falsely accusing someone of a crime to get revenge because your feelings were hurt on an internet forum, you might need to step away from the computer.

156   Y   2013 Nov 24, 10:07am  

50 bigsby, not a measly 13...but the big Five O.
Think of all the quadrillian quid you'd be swimmin in come taxtime if you boyz had figured out it was suicide marchin 100 wide into battle 'stead of tree hoppin like the victorious bluebloods of yesteryear!

Bigsby says

So, yes, you're probably right, I could and should find another forum less populated by racists and conspiracists. Perhaps I'm just used to the familiar. I'll have a look round or better still find something more constructive to do with my time.

157   Y   2013 Nov 24, 10:15am  

Is this a come on or a felony.
Homeboy says

Bigsby says

And someone phoned up his place of work, and.... We're still in the dark about who that was from this website. There can't be that many potential candidates.

If this is supposed to be some sort of veiled accusation, you can kiss my ass, Bigsby

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