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Condo in Tokyo
by Bellingham Bill on 7 Apr 2013   Posted 12 years ago
Here's a $500,000 condo in a tony part of town: http://www.athome.co.jp/ks_12/ Top floor SW corner unit: Typical cramped space (700') with crappy interior: That kitchen really has to go: ...

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Japanese Architects On Drugs
by Bellingham Bill on 6 Apr 2013   Posted 12 years ago
Just for fun I'm looking at places in suburban Tokyo again, and found this one: But there's no entrance per se! The stairway rises from the floor below right ...

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F- Me
by Bellingham Bill on 23 Mar 2013   10 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.redfin.com/WA/Belli

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Popped into Westwood yesterday . . .
by Bellingham Bill on 17 Mar 2013   3 comments, latest 12 years ago
My old stomping grounds. Wanted to see how much rent inflation has occurred over the past 20-odd years, found that the unit that I rented for $700/mo in 1991 ...

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ObamaCare Website is up for California
by Bellingham Bill on 21 Feb 2013   1 comment, latest 12 years ago
http://www.coveredca.com/resou has the calculator for premium subsidies For me: $2000/mo income = $400/mo subsidy $3500/mo income = $200/mo subsidy But $45,960/yr is the cutoff -- make that and I ...

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New Chart I made
by Bellingham Bill on 14 Feb 2013   Posted 12 years ago
http://research.stlouisfed.org blue is hourly wages red is rent CPI green is gasoline all #s indexed to 2006-02-01 at 100 Illustrates "The All-Devouring Rent" thesis of rising housing costs taking ...

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LOL
by Bellingham Bill on 3 Feb 2013   1 comment, latest 12 years ago

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Saw this on Reddit . . .
by Bellingham Bill on 20 Dec 2012   33 comments, latest 12 years ago
I really can't think of anything the US is doing better than anywhere else, honestly. Not that anywhere else is 100% better than us in all areas, but we ...

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Cool House
by Bellingham Bill on 17 Dec 2012   2 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.redfin.com/WA/Point See this type of "modern" more in Japan than in the states. totally wacky location, nearly the last house in the "Lower 48" (heading North), and to get ...

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This Guy Had The Right Idea
by Bellingham Bill on 14 Dec 2012   2 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.redfin.com/WA/Sumas only mistake I see is not aligning the house to automatically maximize rooftop PV, but at Bellingham's insolation maybe PV isn't that great an idea. Plus with all ...

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Good News for 10oz Trout
by Bellingham Bill on 14 Dec 2012   2 comments, latest 12 years ago
UPDATE 1-Obama: U.S. should not act on pot use in Washington, Colorado http://www.reuters.com/article Voters in Washington, Colorado have spoken, president says #politics

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Japan Real Estate
by Bellingham Bill on 9 Dec 2012   13 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.kenbiya.com/realest $4M office building, 3 minutes from Jimbocho station, which is immediately N of the Imperial Palace: http://goo.gl/maps/tb9J6 The reason I post this is the total valuation of Tokyo ...

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Congratulations Top 1%
by Bellingham Bill on 2 Dec 2012   38 comments, latest 12 years ago
The Tax Foundation's tax return summary is out now, and the data is great. For 2010, the Top 1%'s share of income ("AGI" actually) rose from 2009's 16.9% to ...

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Public Sector Corruption Index
by Bellingham Bill on 5 Dec 2012   Posted 12 years ago
http://www.transparency.org/cp and http://www.washingtonpost.com/ Those silly "socialist" nations, taking the top spots again!

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Interesting "Mini" White Paper on Japan's Finances 1990-2011
by Bellingham Bill on 4 Dec 2012   Posted 12 years ago
http://www.mof.go.jp/english/b Page 2 shows that their much-maligned "stimulus bonds" have been a total of ¥63T, about $600B over 20 years. Japan's dominant government expense has been its social spending. ...

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Found a Listing of My Old Japanese Place
by Bellingham Bill on 2 Dec 2012   13 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.kichijoji-cjs.com/d This was the first place I rented in Japan, exactly 20 years ago now, Oct '92 through Feb '93. Rent was Â¥9ä¸ (Â¥90,000), so it's actually gone own ...

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Population & Inflation-adjusted rents since 1950
by Bellingham Bill on 24 Nov 2012   19 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://research.stlouisfed.org Blue is population, red is inflation-adjusted rents (2005=100, right axis)

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What, No Petraeus Commentary?
by Bellingham Bill on 9 Nov 2012   109 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.foxnews.com/politic I thought he would be a formidable (R) candidate for 2016 and wondered WTH Obama was doing appointing him to CIA. If the admin knew about the affair ...

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I've found my house!
by Bellingham Bill on 12 Aug 2012   21 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.ford.com/commercial This has an option for CNG flexfuel system! SWEET! Traditional RVs are built for 60 year old boomer couples with their foo-foo tastes, or millionaires who want to ...

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The Situation As I See It
by Bellingham Bill on 13 Nov 2012   11 comments, latest 12 years ago
I wrote another long-winded post somewhere and thought I'd repost it here. Enjoy? The people who are on the hook for paying the $5T+ government annual spending bill [outside ...

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Romney Proposes to Cap California Housing Valuations
by Bellingham Bill on 2 Oct 2012   Posted 12 years ago
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo Let's say $17,000 cap for a middle-income family pulling in $150,000 State tax deduction ~$9000 leaves $8000 remaining Say you've got a $500,000 valuation, that's $5000 in property ...

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Chartology Reveals Secret Behind Bush Tax Cuts & Spending
by Bellingham Bill on 20 Aug 2012   Posted 12 years ago
http://research.stlouisfed.org (wait for it, you'll see it) #politics

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I was waiting for this . . .
by Bellingham Bill on 12 Apr 2012   1 comment, latest 13 years ago
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