John Bailo

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Saved By Landlord-Warden, only $7 more! ( was: ..rent increase)
by John Bailo on 30 Jul 2015   73 comments, latest 9 years ago
My building changed ownership again and in a couple of days I'm ready to get hit with another rent increase. Do I suffer the slings and arrows, or end ...

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Feminist Misandry
by John Bailo on 10 Aug 2013   116 comments, latest 8 months ago
I've been waiting a long time for someone to confront the Agenda like this: Paul Elam, founder of avoiceformen.com discusses the biggest issues men currently face, namely feminist ideologies ...

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I Can't Buy An Air Conditioner
by John Bailo on 25 Jun 2014   38 comments, latest 10 years ago
With online ordering, blogs, data mining, I assume that nearly every product that should exist, does exist. Not so with air conditioners. There are a couple of major designs ...

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What Do Criminals Eat For Lunch?
by John Bailo on 18 Jan 2014   94 comments, latest 10 years ago
I posed this question in a Facebook comment, and while it may sound facetious, maybe it's not. Today there is a great debate about the healthfulness of "fast food". ...

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Hurry! Hurry! Because Mortgage Rates are Going...
by John Bailo on 8 Oct 2010   86 comments, latest 14 years ago
...Down! http://www.washingtonpost.com/ Rates on 30-year mortgages fell to the lowest levels in decades for the ninth time in 12 weeks, pushed down by traders anticipating a move by the ...

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House "Hunters" Or Freshly Killed Prey?
by John Bailo on 16 Sep 2010   52 comments, latest 13 years ago
I was watching an episode of House Hunters while on the ski-climber at 24 Hour Fitness yesterday. In the episode a couple was looking at a series of homes, ...

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Will Your Hydrogen Car Explode?
by John Bailo on 15 Jan 2015   50 comments, latest 9 years ago
Will Your Hydrogen Car Explode? https://www.youtube.com/watch?

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Drop-off in first-time homebuyers
by John Bailo on 23 Feb 2013   71 comments, latest 11 years ago
First-time buyers are missing in action and represent a smaller proportion of overall sales activity than their historical norm. Whereas first-timers typically account for roughly 40 percent of sales, ...

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What It's Like To Drive Toyota's $57,000 Hydrogen Car
by John Bailo on 20 Nov 2014   30 comments, latest 9 years ago
Getting in the Mirai to drive it, you're faced with a double-decker-style dash with a digital strip of instruments up high, then a large general-purpose screen, and then a ...

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AZ, VT, OK, HI House Prices in Decline (add. MD, IL)(add TX!)
by John Bailo on 9 Sep 2014   11 comments, latest 10 years ago
Flagstaff home prices drop below $300,000 http://azdailysun.com/news/loc Vt.’s Single-Family Home Prices Drop http://www.vnews.com/news/1337 Oahu home prices, sales decline in August, condo prices flat http://www.bizjournals.com/pac Oklahoma City area dropped 1.9 ...

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Real home prices may decline for the next 30 years
by John Bailo on 4 May 2014   61 comments, latest 10 years ago
Here's Why Your Home Is Not A Good Investment Shiller also mentions that certain homes go out of style over time, dragging down prices. "What kind of houses will ...

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Foreclosed, Relisted...with -23.6% Price Drop!!
by John Bailo on 6 Nov 2013   28 comments, latest 10 years ago
Seen in my zipcode Date Description Price Change $/sqft Source 11/01/2013 Listed for sale $149,000 -23.6% $60 Prudential Nw Realty Assoc. 06/25/2012 Sold: Foreclosed to lender $195,140 11.5% $79 ...

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Mayor Bing: I'm Imploding Detroit!
by John Bailo on 26 Feb 2010   76 comments, latest 14 years ago
I think this is going to happen to all the 30 "urbs" or US Metro areas soon http://detnews.com/article/201 Detroit Mayor Bing emphasizes need to shrink city Mayor Dave Bing ...

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Hydrogen cars green transport closer to reality
by John Bailo on 25 Sep 2014   34 comments, latest 10 years ago
HYDROGEN-fuelled, electrically powered vehicles developed by Toyota, Honda and Hyundai are ready to roll into mainstream showrooms abroad, bringing to life the prospect of clean, green transport. http://www.theaustralian.com.a

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San Diego...Anything wrong with it?
by John Bailo on 23 Mar 2010   36 comments, latest 13 years ago
I just spent a week in San Diego and I thought it was a great city. Easy to get around, good beaches, great weather. I looked at apartments and ...

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Who Is The Fool?
by John Bailo on 14 May 2010   46 comments, latest 14 years ago
Who is the Fool? All those people who bought expensive homes, with subprime loans, but who are now living rent free in them by defaulting on their loans? Or, ...

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Rents still insanely high!
by John Bailo on 28 Apr 2010   83 comments, latest 14 years ago
Just my feelin'

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How Poor Will Facebook Make the 99%?
by John Bailo on 6 Feb 2012   28 comments, latest 9 years ago
For the past week (weeks, months, years) we've been hearing about how wealthy the Facebook IPO will make one person...Mark Zuckerberg. My question is...where is all this money coming ...

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Why Don't Liberals Want To Pay Their Property Tax?
by John Bailo on 2 Feb 2013   20 comments, latest 11 years ago
We hear it over and over again here in Washington State...people have to pay their "fair share" when it comes to taxes. See, we have no income tax and ...

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Everyone's Wrong About Housing
by John Bailo on 16 Dec 2009   49 comments, latest 14 years ago
Ok, the Bubblers were wrong about housing back in 2006. It didn't go up and up and up. But the Patrickers don't seem to be right either. Yes, some ...

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What if the Confederacy...were the Good Guys!?!
by John Bailo on 15 Oct 2013   59 comments, latest 11 years ago
Myth About Slavery/Confederate Policy In 1864, the Confederate States began to abandon slavery. There are ample indications that even without a war, the Confederacy would have ended slavery sooner ...

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Memristors spell end of Big Software, Hardware
by John Bailo on 11 Dec 2014   18 comments, latest 9 years ago
Revolutionary Linux++ from HP allows them to create 'data center in a box'!! http://www.technologyreview.co

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Patrick A Long Con?
by John Bailo on 8 Nov 2010   40 comments, latest 13 years ago
Having followed the course of P.net over a few years, I have become suspicious lately about whether I and others are being drawn into something less than truthful. The ...

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Questions about Buying: Getting Seller to Guarantee Quality
by John Bailo on 7 Apr 2011   34 comments, latest 13 years ago
I've only bought (and lost to divorce) one home in my life. I do know this -- having found out later about broken sewer lines, basement floods, and leaky ...

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California Gets Serious About Funding Hydrogen Fueling Stations
by John Bailo on 18 Sep 2013   20 comments, latest 11 years ago
California is making an aggressive move to encourage development of a hydrogen refueling infrastructure in the state. Assembly Bill 8 (AB8), which passed through the California Legislature last Wednesday, ...

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Auto Insurance Vs. Medical Insurance..One Works, The Other..eh
by John Bailo on 30 Sep 2013   33 comments, latest 11 years ago
Recently my car was involved in a hit and run accident. Luckily I have the best insurance company, Allstate, who handled all my problems in the past. They took ...

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Stanford scientists develop water splitter that runs on ordinary AAA battery
by John Bailo on 24 Aug 2014   22 comments, latest 10 years ago
Now scientists at Stanford University have developed a low-cost, emissions-free device that uses an ordinary AAA battery to produce hydrogen by water electrolysis. The battery sends an electric current ...

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Should Racism Be Treated Like Alcoholism?
by John Bailo on 2 Aug 2013   33 comments, latest 11 years ago
It's clear that in today's modern society Racism cannot be tolerated. There is no workplace, educational system, media venue where it cannot cause detriment. Racists in positions of authority ...

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California Building Hydrogen Fueling Network (Finally)
by John Bailo on 1 May 2014   21 comments, latest 10 years ago
California Energy Commission Awards FirstElement Fuel Inc. $27.6 Million Grant to Build Consumer Hydrogen Fueling Network by Fall of 2015 “Our goal is a seamless experience for consumers. When ...

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Cleveland Shocks! Cleveland Shocks!
by John Bailo on 1 Jul 2013   25 comments, latest 11 years ago
I've been mining Zillow for bargains, and it seems like Cleveland OH really stands out. I always search for homes under $100,000 and usually either nothing shows up, or ...

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Sacramento House prices flatten; Investors pulling out
by John Bailo on 14 Nov 2013   19 comments, latest 10 years ago
“It looks like the investors can leave the market as fast as they arrived, if not faster,” said economist Jeffrey Michael, head of the Business Forecasting Center at the ...

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GOP Tax Reform Looks Great...Except for Urban Liberals
by John Bailo on 27 Feb 2014   39 comments, latest 10 years ago
I've been reading the GOP tax reform proposal and it looks great to me; however, almost no news media outlet is reporting it correctly. They keep saying it cuts ...

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Gold Destroyed!!
by John Bailo on 14 Dec 2011   6 comments, latest 12 years ago
It couldn't happen. It wouldn't happen. Guess what...It Happen!! The gold bugs are throwing in the towel "As a result, contrarians detect a very strong wall of worry forming ...

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How Much Profit Do Landlords Make?
by John Bailo on 17 Sep 2009   4 comments, latest 15 years ago
I know that renting is better than buying for the lessee, but I look at the many apartment complexes where I live, some having hundreds of units and many ...

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Hydrogen-powered cars? Get excited.
by John Bailo on 27 Nov 2013   27 comments, latest 10 years ago
If you thought Elon Musk’s Tesla produced some of the most innovative vehicles in the world, wait until you see the new hydrogen-powered cars that were unveiled at the ...

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Average Profit for a Rental?
by John Bailo on 12 Sep 2014   17 comments, latest 10 years ago
I was reading about average rental prices for 2-bedroom apts in different cities. But then I thought -- what is the net profit that a landlord makes per unit? ...

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House Has Addition Without Permit...Now What Happens?!
by John Bailo on 20 Dec 2014   8 comments, latest 9 years ago
I was looking at a house and was surprised when, although advertised as a 3-bedroom there was a large extra addition though very poorly insulated. As I reviewed the ...

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U.S. population growth slows to just 0.71%
by John Bailo on 30 Dec 2013   21 comments, latest 10 years ago
Figures released Monday by the U.S. Census Bureau show that growth for the 12 months ending July 1 was 0.71%, or just under 2.3 million people. That's the slowest ...

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UK Property In Full-Scale Collapse
by John Bailo on 18 Aug 2014   8 comments, latest 10 years ago
A survey of 90% of the market by Rightmove, a real estate price tracking company, shows that real estate prices fell 2.9% in August, the second consecutive down month ...

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Something's Weird: I'm Making Money on the Stock Market
by John Bailo on 25 Oct 2013   15 comments, latest 10 years ago
Over the past 10 years, after missing out on most of the big gains in Internet stocks during the 90s (tides of fate, long story), I dabbled with making ...
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