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Ten Reasons It's A Terrible Time To Buy An Expensive House
by
Patrick
on 11 Jul 2015
421 comments, latest
10 days ago
Because house prices in expensive areas still dangerously high compared to incomes and rents. Banks say a safe mortgage is a maximum of 3 times the buyer's annual income ...
An Antidote To Corporate Media
by
Patrick
on 9 Feb 2015
603 comments, latest
3 months ago
Patrick.net is an online forum, a bit like Reddit, but with much more freedom of speech. Almost anything goes, but a few things don't, such as deliberately personally insulting another ...
Political Humor Thread
by
Patrick
on 17 Feb 2019
21,678 comments, latest
2 hours ago
Free Patrick.net Bumper Stickers
by
Patrick
on 30 Dec 2011
75 comments, latest
5 years ago
They are 3" x 10". Even though they have a peel-off sticky back, you should still get them wet before applying so that you can slide them around a ...
Patrick.net Tips And Tricks
by
Patrick
on 11 Sep 2012
21 comments, latest
9 years ago
A few useful features which are not obvious: Every thread author can delete comments made on his threads, unless the comment was made by a Premium user. But Premium ...
The Housing Trap
by
Patrick
on 18 Sep 2012
261 comments, latest
7 years ago
http://www.amazon.com/Housing- It's $12.50 so that if you buy two (makes a great gift!) then you don't have to pay any shipping charges. Here is the table of contents: Trapped! ...
37 Bogus Arguments About Housing
by
Patrick
on 11 Jul 2015
111 comments, latest
5 years ago
Houses always increase in value in the long run. FALSE. Price is what you pay and value is what you get. The value of a house is constant. It ...
White murder of blacks vs vice versa
by
Patrick
on 30 Mar 2012
256 comments, latest
9 years ago
It is very politically incorrect but nonethess a fact that white people are much more likely to be murdered by black people in the US than vice versa. Most ...
Thread for vax deaths, maimings, and severe side effects
by
Patrick
on 28 Jul 2021
4,060 comments, latest
2 hours ago
Let's start with this one: https://bigleaguepolitics.com/ ‘Better Call Saul’ Star Bob Odenkirk Collapses on Set After Receiving Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Jul 28, 2021 ‘Better Call Saul’ star Bob Odenkirk had ...
Patrick.net Suggestions
by
Patrick
on 2 Apr 2012
377 comments, latest
a day ago
This is the place to make suggestions for how Patrick.net can be most helpful to you and to discuss them.
About Patrick
by
Patrick
on 16 May 2009
165 comments, latest
10 years ago
Patrick is always happy to get suggestions on how to improve this site. He's often available to help with website performance problems in the SF Bay Area. Patrick can ...
Violent Crime Rises And Falls With Black Population
by
Patrick
on 26 Jul 2014
182 comments, latest
8 years ago
http://www.ronunz.org/2013/07/ The noted science fiction writer Philip K. Dick once declared that Reality is what continues to exist whether you believe in it or not. Such an observation should ...
Top Trolls
by
Patrick
on 12 Sep 2012
228 comments, latest
8 years ago
Who pisses off the other users the most? Let's see. mysql> select username, dislikes / likes as trollishness from users where dislikes > 100 order by trollishness desc limit ...
Eight groups who lie about the housing market
by
Patrick
on 11 Jul 2015
19 comments, latest
5 years ago
Buyer's agents lie, because they get nothing if there is no sale. Buyer's agents get paid only if their clients buy, no matter how bad the deal is, which ...
Funny how the Obama haters can't say exactly why they hate him
by
Patrick
on 9 Nov 2011
262 comments, latest
6 years ago
Is it the 15 cent Christmas tree tax? I don't think so. Hate for Obama is something they can't explain by anything Obama has done or not done. Just ...
NAR Lobbies Against 20% Downpayments
by
Patrick
on 18 May 2011
233 comments, latest
10 years ago
A realtor forwarded me the email below, showing that he is being pressured by the NAR to lobby against 20% downpayments. Lending without 20% down is very risky, but ...
Uber
by
Patrick
on 1 Jan 2015
84 comments, latest
5 years ago
name:Uber street address:1455 Market St SF zip:94103 home page:https://www.uber.com/ jobs page:https://www.uber.com/jobs owner: SF employees: description: make money using your own car as a taxi. also has a lot of employees ...
Image Thread
by
Patrick
on 11 Apr 2005
6,928 comments, latest
6 months ago
Thread for patrick.net all of the images posted by anyone in any patrick.net thread or comment. No manual comments allowed on this thread. This thread is automatically updated when you ...
Blue Shield Raised Our Rates 73% In One Year
by
Patrick
on 27 Dec 2010
345 comments, latest
10 years ago
Blue Shield has raised our rates so many times recently that I decided to graph it. We have a very high deductible plan because I'm trying to be self-employed ...
Excellent graph showing SF Bay Area still in housing bubble
by
Patrick
on 6 Mar 2012
138 comments, latest
10 years ago
Clearly prices can come down a lot more and still be above the inflation rate. #housing
Opinions on SODA?
by
Patrick
on 18 Jan 2013
164 comments, latest
4 years ago
My wife bought me a Sodastream water carbonator and I like it because I can make fizzy water for about 30 cents a liter instead of paying $1 a ...
Theories on Sweden
by
Patrick
on 27 Jan 2017
212 comments, latest
a month ago
http://wwword.com/79/words/unt #nationalsuicide
Why are there medical care reform links on patrick.net?
by
Patrick
on 11 Aug 2009
423 comments, latest
13 years ago
My reply to a reader who called me an "Obama zombie" for supporting medical care reform that would save her ass along with the rest of us. Hi Kerri, ...
40 Proposals
by
Patrick
on 19 Feb 2017
168 comments, latest
6 years ago
The common theme is ending the entrapment and exploitation of US citizens. Copyright Limit copyright to exactly 20 years Make DMCA takedown abuse a felony Crime and Prisons End ...
Vaxx Failure Thread
by
Patrick
on 28 Sep 2021
963 comments, latest
2 days ago
A thread for obvious failures of the jab. First one: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne A married Michigan couple who were fully-vaccinated against COVID-19 both died of the virus just one minute apart. Cal ...
How to ask for a rent reduction
by
Patrick
on 23 Sep 2012
32 comments, latest
10 years ago
A few years ago a friend who is also a landlord told me the best way to ask for a rent reduction. It should always go something like this: ...
The Explanation For All Our Problems
by
Patrick
on 28 Sep 2011
187 comments, latest
9 years ago
The reason for the recent Congressional attacks on the US Post office were not obvious to me until I saw this list of all-time biggest bribes to Congress: http://www.opensecrets.org/org ...
Why your house is a terrible investment
by
Patrick
on 18 Aug 2014
185 comments, latest
8 years ago
http://jlcollinsnh.com/2013/05 I know I’m treading dangerous ground here. But before you get out the tar and feathers, let’s do a little thought experiment together. Imagine over a cup or ...
What is the proper role of government?
by
Patrick
on 4 Feb 2012
122 comments, latest
11 years ago
I was just listening to an NPR show discussing Ron Paul supporters who cheered at the idea of letting people without health insurance die. One of the points that ...
ONLY the left is violent
by
Patrick
on 1 Aug 2018
422 comments, latest
2 years ago
https://www.washingtonpost.com http://www.foxnews.com/food-dr http://www.foxnews.com/food-dr https://www.wnd.com/2018/04/tr http://www.fox5dc.com/news/loc https://www.infowars.com/shock https://www.nbcnews.com/politi https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2 http://www.neonnettle.com/feat https://nypost.com/2018/01/21/ All political violence in the US is now leftists attacking Trump supporters. The opposite does not happen at all.
San Francisco Bay Area Rent/Buy Ratios
by
Patrick
on 22 Mar 2010
140 comments, latest
11 years ago
San Francisco Bay Area rent/buy ratios from the housing calcualtor at patrick.net show that housing is still greatly overpriced in most zip codes. The following average rent vs buy ...
ABERNETHY LAURELS
by
Patrick
on 15 Apr 2005
2 comments, latest
14 years ago
Realtors attempt to deny patrick.net first amendment protection
by
Patrick
on 28 Nov 2010
171 comments, latest
12 years ago
Wow, I just got an email from a lawer for the realtor cartel telling me that I may not criticise them by name! Doesn't the first amendment to the ...
Refi Interest Trap?
by
Patrick
on 28 Mar 2008
354 comments, latest
15 years ago
A reader writes: Word from the IRS is that they are auditing people based on refiances on their house. If you refied and pulled money out of the house ...
Get Your Own Forum - First Month Free
by
Patrick
on 29 Jan 2018
31 comments, latest
5 years ago
Get your own forum like this one. The first month is free, no credit card required, no risk. It will run under your own domain name, with https, with you ...
Patrick in Japan
by
Patrick
on 30 Jul 2013
32 comments, latest
9 years ago
Since I got a full-time job again and can afford it now, I went to Japan with my wife. We'll be here for a week. Spent the first night ...
House Buyer Strike: Do not participate in a rigged market
by
Patrick
on 20 Nov 2011
109 comments, latest
7 years ago
To protest government debt-mongering and the resulting enslavement of the 99% to employers and to banks, not to mention the giant Fannie/Freddie/FHA hole the federal budget, let us declare ...
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