Saturday, February 7, 2009
Computer problems no more!
You may have read that I was having some PC issues. Right after I got back from my cruise my PC had a MI during a windows update. After that it would not boot up. I ended up re-installing windows and did manage to get it operational. But the poor old box was on it's last legs after 4 or 5 years of hard abuse the drives were full and it was running like a slug. So today I broke down and replaced the old girl with a new, young sexy machine. What a difference. Lemme tell ya, a 24" HD monitor is the bomb-diddly! A smoking fast, 64 bit box with 4G of RAM ain't too shabby either. However, vista is gonna take some getting used too.
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Good for economy. You are doing your part to boost the morale for everyone. I just did my share of it.
Signed and closed escrow on a property in Lake Hills Reserve. I know what you would say about it but my family is growing and that's best I could do for my two kids. You betta ya. I will lose most of my down payments.... 6 figure.
I hope you would find what you are looking for
Good times. I hate Vista.
Good for you Test. Lake Hills is a beautiful development. Only reservation I about the LH Reserve, is the taxes. But for that, I be there.
My desktop 'puter needs replacement too, but Microsnot is going to do a another release of Windows, prolly in the Fall. I would like to wait for that, then if reviews are spotty, I would even wait for the first service pack... I'm that cheap and paranoid. Until then, I lust for a big monitor. No, not 'cuz porn is more enjoyable, but because I can open documents side by side and edit both without juggling around.
A better system is dual monitors. Some graphic card have dual outputs but I believe you can also run a splitter cable. I've been running dual 22s at work for a few years now. This new home system has a GeForce 9800 card with dual outputs. I've been thinking of taking my old 22" and hooking that up along with the new 24". That might be overkill for a home system though.....nah is not.
Test, best of luck on the purchase. I've been seeing better prices up there in the last month or so. Hopefully you snagged one. I would consider the area. My biggest reservations are the wear and tear on vehicles and the wind. I have a friend that lives in the older tract up there and he goes through brakes like I go through whisky. It's also pretty damn windy up there too in the afternoons.
I have a question for all of you out there. I am waiting out this storm and renting for the year. What is a good price per sq ft to pay in a nice part of Rancho Cucamonga? What do you think?
I prefer the 30" Apple Cinema Display for my daily work. I hear that there are some comparable other brands for less $...but there is nothing like a 2560x1600 resolution on a 30!
Atenbrown, my yard stick for a fair price is whatever the going rate would have been in 2000/2001 time frame.
Price per sq/ft is a nice broad way of looking at the market. But it does not tell you anything about specific areas or homes. Smaller homes will usually have a higher price per sq/ft than larger homes.
The last time housing, incomes and rents were all in the "normal" range was 2001. So I use that as a target price range. More than likely prices will fall farther than that level. But timing a housing bottom is an exercise in futility. So buy when you can live with results of your decision.
Was wondering for those of you in the market. Do all of these foreclosure programs / ideas make you inclined to buy now just in case you "miss the boat"? It seems as if they can stem foreclosures, the prices will stagnate where they are now rather than finding a true bottom. Thoughts?
Most of the foreclosure programs thus far have been dismal failures. The only thing that would significantly slow foreclosures would be principal cramdowns. Most lenders seem unwilling or unable to do this. I think one of the provisions in the new stimulus package will allow bankruptcy judges to force a cramdown. Again I don't see this significantly reducing the flow as most people will are not filing bankruptcy. Besides there are not enough BK judges to make a dent.
Some of these programs will work in Kansas or Ohio. Places where the bubble did not go ballistic. But in Cali the problem is that the people simply cannot afford what they bought. Even a workout with lowered interest will not help.
Now factor in 10 to 15% unemployment. Back in the early 90s, 12% unemployment destroyed the real estate market in SoCal. This time you have a deflating bubble AND high unemployment. Everything the gubment is doing will slow the crash. However I doubt it will be very noticeable in the IE.
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