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All Forum Posts by: Account Closed

Account Closed has started 31 posts and replied 421 times.

Post: Stock market opportunity

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  • San Diego, CA
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@Josh Smith can you upgrade your status with the partner there to an M category?

Post: Data, I just want to see the data. Talk to the data.

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  • San Diego, CA
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Just data. Oh, and data this and data that. I’m so dataing this day with data. Oh.....data. My mind is like so sharp that all I see is data, analytical data. When I see my wife, it’s just a bunch of data I’m processing and same thing when I see a house, just data, data data! Can someone give me the data on this thing!??

Post: You have 6 months to liquidate your assets

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  • San Diego, CA
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@Thor Sveinbjoernsson not sure anyone can follow this far into the discussion, but I consider other countries to be sh-tty places to be right now. So does a lot of people. People want to move to the US. Freedoms are being taken from people like never before and the US is one of the last places, there’s a chance you can be free. People want to be free and the land of freedom will not be going down in price too soon, unless China turns over a new leaf and begins really cutting back on restrictions and Europe stops flooding their cities with a certain type of migrant (haha)

Post: Property management problems Inland Empire

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@Serena Tillman I didn’t find one that I could recommend! Nothing new in property management though. It’s hard to find a good company that stays good for any length of time from what I hear. There are some good ones out there, but no guarantees in a given area, but I would stay flexible and continue trying to find a good one if the ones you know aren’t too hot.

Post: INFLATION HOUSE PRICES

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  • San Diego, CA
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Is inflation, I mean, fairly significant inflation on anyone’s radar right now?? With all the money being given out and “printed”, is anyone else concerned, or looking forward to their home prices going up? Or is anyone concerned about missing the possible “buying opportunity” in 4-6 months due to inflation? How real is the idea that inflation could rack home prices higher just the same as a taco, milk, or a car?

Post: $26,000 Foundation Repair Quote

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  • San Diego, CA
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@Steven Lowe No worries. When you tagged me to correct my suggestion, it was halfhazard and didn’t reflect a considerate reading of what I had written. What I proposed could never make a house fall on someone as you suggested, nor would it be a problem with insurance. I’m learning everyday, and don’t have everything figured out for sure, but I want people to know there’s simple, cheap solutions that can help, without completely lifting a house or tearing out a foundation wall. If we didn’t use these creative solutions, too many houses would be abandon and broken up, and opportunities would be missed.

Post: $26,000 Foundation Repair Quote

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@Steven Lowe as if it’s going to cause a problem adding extra bracing to the house. You’re creating a straw man argument over and over. I was clear, no change to the perimeter wall which would mean you have to lift the house. Piers are posts supporting beams. IT IS NOT DANGEROUS TO ADD EXTRA SUPPORT TO THE HOUSE TO PREVENT SINKAGE. You don’t have to jack the house up, or move any existing walls or bracing. And again, you’re creating a worst case scenario about a handyman not being licensed. There are handymen that will school your *** and have been licensed longer than you. I would know, because I’m one of them and have met others. Is it possible to find a handyman who knows how to put in a post on a block? Hmmm?? But it’s always these worst case scenarios with some people on here playing on people’s fear to win the safe card. This is the worst argument I’ve engaged in on here over the last three years. Not that bad huh?

Post: Is this an electrical issue?

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@Jack B. Tell them not to change anymore bulbs because they sound pretty unlucky at it. You might need to check the wiring connection in the light box. Make sure they’re all spliced well just to cover your bases. The only other thing I can think is that the circuit is overloaded and other things are sapping they power from it and causing the lights to flicker. If it’s not happening constantly and just if they run a blender or vacuum, tell them that’s normal (somewhat). My 2 cents

Post: $26,000 Foundation Repair Quote

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  • San Diego, CA
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@Steven Lowe ok, you’re not thinking about what I’m saying. A fake handyman is one who poses as a handyman, but doesn’t have the real experience and expertise. A real handyman is one who has worked on houses and buildings their whole life and is generally very handy or strong in their field of home construction at large. As others have stated, the foundation companies will be wrong often, overestimate and/or send sales guys that aren’t the true experts. Can’t trust them and it’s better to get an engineer. As to the fear the house will fall in you, you’re painting the wrong picture as that would involve jacking the house up or removing existing bracing. What I suggested was adding more bracing (piers) without removing any of the existing. No need to be overly negative about positive solutions. Always good to educate yourself on work you want done and tell the contractors specifically what you’re looking for. The engineer for advice would be the safe solution to simply trying to figure it out through YouTube, however, the engineer will provide an expensive solution for a foundation company to perform which brings you back to the price problem still. I don’t know why there’s so many “house is going to fall down” comments on here, but that’s USUALLY not the case at all.

Post: $26,000 Foundation Repair Quote

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@Josh C. I see! Victor posted a nice pic of it. Had no clue, but it totally makes sense now that I consider how bad clay can be when it’s wet. I would still assume to create a bunch of little piers with flat, wide footings to avoid further sinkage, like a giant ship. I know it sounds crazy, but it’s better than doing nothing if you can’t afford $26k and the house seems fine other than sinking a couple inches over like 50yrs. Very good info about the clay for any oos investors.