We've got great restaurants, sports, water views, and it's much more affordable than living in neighboring cities like DC. 

There is no law that stops you from knocking on their door to drop off a Halloween goody bag or some gift, have cell phone in hand or have someone deliver it with cell phone ready to snap pics of dogs?

Silly things like she thought some potpourri leaves that fell out of her moving boxes from a bag of potpourri that was literally above the leaves was snake poop.

But hard not to see mass layoffs in the next 6 months causing a recession.Obviously, doesn't mean that'll affect RE prices unless many tenants default and over-leveraged landlords (again) are left holding the bag.

After the apartment manager did so and they found out it was me, they tried to make my life a living hell like doing mature things like leaving dog poop bags on my front door...

He did help out the day I needed the truck and thought picking up 26 bags of quickrete and dropping them off at the house ourselves wouldn't be difficult. never again.

I was a good sport about it at first, then confused, then irritated. 

It's scary to think about getting left with the bag but my goodness, you can make some serious cash in just a few years.

I normally lease but just bought two cars for my wife and I because both were sports cars and money factors are much higher on sports cars.   

But it’s simply not about money, it’s about life.A good friend of mine, who was born and lived here all of her life until a few months ago, who is a very successful lawyer, is into outdoor sports on one hand, but is also a club-going urban dweller on the other, and who recently moved to Seattle, summarized the Bay Area the best, in my opinion: there’s a lot of everything here, but everything is either shallow, mediocre, or so overcrowded that it’s no longer accessible or enjoyable (e.g.: Yosemite).