tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post9088445715789401429..comments2023-12-30T10:06:37.450+00:00Comments on HousingPANIC - The Housing Bubble Blog with an Attitude Problem, 2005 - 2008: Simple Questionbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06585266242070350399noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-32668664418087237202007-06-21T04:21:00.000+01:002007-06-21T04:21:00.000+01:00Your not gonna take it with you!Your not gonna take it with you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-56886793987271757692007-06-20T19:33:00.000+01:002007-06-20T19:33:00.000+01:00good for gandhi do you have a point other than to ...good for gandhi do you have a point other than to **TRY** and sound intelligent?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-20355802906609654592007-06-20T17:56:00.000+01:002007-06-20T17:56:00.000+01:00When Gandhi died, his main possessions were eyegla...When Gandhi died, his main possessions were eyeglasses, a rice bowl, and a pair of sandals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-55390713398257194902007-06-20T17:38:00.000+01:002007-06-20T17:38:00.000+01:00******************************10 1/2 inches!******************************<BR/><BR/><BR/>10 1/2 inches!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-47692929909911957512007-06-20T16:12:00.000+01:002007-06-20T16:12:00.000+01:00Experiences is what counts, of course, especially ...Experiences is what counts, of course, especially positive ones :-) That said, the posession of a well filled bank account can help to have positive experiences. Other posessions are secondary; with enough money you can always rent a house, boat, helicopter for any time you want. The non-posession of any money leads likely to many negative experiences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-69827353342080619472007-06-20T14:38:00.000+01:002007-06-20T14:38:00.000+01:00Possessions are fleeting...Possessions are fleeting...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-28731950520809480092007-06-20T14:18:00.000+01:002007-06-20T14:18:00.000+01:00Where is this crash I keep hearing about? Multiple...Where is this crash I keep hearing about? Multiple bids on homes in SV still the norm. Maybe Phoenix suburbs are hurting. Yeah OK, it's Phoenix. NY, Bay Area, Seattle...you know real cities...are still booming.<BR/><BR/>You clowns need to wake up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-14634939153952244822007-06-20T14:06:00.000+01:002007-06-20T14:06:00.000+01:00Keith, found this at Blown Mortgage. Our boy has s...Keith, found this at Blown Mortgage. Our boy has sprouted wings:<BR/><BR/>Casy Serin's new book - cover & concept released<BR/>Casey Serin, the internet poster-child of mortgage "investing" gone wrong, published the cover of his upcoming book titled "The Foreclosure Code." Here is the cover image.<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>I'm not sure about you but I'm not a big fan of the title or the cover. First of all the "code" to his foreclosure can be summed up in a few bullet points:<BR/><BR/>lie about your employment <BR/>lie about your income <BR/>lie about living in the house <BR/>lie about the house value <BR/>work with people who will help you lie<BR/>Even with the above being said Casey is just one of millions of Americans who perpetrated these schemes in the boom-days - he doesn't need to be singled out as the sole criminal simply because he decided to share his story.<BR/><BR/>I think the book should be titled "How to Lie, Cheat and Steal your way in to bankruptcy - the hijacking of the American Dream" [Excerpt]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-26118359945634681752007-06-20T10:46:00.000+01:002007-06-20T10:46:00.000+01:00I say B too, no question. I hope to be able to se...I say B too, no question. I hope to be able to see much more of the world than I have already and I hope to meet many more people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-36336767728968341902007-06-20T08:28:00.000+01:002007-06-20T08:28:00.000+01:00More Experiences, always has been, always will be....More Experiences, always has been, always will be. The memories live forever....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-14960558288157558972007-06-20T08:13:00.000+01:002007-06-20T08:13:00.000+01:00We reap what we sow which is alot of kids without ...<I><BR/>We reap what we sow which is alot of kids without proper nurturing in the early years. The result is gangs, drugs and alcohol. <BR/></I><BR/><BR/>The gangs come from the ghettos where people don't work. They sit at home all day watching Jerry Springer while their kids run around in the streets vandalizing and terrorizing the hood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-54855256856323166082007-06-20T08:11:00.000+01:002007-06-20T08:11:00.000+01:00I just want shiny 24 inch spinners on an EscaladeI just want shiny 24 inch spinners on an EscaladeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-88575214441929171772007-06-20T06:14:00.000+01:002007-06-20T06:14:00.000+01:00The cutting research is unanimous--its doing that ...The cutting research is unanimous--its doing that makes humans happy. There are a number of books on "Happiness". Some of the research is done by psychologists and some by behavioral economists. All of these show conclusively that people are happiest when doing things they enjoy. Interestingly, once you get beyond meeting needs, additional income and or possessions do not add to happiness. Being happy is tough and an individual choice. there are millions of dollars spend daily telling people that the better life can be found at the mall via mastercard--not true but enough are fooled by this....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-74641418427707776292007-06-20T06:13:00.000+01:002007-06-20T06:13:00.000+01:00Good health,Money enough for comfortability(essent...Good health,<BR/><BR/>Money enough for comfortability<BR/>(essentials plus some)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-36864596025057640352007-06-20T06:09:00.000+01:002007-06-20T06:09:00.000+01:00What a Moron--thsi explains a lot.I don't care abo...What a Moron--thsi explains a lot.<BR/><BR/>I don't care about going to some other country and observing the natives, or their culture. Too me, that's just as shallow as buying some new car / big house. You are no more a _participant_ than someone who sits at home. Is anything different about the place you just experienced? Did you _add_ anything to it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-76165441425531599632007-06-20T05:54:00.000+01:002007-06-20T05:54:00.000+01:00Anyone who thinks materialism is AT ROOT really ab...Anyone who thinks materialism is AT ROOT really about "having lots of stuff" is mistaken. Piling up shiny trinkets is the manifestation of materialism, but not the ultimate root.<BR/><BR/>The real motive that drives people to spend their entire lives pursuing hummers and brushed-steel subzero refrigerators is not enjoyment of the things in and of themselves. Rather, it is the perceived STATUS that owning these things brings.<BR/><BR/>In short, materialism is about STATUS, not comfort or enjoyment of objects.<BR/><BR/>People are trying to feel secure about their status relative to others through material acquisition. It is not just a quest for comfort or enjoyment...think of the pain and discomfrot people put themselves through day in and day out to achieve "success." They are not doing it to be comfortable. They are doing it to be "admired" as successful individuals.<BR/><BR/>Status is defined relative to the conditions of others. In ancient times when people lived in nomadic packs of ten to twenty wandering ape-men, having two bananas when everyone else had one makes you "rich." Now, people compare themselves to the impossibly high (and often out-and-out imaginary) standards of TV and mass media...which creates a sense of permanent insecurity and status anxiety, driving the frenzied hamster wheel of material acquisition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-58078074307768552472007-06-20T05:00:00.000+01:002007-06-20T05:00:00.000+01:00More Experiences. Not in the material form. Knowi...More Experiences. Not in the material form. Knowing people, and<BR/>understanding the matrix.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-24930531510213149472007-06-20T04:36:00.000+01:002007-06-20T04:36:00.000+01:00More SexMore SexAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-21773053277172052432007-06-20T04:21:00.000+01:002007-06-20T04:21:00.000+01:00C) Enlightment.C) Enlightment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-17824008668309405312007-06-20T03:34:00.000+01:002007-06-20T03:34:00.000+01:00Definitely more experiences. I will never forget m...Definitely more experiences. <BR/><BR/>I will never forget my trip to London.<BR/><BR/>Everything these days are so espensive-possessions are necessary, but I tend to be very conserative on what I purchase, and I make due with what I have until it doesnt work anymore or it breaks. I dont feel compelled to buy the latest and greatest.<BR/><BR/>I feel much better having money in the bank than having that new gadget.<BR/><BR/>Anyone see that new ING saving account commercial about a young woman pondering the purchase of a $9,000 handbag??<BR/><BR/>What is this country coming to???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-34031683208037592932007-06-20T03:06:00.000+01:002007-06-20T03:06:00.000+01:00“If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels,...“If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. And if I give all my possessions to the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.” (1 Corinthians 13:1-3)Paul E. Mathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03719759088047080921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-31088733510240554432007-06-20T03:03:00.000+01:002007-06-20T03:03:00.000+01:00I agree that Americans should take a year to trave...I agree that Americans should take a year to travel abroad. However, they should leave their American brainwash-imperialism-baggage behind. For example, you, Keith, travel a lot but keep on drinking the Kool-Aid (i.e., bashing Iran while kissing Israel's butt). Some people never learn, even traveling 20 years abroad. Americans can live a gazillion years abroad, but after coming back they vote someone like Giulinana into office. Booo, the terrorist bogeyman is gonna get you! Bunch of brainwashed morons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-57766615494852128472007-06-20T02:52:00.000+01:002007-06-20T02:52:00.000+01:00Things that would make me happy:A night with Scarl...Things that would make me happy:<BR/><BR/>A night with Scarlett Johansson. And Hillary Clinton as president of the US, just to make the lives of neocons miserable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-73419337732288219752007-06-20T01:23:00.000+01:002007-06-20T01:23:00.000+01:00I want to go with Dave. Experience trumps possessi...I want to go with Dave. <BR/><BR/>Experience trumps possessions every time. <BR/>_______________________<BR/><BR/>++++I want to go with Dave too. Maybe we could put together a tour group.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-89869269518499121522007-06-20T01:12:00.000+01:002007-06-20T01:12:00.000+01:00After work tonight I donated two bags of clothes a...After work tonight I donated two bags of clothes and will be logging on to my local freecycle to get rid of more stuff. In some cases, I replace old things, but in general, I'd like to shed posessions. <BR/><BR/>A friend once said, "It's true that you can't buy happiness, but you <I>can</I> buy fun." I think that is fair - things bring a very ephemeral kind of joy, but routine bill paying doesn't even give you that. <BR/><BR/>Still, I don't want to throw out any experiences or opportunities. May have to join those of you who jumped off the work treadmill. <BR/>- puffyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com