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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:19 AM Original message |
A serious discussion: How many homeowners do we have here? |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. ACK ! |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I think I would just unload mine |
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Caution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Building equity rather than dumping cash into someone else's pocket? |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:31 AM Original message |
now I see why your name is "Caution" |
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Caution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
13. Nailed it in one! |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Rents will go up to offset losing the tax break. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:30 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. hadn't thought of that |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
3. I had not heard this... |
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tallahasseedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
4. I had not heard of this.... |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
5. But at least we eliminated the "death tax" on 3 million dollar estates! We |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
6. Of course they will. |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
8. Here's a link, preliminary stuff... |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
9. Our house is almost paid off and |
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Caution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Do *NOT* do this! |
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DancingBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 12:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. Sorry - I must disagree |
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Caution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 12:13 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. The key part of this being "savvy" investor |
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DancingBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 12:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Let me flesh this out a bit -and answer a few of your questions |
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MN ChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
12. I'd be dead if this passes |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
15. My government already did that |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. which govt. is that, Billyskank? |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:49 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. U.K. |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 11:08 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Didn't they do this in Canada too? |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
17. those fuckers |
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William Bloode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
18. I own a small bungalow type house. |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
20. My thoughts? I think they're a bunch of assholes. |
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nutsnberries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 11:00 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. those are my thoughts too and |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
21. I own. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
22. Fortunately, I don't have to worry. |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
23. Me |
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AirmensMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
24. We only have 24 more payments left. |
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tallahasseedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
26. I cruised over to the Freeper board.... |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
27. The proposal is to put a $300,000 limit |
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Momgonepostal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 11:43 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Now THAT sounds like something they would do |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 12:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
50. "set off a devaluation in the housing market nationwide" -- that's damned |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
29. Typical. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
30. BTW...do you h ave a link? |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 11:54 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. here ya go |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
31. Around here, GOP is whining that apt. folks don't pay their share |
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Momgonepostal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 11:50 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. That's crazy. |
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abbeyco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
34. I just purchased mine a year ago |
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DancingBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
36. There is not a prayer in hell that that would go through |
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maine_raptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 12:08 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I agree |
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bearfan454 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
37. What ? ! |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
39. More here: |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
41. I'd shit a brick if I lost my deductions. That said, I honestly don't know |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
42. I read in the LA Times |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Read my (LA Times) post 39 above. Primary target they are looking |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Is it a new story? |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 12:55 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. It's from today. Link and excerpt in post 39. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Fucking shitholes |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
46. If they do that, what's the advantage of the "ownership society"? |
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WeRQ4U (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
47. They made a list of the dumbest things to do and check them off as they go |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. It's not "dumb" from their point of view. Primary goal from their point |
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WeRQ4U (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 01:06 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. You make good points, but you forget something... |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 01:01 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Here, here |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 01:13 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. One possibility is that they are realizing that one way or another, they |
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