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3.5% on a checking acct FDIC insured is good money. thanks to the guys that posted the rates & links. i think centennial bank is around 4% for 1-year CD.

even single guys that are buying should focus on areas with good school systems. people will pay up big for good school system. if you look at manhattan beach, which as a great school system, you save maybe $20,000/year for public vs private school for 2 children in west l.a. - that amount will...

wow, for once i have a bit to say on a thread. ive looked at properties in hood river & bingen/White Salmon... check out the bluff homes on the WA side of the river.... the locals dont like to drive across the bridge & HR is more upscale, so i think the WA is a better buy.... HR is a pretty...

i also think in FL your home is protected against judgements; heard stories of rich guys buying huge horse farms prior to getting sued and then when the other guys wins a judgement, its like "hey, eff off".... OJ lives there, wonder why?

there are plenty of resident agents in NV. you must have a resident agent so if someone sues your NV entity, they can serve the resident agent. NV just levied a $100/year biz tax on entities, and taxes are $250/year.... in cali, franchise tax is $800/year. you can set-up outta NV and then...

hey robert, there are some other spots outside of Reno.... real estate has exploded there; it used to be pretty cheap, not now. plus there are alot of single chicks from teh casinos, whcih is a definite plus.

centenial bank in OC, california usually has high CD rates.

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high desert? low desert? brawley, calexico? ive heard stories that imperial county is booming and that people are commuting into san diego from calexico. people are also commuting into san diego from the areas such as hemet & san jacinto. they dont ring a bell at the top of the stock market...

but if my son came for me for advice it would be: get the best training that is available and dont worry about the money... once you get good, the money will find you... thats from a non-pro, self-taught trader wearing slippers in front of home-office trading station. definitely not a...

in Socal there is no doubt, its crazy! so now the basis of the real estate boom is currency arb? i remember well the haircut the japanese took in Socal real estate after the 1986-1989 run-ups. checkout the article on the internut about illegals buying houses. no money, no citizenship, no...

cant people just post their trading stations and leave it at that. another thread off on a snickering/pickering tangent. thats acool set-up; end of story.

agree. many times, i just walk out the door w/o a flick. ive found lately that foreigners, on balance, are making better movies these days. i dont watch TV, so i prefer hollywood video, but the service at one of teh local stores sucks... additionally, shelf space is getting converted to...

Yeah, but the selction is limited. hollywood video has a better selection, but doesnt have 2 for 1 via gold membership. i'm not sure how many stores the company owns... in my travels, BB have always been leased?

trump strategies - borrow lots of dough; then give the bond holders a haircut!

i operate ethe same way... most of my expenses are variable - i own everything F&C. no one can undercut me in price and produce similar quality - i work outta my home-office, etc, etc and this past year i took off for 3 months - doing Europe this summer - need to hedge USD! you are wise to...

even if home prices stabilized at these levels rather than dropping, homebuilder profits will decline. the cheap dirt has been developed and sold, when the rurn comes, they will be carrying expensive dirt with dropping home prices - developers get paid to develope, and thats just what they...

SGP loks to be filling the gap. check BAX, JNJ, WYE and ABT - big pharma, like it or not is catching some bids. still hold TDW, although i have booked some profits. lots of drilelrs on 52-wk high list - follow strength.

How did you get 1.67%? Even if you take continuous compounding, the appreciation is R=ln(66)/(2004-1890) = 3.67% (or something like it, don't have my calculator with me). [/B] PV = (-1) FV = 6.6 n = 114 therefore i = 1.67 (%) its not linear anyway, so im not sure it matters anyway.

took 1/2 the chhese' still holding 1/2 - drillers look'in strong. i hold others in sector. SGP gapped down the other morning and i still hold.