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I'm a very patient home buyer with a new family in Bakersfield, CA. I believe in personal responsibity when purchasing something including a home. Please do not bombard me with unsolicited offers to sell me a home. I am hoping to find a Realtor who views themself as an advisor, not a sales person. I make no attempt to hide the fact that I think homeprices will return to at least 2001 levels and don't intend on buying untill I can buy a well valued house.
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Tiffany, Other/Just Looking in Cincinnati, OH

WHO CAN LEARN ENGLISH AS A 2nd LANGUAGE?

Asked Wed Oct 29 2008, 20:02 by Tiffany  -  Schools in Cincinnati  -  4 answers
Jared answered:
To get started, many public library collections include materials including audio and videos that may be able to help until formal education can take place. - Wed Oct 29 2008, 20:54
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Asked Tue Oct 28 2008, 20:07 by Voices Member  -  General Area in Chicago  -  14 answers
Jared answered:
Gim,

1. Good job.
2. Most of the lower 48 was smart enough that they sold their rights to resources to private companies, thus the popular term "oil lease". If we hadn't maybe we could emulate Alaska and not have a payroll or sales tax. I guess those idiots couldn't figure it out. - Wed Oct 29 2008, 05:53
Jim,

Can you find Alaska on a map?

They ARE NOT taxing people for this money...

The evil big corporation you they are taking the money from doesn't exist. Look up where the money comes from. Did you read your original post? The part where it says "Alaskans own the resources" can be roughly traslated into english to mean: "Alaskans own the resources." Thus, when they are sold, the weath generated is shared by......Alaskans (who) own the resources.

Stay away from the great white north Jim, it's cold up there. - Wed Oct 29 2008, 05:14
Anita, this thread wasn't referring to the progressive tax so much as it referred to the Alaska Permanent Fund. - Tue Oct 28 2008, 23:37
Yes, each person gets a check for what I will simplify to "oil rights". Everyone gets the same check. Then some people go to work and get a check for working. She doesn't advocate sharing that check.

Consider this, 10 people own a widget called alaskan oil. They sell it for $10. They each get $1. That's "collectively owned resources" as per the above article.

Now, you (1 person) sell your house, that you paid $10 for, and Obama takes $9 of the money and gives to me and eight others $1 because I don't have a house. That's "privately owned resources" getting redistributed.

She used 3 common words, but that's it. - Tue Oct 28 2008, 21:14
Not that it's relevant to RE, but if you live in alaska you get a check from the state based on the fact that the state runs on a glorified budget surplus. This is a dramatic difference from uncle Sam taking half my paycheck to hand it out to crackheads. If any other state profited from state lands their govm't would undoubtedly spend the money on monuments to senators and butterfly gardens whilst running up bond debts or asking the fed to print more money. - Tue Oct 28 2008, 20:45
Jennifer, Home Buyer in 94596

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Asked Tue Oct 28 2008, 21:16 by Jennifer  -  Home Buying in Concord  -  15 answers
Jared answered:
In my area many people whose homes are on the market are waiting to see what happens with the bailouts. You might just have to wait for the excitement to calm down for a little longer. - Tue Oct 28 2008, 23:03
Joe Sinnona, Real Estate Pro in Long Beach, NY

why isnt anyone buying realestate. This is the time to buy.

Asked Mon Oct 27 2008, 04:20 by Joe Sinnona  -  Home Buying in Long Beach  -  3 answers
Jared answered:
Because although this is the time I'd like to buy, no one wants to sell bad enough to properly price a property I'd be willing to live in.

CA is still a joke. There may be neighborhoods or select areas where real estate is local, but for the most part we are still 20% off. Incomes can't responsibly support the prices people are still asking. Sellers keep using homes that are sitting on the market as comps, and if it doesn't sell, the one you list won't either.
If you really want to sell something, bring the price down based on icome for the area and not how much they want for the shack down the road. - Mon Oct 27 2008, 04:26
Kate Myers, Real Estate Pro in Lake Oswego, OR

Re: Open Houses. Is it time for Brokerage specific websites to display all Open Houses and break the?

Asked Thu Oct 23 2008, 16:52 by Kate Myers  -  Agent2Agent in Lake Oswego  -  7 answers
Jared answered:
As a buyer, I would greatly appreciate a site that showed all the open houses in my area. I generally try not to support the local newspaper due to non-RE issues, but find that as I search for Open houses it is my only real source of (quality) information. - Thu Oct 23 2008, 22:09
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