Comments on: How I learned to Love SoCal and Forget the Bubble! http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/how-i-learned-to-love-socal-and-forget-the-bubble/ How I Learned to Love Southern California and Forget the Housing Bubble Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:22:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: surfaddict http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/how-i-learned-to-love-socal-and-forget-the-bubble/#comment-5897 surfaddict Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:28:24 +0000 http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/how-i-learned-to-love-socal-and-forget-the-bubble/#comment-5897 DRHB I am here in so-cal for same reasons you are, but it is frustrating cuzz 44% of my take-home pay goes to my mortgage. ( 12 yrs back, I bought for under $200K, but recently had to spend another $200K to expand my place from 874 sq ft to a livable 2000 sq ft) My impression was you are older and wiser than I, but now reading this old entry, it hints that you are quite a bit younger than I (ill be 40 in Feb 08). How old are you? It is astounding to find a "recent graduate" that seems to be so wise beyond his years. Keep up the excellent work here. What are you gonna do a few years down the road when the bubble is history? DRHB
I am here in so-cal for same reasons you are, but it is frustrating cuzz 44% of my take-home pay goes to my mortgage. ( 12 yrs back, I bought for under $200K, but recently had to spend another $200K to expand my place from 874 sq ft to a livable 2000 sq ft) My impression was you are older and wiser than I, but now reading this old entry, it hints that you are quite a bit younger than I (ill be 40 in Feb 08). How old are you? It is astounding to find a “recent graduate” that seems to be so wise beyond his years. Keep up the excellent work here. What are you gonna do a few years down the road when the bubble is history?

]]> By: Dave http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/how-i-learned-to-love-socal-and-forget-the-bubble/#comment-2837 Dave Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:38:47 +0000 http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/how-i-learned-to-love-socal-and-forget-the-bubble/#comment-2837 It's interesting reading the comments from only 1 year ago. October 12th, 2006 at 2:10 pm "fast forward two years and the market is finally starting to show some strain, but prices are still sky high. i’m giving it three more years before i completely give up on buying something decent here and bail for cheaper pastures." How quickly the world changes! It’s interesting reading the comments from only 1 year ago.

October 12th, 2006 at 2:10 pm
“fast forward two years and the market is finally starting to show some strain, but prices are still sky high. i’m giving it three more years before i completely give up on buying something decent here and bail for cheaper pastures.”

How quickly the world changes!

]]> By: mike http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/how-i-learned-to-love-socal-and-forget-the-bubble/#comment-11 mike Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:10:00 +0000 http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/how-i-learned-to-love-socal-and-forget-the-bubble/#comment-11 much the same story. i was in grad school from 2002-4 and by the time i was out most of the damage had been done. my gut was telling me that there was no way that the high prices were sustainable (just a little basic math told me the same thing), and having a nice rent-contol apt on the westside i just decided to stick it out for a few years. there was just no way i was going to pay the prices people were asking, no matter what anyone told me.<br/><br/>fast forward two years and the market is finally starting to show some strain, but prices are still sky high. i'm giving it three more years before i completely give up on buying something decent here and bail for cheaper pastures. much the same story. i was in grad school from 2002-4 and by the time i was out most of the damage had been done. my gut was telling me that there was no way that the high prices were sustainable (just a little basic math told me the same thing), and having a nice rent-contol apt on the westside i just decided to stick it out for a few years. there was just no way i was going to pay the prices people were asking, no matter what anyone told me.

fast forward two years and the market is finally starting to show some strain, but prices are still sky high. i’m giving it three more years before i completely give up on buying something decent here and bail for cheaper pastures.

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