Get ahold of yourself man.

I don’t know if this is true, but Mr. Mortgage says: ““Defaults on original loan amounts over $750k are surging with total counts higher than total sales in this segment. Supply from foreclosure is about to hit hard in the mid-to-upper end housing market. And remember, foreclosure supply is only one form and account for only about 35% of total supply.””

Think about that. Defaults on 750k+ loans are going UP. Then think about how long it takes to process a default and subsequent foreclosure. Finally, understand why it is taking so long and why it will occur for an extended period.

You said this comment was laughable:

>>Has he finally accepted the defeat now that his RE predictions in 2008 have been decisively proven wrong by the market ?

Your predictions were for business as it had been. I remember you shitting some ‘clear for takeoff language.’

In that case, you must be that person, because you answered as follows:

>>Has CA real estate corrected itself, yet ?

Not quite.

This kind of laughable comment is clearly written by someone who does not have the capacity to think!

I haven’t checked out the kitchen requirements in detail but I do know that the primary light source must be “high efficiency” which basically means fluorescent. They don’t allow screw in bulbs because you could swap out the bulb after the inspector leaves. Just the fact that a regular bulb can go in there is a problem.

In bathrooms they give you a little more leeway – it’s fluorescent lighting OR you can use a special switch that turns on manually but will shut off automatically after a maximum of 15 minutes; it has a motion sensor so it won’t turn off if someone is in there (but it doesn’t see through glass shower walls, so careful how long you stay in there).

The lighting regulations vary by room, and yes, it’s a royal PITA.

Well THAT’S disappointing. I guess the city inspector just missed it while he was looking at other stuff – he was quite a stickler about some items.

For example – the overhead kitchen light was this cheap fluorescent ring in a white plastic diffuser, that I didn’t like. I got a different cheap fixture from home depot – which had an Edison-type (screw-in) lamp base, and I put in a soft-white compact fluorescent bulb, and the diffuser was frosted glass instead of plastic. I thought it was a little nicer.

The inspector said Edison-based screw-in bulbs are verboten. It MUST be pin-based. I switched it back and he signed off for the prop. mgmt. company on his next visit. This sucks! There are very few bulb choices I found for pin-based lamp fixtures.

I think it’s supposed to be an energy-saving code – but I was able to put in a very low wattage compact fluorescent bulb in the screw-in base, so I was actually SAVING 2 watts vs. the one they had.

He wouldn’t even explain the code, though – he just said ‘it must be pin-based’ and moved on.

New-home-building must be fun with all these regulations to live by!

Is this some crappy local city code? Are you really restricted to pin-based fluorescent lighting for ALL your overhead stuff? You can’t have any incandescent or halogen or ‘other’ lights anymore and be up to code?

Please tell me I’m mistaken…

This kind of laughable comment is clearly written by someone who does not live in the Real Bay Area!

Can you tell I don’t have to go to work tomorrow?