Comments on: Absentee owner says sell http://www.burbed.com/2010/02/05/absentee-owner-says-sell/ San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley House Price and Mortgage Insanity Blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:57:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BuyersAreIdiots http://www.burbed.com/2010/02/05/absentee-owner-says-sell/#comment-41783 BuyersAreIdiots Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:36:43 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/2010/02/05/absentee-owner-says-sell/#comment-41783 <i>Either that, or they’re making Soylent Green out of the unemployed now.</i> LMAO!! Good one nomadic. :) Maybe not such a bad idea if we put a ribbon around it and sell it as a health care cost reduction. Either that, or they’re making Soylent Green out of the unemployed now.

LMAO!!

Good one nomadic. :)

Maybe not such a bad idea if we put a ribbon around it and sell it as a health care cost reduction.

]]> By: Pralay http://www.burbed.com/2010/02/05/absentee-owner-says-sell/#comment-41782 Pralay Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:54:54 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/2010/02/05/absentee-owner-says-sell/#comment-41782 <a href="http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2010/02/employment-population-ratio-part-time.html" rel="nofollow">Explained in Calculated Rick blog</a> Also, it could be due to revisions in past numbers, as mentioned in <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/05/news/economy/jobs_january/index.htm?postversion=2010020509" rel="nofollow">CNN article</a>: <blockquote>Many experts chalked up the decline to the recent round of revisions impacting the estimated number of people in the workforce. "January's rate showed an exaggerated sense of improvement in labor market," said Mark Vitner, economist at Wells Fargo. "But there is improvement. I don't want to take that away."</blockquote> Explained in Calculated Rick blog

Also, it could be due to revisions in past numbers, as mentioned in CNN article:

Many experts chalked up the decline to the recent round of revisions impacting the estimated number of people in the workforce.

“January’s rate showed an exaggerated sense of improvement in labor market,” said Mark Vitner, economist at Wells Fargo. “But there is improvement. I don’t want to take that away.”

]]> By: Alex http://www.burbed.com/2010/02/05/absentee-owner-says-sell/#comment-41781 Alex Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:40:12 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/2010/02/05/absentee-owner-says-sell/#comment-41781 nomadic, exactly. The university taught us that much when I was studying economics. Of course, our politicians are now more optimistic that the numbers suggest a recovery. Meanwhile, Joe Blow and his family are hitting the homeless shelters and food lines. nomadic, exactly. The university taught us that much when I was studying economics. Of course, our politicians are now more optimistic that the numbers suggest a recovery.

Meanwhile, Joe Blow and his family are hitting the homeless shelters and food lines.

]]> By: nomadic http://www.burbed.com/2010/02/05/absentee-owner-says-sell/#comment-41780 nomadic Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:26:24 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/2010/02/05/absentee-owner-says-sell/#comment-41780 That's because the official unemployment rate doesn't count the under-employed and those who have given up looking for work. Either that, or they're making <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_Green" rel="nofollow">Soylent Green</a> out of the unemployed now. That’s because the official unemployment rate doesn’t count the under-employed and those who have given up looking for work.

Either that, or they’re making Soylent Green out of the unemployed now.

]]> By: anon http://www.burbed.com/2010/02/05/absentee-owner-says-sell/#comment-41779 anon Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:33:58 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/2010/02/05/absentee-owner-says-sell/#comment-41779 real estater math, alex. real estater math. real estater math, alex.

real estater math.

]]> By: Alex http://www.burbed.com/2010/02/05/absentee-owner-says-sell/#comment-41778 Alex Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:05:59 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/2010/02/05/absentee-owner-says-sell/#comment-41778 Unemployment rate went down and yet employers cut 20,000 more jobs? The gubment is using funny math, I tell ya. Unemployment rate went down and yet employers cut 20,000 more jobs? The gubment is using funny math, I tell ya.

]]> By: nomadic http://www.burbed.com/2010/02/05/absentee-owner-says-sell/#comment-41777 nomadic Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:31:14 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/2010/02/05/absentee-owner-says-sell/#comment-41777 Quick sale? Amazing what a 36% price cut can do. It was originally listed for sale last March. Quick sale? Amazing what a 36% price cut can do.

It was originally listed for sale last March.

]]> By: Joe http://www.burbed.com/2010/02/05/absentee-owner-says-sell/#comment-41776 Joe Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:25:04 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/2010/02/05/absentee-owner-says-sell/#comment-41776 Definitely not RBA. Sold in '98 for $5M and in ten years it has not doubled, how pathetic. Definitely not RBA. Sold in ’98 for $5M and in ten years it has not doubled, how pathetic.

]]> By: CB http://www.burbed.com/2010/02/05/absentee-owner-says-sell/#comment-41775 CB Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:15:19 +0000 http://www.burbed.com/2010/02/05/absentee-owner-says-sell/#comment-41775 Realty must be the only occupation where you can earn 6 figures by hitting the caps lock key and saying "f*ck it". Realty must be the only occupation where you can earn 6 figures by hitting the caps lock key and saying “f*ck it”.

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