What are you guys doing right now?

bmwracer wrote:Watching the stinkin' Angels leading the Yanks, 9-6. :grumble:

Yanks might pull a miracle comeback :fingerscrossed:

bmwracer wrote:
Watching the stinkin' Angels leading the Yanks, 9-6.

K.T.Tran wrote:Yanks might pull a miracle comeback

Watching the stinkin' Angels leading the Yanks, 11-7. :grumble:

Gonna take some kind of miracle. :sweat:

Enna wrote:Watching the stinkin' Angels leading the Yanks, 11-6. :grumble:

Hey, Stinkin' Angels sounds better than Podunk Angels. :hehe:

Gonna take some kind of miracle. :sweat:

Maybe King George will pull the plug on the lights and have the game replayed. ;)

bmwracer wrote:
Maybe King George will pull the plug on the lights and have the game replayed. ;)

Yeah how do you think all those NYC black-outs start! :hehe:

Enna wrote:Yeah how do you think all those NYC black-outs start! :hehe:

So desu.

Is Georgie the scapegoat (very deserving, he is) for most/all of NYC's ills?? :hehe:

I'm going to have my dinner pretty soon....so right now, I'm waiting for it to cook :mrgreen:

Also listening to some music. Going to be eating dinner and watching Ep 12 of Yoshitsune :mrgreen: :woot: :dancing:

Currently, I'm taking a break from studying.
I've had my fill of work and studying for the day. And lucky me, I get to do it all over again tomorrow! :woot: :beaten:

K.T.Tran wrote:I'm going to have my dinner pretty soon....so right now, I'm waiting for it to cook :mrgreen:

Also listening to some music. Going to be eating dinner and watching Ep 12 of Yoshitsune :mrgreen: :woot: :dancing:

So how did your dinner party turn out K.T.? Maybe you will tell us what you served in the Food thread. :)

ahochaude wrote:Currently, I'm taking a break from studying.
I've had my fill of work and studying for the day. And lucky me, I get to do it all over again tomorrow!

You are one busy man aho!!!!! :sweat: How is your move going? Since you have your old place for awhile are you taking it slow? :)

Enna wrote:

You are one busy man aho!!!!! :sweat: How is your move going? Since you have your old place for awhile are you taking it slow? :)

Taking it very slow however, as fast as I can manage to.

I want to get this over with already. Classes this month have gotten in the way though.... :sweat:

I hope I can make it before the end of the month.......

Enna wrote:
You are one busy man aho!!!!! How is your move going? Since you have your old place for awhile are you taking it slow?

ahochaude wrote:Taking it very slow however, as fast as I can manage to.

I want to get this over with already. Classes this month have gotten in the way though....

I hope I can make it before the end of the month......

Hope you make it too. :thumbsup: All I gotta say is recruit as many friends and family members as possible to help you with the move. I had to clear out an entire house this past year in order to sell it and my friends and family were life savers. :sweat: :victory: :)

Enna wrote:

Hope you make it too. :thumbsup: All I gotta say is recruit as many friends and family members as possible to help you with the move. I had to clear out an entire house this past year in order to sell it and my friends and family were life savers. :sweat: :victory: :)

That sounds like a task. :beaten:
Seeing how contracts work and how quickly some sellers are required to vacate their residence, I can understand the stress level that results.
Speaking of properties, my good friends and I are in the searching process of locating a property in the mainland to invest in. We're debating whether we're going to flip it, or hold it.

Enna wrote:
Hope you make it too. All I gotta say is recruit as many friends and family members as possible to help you with the move. I had to clear out an entire house this past year in order to sell it and my friends and family were life savers.

ahochaude wrote:
That sounds like a task.
Seeing how contracts work and how quickly some sellers are required to vacate their residence, I can understand the stress level that results.
Speaking of properties, my good friends and I are in the searching process of locating a property in the mainland to invest in. We're debating whether we're going to flip it, or hold it.

Yes it was a good learning experience. I was the Executrix of an estate.
I was just watching a show on ABC last night on real estate and they discussed the fact that the 'flip it' boom in certain areas, like Miami, may be coming to an end. I wish you all the best! :thumbsup:

Enna wrote:

Yes it was a good learning experience. I was the Executrix of an estate.
I was just watching a show on ABC last night on real estate and they discussed the fact that the 'flip it' boom in certain areas, like Miami, may be coming to an end. I wish you all the best! :thumbsup:

In all honesty, I think flipping (providing that it's a "double closing") should be illegal. The "cash funds" that you state you will throw down in the DROA does not really exist. Only on the contingency that your 'buyer' (of the property that you don't even own yet) will be able to have the funds to close. Even although it's added in section C-67 of the DROA that the transaction is contingent on obtaining the funds from the other prospective closing buyer's cash funds, you're commiting to a contract that you don't even have the funds to execute it in it's entirety.

The thing with my transaction is that we will put down the cash funds and close escrow. Then we will fix up the property and turn it around for more than we paid for it.

That's how we do it. We don't rely on a simultaneous closing. :D

ahochaude wrote:
The thing with my transaction is that we will put down the cash funds and close escrow. Then we will fix up the property and turn it around for more than we paid for it.

That's how we do it. We don't rely on a simultaneous closing. :D

The TV show I was watching on ABC last night about real estate and 'flipping it' in Miami was 20/20. Here is what they discussed:

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Business/story?id=1193793&page=1


They also discussed other aspects of real estate. I never knew about the real estate 'staging' companies before. Very interesting.

Thanks for the article Enna.

Not to worry, we aren't doing it in Florida. There are many other states to choose from and not all are experiencing such a boom, more or less the "near end" part of the boom. We're picking up properties at states that haven't peaked in real estate yet. ;)

Also, we have around 6 people throwing in money for the down. So it's not that much.
The only problem is figuring out how we're going to hold tenancy. :beaten:

ahochaude wrote:Thanks for the article Enna.

Not to worry, we aren't doing it in Florida. There are many other states to choose from and not all are experiencing such a boom, more or less the "near end" part of the boom. We're picking up properties at states that haven't peaked in real estate yet. ;)

Also, we have around 6 people throwing in money for the down. So it's not that much.

You are welcome. Wishing you much success in your group 'flipping it' experience. :victory: :good:

ahochaude wrote:
Taking it very slow however, as fast as I can manage to.

I want to get this over with already. Classes this month have gotten in the way though.... :sweat:

I hope I can make it before the end of the month.......

taking classes too?, along with ....three jobs?
I don't know how you do it.....lots of coffee? and still have time to post on jdorama and maintain your marriage, you are the man.... :bow: , i can barely take in a full time temp assignment. :hehe:

Watching cooking shows on PBS: they're making Garlic-Wasabi mashed potatoes. Yum. :thumbsup:

bmwracer wrote:Watching cooking shows on PBS: they're making Garlic-Wasabi mashed potatoes. Yum. :thumbsup:

Sounds delicious! :victory:
Im going now to give some grub to 7 horses.
No wasabi. ;)
though they are partial to beer! :drink:

bmwracer wrote:Watching cooking shows on PBS: they're making Garlic-Wasabi mashed potatoes. Yum.

Eve wrote:
Sounds delicious! :victory:
Im going now to give some grub to 7 horses.
No wasabi. ;)
though they are partial to beer! :drink:

Wow Eve! You have 7 horses? Do they each have their own distinct personalities? I have never been around horses so I do not have a clue. :headscratch: :)

BMW that does sound delicious! I like wasabi flavored rice crackers. Tasty!