tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27885619.post978913097089326970..comments2023-11-03T02:41:15.906-07:00Comments on Real Estate comments: Local Restaurants strugglingwannabuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04297458705683991405noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27885619.post-7313296276954022992008-06-09T20:43:00.000-07:002008-06-09T20:43:00.000-07:0018 years. About time. ;)Got Popcorn?Neil18 years. About time. ;)<BR/><BR/>Got Popcorn?<BR/>Neilwannabuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04297458705683991405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27885619.post-19884559878292275542008-06-09T08:49:00.000-07:002008-06-09T08:49:00.000-07:00If you were off by only one year, you are doing be...If you were off by only one year, you are doing better than most economists. I have an extensive "bear book" collection spread out over 3 shelves in our study, inaugurated with Ravi Batra's "The Great Depression of 1990." 18 years is about how long ago I started thinking about this stuff!bearmasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05290246991286430222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27885619.post-79131998415947016912008-06-08T19:50:00.000-07:002008-06-08T19:50:00.000-07:00Bearmaster,Thank you. :) I wish I had more time ...Bearmaster,<BR/><BR/>Thank you. :) I wish I had more time to organize another dinner. Life is crazy!<BR/><BR/>Its interesting that dog training has also plummeted. :( We really want to get a dog! More precisely, I really want a dog and my wife will accommodate. <BR/><BR/>It is scary how the pattern isn't following the recession trend. Momentum down market is as fast as I thought it would be... I just had the year off by one. ;) (Ok, more like 18 months... But hey, I was a "fast downturn" predictor.) ;) <BR/><BR/>People are really pulling back. The number of trips canceled is amazing. Its national too.<BR/><BR/>Its at the point where I hope its only a recession. I still think that is possible. However, the denial has been too extreme. The whole banking system is about to be ripped asunder. :( <BR/><BR/>Got Popcorn?<BR/>Neilwannabuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04297458705683991405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27885619.post-36938044161421403012008-06-08T19:20:00.000-07:002008-06-08T19:20:00.000-07:00Hi Neil,Congratulations to you and Nancy for hitti...Hi Neil,<BR/><BR/>Congratulations to you and Nancy for hitting the one year mark! <BR/><BR/>We are definitely going to have to hold a bubble blogger celebration when we see the Los Angeles housing market hit some kind of key milestone. <BR/><BR/>Maybe we should brainstorm what the milestone should be. <BR/><BR/>Median price down 40%? When monthly cost to own at 30 year fixed = cost to rent? Major newspaper headline about an exodus out of the area?<BR/><BR/>I've been working part-time at South Redondo PETCO as a dog trainer (in addition to my normal full-time "day job" as a software developer at UCLA). Only enrollments in dog training classes have <B>plummeted</B>, so I'm not doing much.<BR/><BR/>This is looking to me like things are shaping up to be a Depression.bearmasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05290246991286430222noreply@blogger.com