From Curbed LA
I would say you are going to be amazed……..
but you aren’t……………
if you know anything about Los Angeles real estate.
I live here and even though I expected a figure near this……………..
I didn’t think it would be THIS figure………
Are
You
Ready?
Sure?
Ok then….
And this is why I refuse to buy……
In this market…..
Here goes…..
$749,000.
Ouch.
Source: Curbed LA
Jeez, how did Christmas come around so damn quick this year? Didn’t we just do this? Time flies when you spend all your time on the internet.
These are some of the posts that caught my eye this week…if you don’t regularly read these blogs, make sure you do from now on, as they have a wealth (ha – pun intended – gotcha) of info for those of us concerned about our finances.
25 Rules to Grow Rich By #21: Auto Leases – The Simple Dollar lays it all out on the table about auto leases.
Wow, and we wonder why everyone is saying Social Security is going to run out…I know its not due to just this one family, but imagine how much fraud is going on in the system when they cannot even catch a guy pretending to be mentally impaired…since he was EIGHT.
TACOMA “” For nearly 20 years “” ever since Pete Costello was 8 “” his mother has collected disability benefits on his behalf. In meetings with Social Security officials and psychologists, he appeared mentally impaired and unable to communicate. His mother insisted he couldnt read or write, shower, care for himself or drive.
Ok, so I am not what one would normally call a frequent flyer…I fly 4-5 times a year at most. About 3 years ago, I flew Delta for a few of those trips and gathered up 27,000 miles. Since then, I have not flown Delta, as my last company was using American Airlines, and now I have so many miles with them I only use them. Anyways….I have tried for years to get a free ticket on Delta, to no avail. Not once were my requested dates available, so I kind of forgot about the miles. Until I read somewhere that unused miles would be expiring December 31, 2006 under some new changes that they are implementing for the program. I logged into my account, and sure enough, Dec 31 my miles would have gone away. So I called customer service and was told that I had two choices to keep my miles for another two years:
This last week we had a very important family member pass away. It has been a very difficult time for all of us, and we will of course slowly get through it. But if I have learned anything this week, it is to make sure that there is someone else in your household or family that knows your financial situation. Where the bank accounts are, the brokerage accounts, the insurance policies, any savings, etc. In this case, we are trying to put together the financial pieces of this family member, and it is very difficult as only he knew where anything was.
