Home Buying & Real Estate Thread

[mplsdunk]

Something about it being more expensive to convert it to code than it’s worth.

Like homeless camps are built to code or something.

 

[lovehateself]

Been working downtown Oakland & SF past year and noticing so many open commercial properties not being used. Why don't they covert them to affordable housing?

ask steph curry

 

[spizike231]

Feds to cut interest rates rates six times in 2024?

 

[wayniac211]

ask steph curry

The fuh curry got to do with home ownership

Something about it being more expensive to convert it to code than it’s worth.

Like homeless camps are built to code or something.

expensive my *** lol. Having your own business is more important than home ownership in America.

 

[アミーゴ]

Steph is opposing an affordable housing project in Atherton

 

[mplsdunk]

I just saw some article on it.

It’s stupid, change the code then and slap some dorms in or whatever. It’s really just excuse after excuse.

 

[jpzx]

 

[アミーゴ]

NIMBY

 

[B Sox]

Oh damn folks still don’t know about NIMBY Steve Curry.

 

[アミーゴ]

Oh damn folks still don’t know about NIMBY Steve Curry.

Had to tell ‘em man

He got good PR

 

[wayniac211]

lol. Atherton is overrated. Good look. Just read up on it. I know he's getting lit up tryna produce a Mac Dre documentary

 

[アミーゴ]

lol. Atherton is overrated. Good look. Just read up on it. I know he's getting lit up tryna produce a Mac Dre documentary

I got you - us Palo Alto dudes gotta stick together, brother

 

[s0lefunk]

expensive my *** lol. Having your own business is more important than home ownership in America.

Who do you want to convert the buildings? The owners bought a commercial property and probably have no interest in managing a residential property - not to mention the costs to bring it up to code.

The local govt could step in to buy but would likely need voter support since tax dollars are involved on top of the conversion costs. And as already mentioned the NIMBY opposition will be in full force.

Relying on the altruism for a project like this is a bold strategy.

 

[wayniac211]

I got you - us Palo Alto dudes gotta stick together, brother

Bless up!
Wish I could afford to live back in the peninsula. Parents sold the crib before y2k/gentrification.
San Mateo only county in the bay where prices haven't dropped

 

[アミーゴ]

Bless up!
Wish I could afford to live back in the peninsula. Parents sold the crib before y2k/gentrification.
San Mateo only county in the bay where prices haven't dropped

I’m back for the holidays in a few weeks - cruise down fam, let’s hit the new Old Pro

 

[had pants]

 

[B Sox]

Yeah nah

 

[s0lefunk]

Legislation is needed to limit institutional buying of SFHs and single dwelling units. Or at least heavily incentivize sellers to sell to actual people.

Until then, realize you are competing with the Jones’ and billionaire corporations both foreign and domestic.

 

[slaughterx]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/14/business/navy-federal-credit-union-black-applicants-invs/index.html

 

[sneakaprince]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/14/business/navy-federal-credit-union-black-applicants-invs/index.html

Nasty business

 

[slaughterx]

I wonder what Wells Fargo % is after the BS I went through with them... 800 credit score, 0 debt and 20k cash down on a 160k loan, and a job Ive had for 9 years at the time... mofos kept on making **** up I needed to do. Finally said f em and went with US Bank and it was smooth sailing, luckily I went to school with the mortgage guy there.... but I shouldnt even have to say that after saying all my qualifiers.

 

[Mark Antony]

Only 25% of the rejected apps were due to poor credit factors. Navy fed had a seemingly good rep too.

 

[executive76]

 

[ballinsam23]

Wells Fargo is the absolute worse. Never use them

 

[moderndarwin]

Legislation is needed to limit institutional buying of SFHs and single dwelling units. Or at least heavily incentivize sellers to sell to actual people.

Until then, realize you are competing with the Jones’ and billionaire corporations both foreign and domestic.

people oddly in the US like to blame individual people (like Steph lol) instead of our systematic problems. Allowing corporations and foreign entities to buy 44% of SFRs in the past few years is nuts. You can’t compete against that sort of money. Building more houses without first changing that is just a hamster wheel of uselessness