Comments on: My Sage Advice to Renters: Think Like a Buyer http://thefrontsteps.com/2008/12/19/my-sage-advice-to-renters-think-like-a-buyer/ Real Estate, Insight, Statistics, Gossip, & News...With a Twist and Some Flavor Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:18:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: anon8mizer http://thefrontsteps.com/2008/12/19/my-sage-advice-to-renters-think-like-a-buyer/comment-page-1/#comment-7418 anon8mizer Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:05:59 +0000 http://thefrontsteps.com/?p=3641#comment-7418 TFS is following the "team of rivals" model. Seems to be working for the prez. TFS is following the “team of rivals” model. Seems to be working for the prez.

]]> By: Joe Friedman http://thefrontsteps.com/2008/12/19/my-sage-advice-to-renters-think-like-a-buyer/comment-page-1/#comment-7417 Joe Friedman Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:30:36 +0000 http://thefrontsteps.com/?p=3641#comment-7417 Definitely not your typical realtor site. Where else would you find someone as contradicting as this? It's a buyer's market?!?!@? Oh wait, it may not be so. What's the deal? Get the story straight TFS. [<strong>Editor's Note</strong>: Okay Joe, Der Foolj, Flouchebag, Sushi Blow Fish, Zinfadel...what name you going to come up with next? It is a buyer's market and it's a great time to be a buyer if you have the means.] Definitely not your typical realtor site. Where else would you find someone as contradicting as this? It’s a buyer’s market?!?!@? Oh wait, it may not be so. What’s the deal? Get the story straight TFS.

[Editor's Note: Okay Joe, Der Foolj, Flouchebag, Sushi Blow Fish, Zinfadel...what name you going to come up with next? It is a buyer's market and it's a great time to be a buyer if you have the means.]

]]> By: former renter http://thefrontsteps.com/2008/12/19/my-sage-advice-to-renters-think-like-a-buyer/comment-page-1/#comment-7413 former renter Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:02:06 +0000 http://thefrontsteps.com/?p=3641#comment-7413 @ 40 Year old renter Some SFH are rent controlled. A newly converted ondo from a TIC is a SFH but is rent controlled if the owner used the ellis act to evict the tenats. The Ellised condo has to be sold before it can be rented free of rent control. And guess what? The Ellis was used time and again by legitimate renters looking to be owners via the TIC route. We were renters who couldn't afford to own outright, so we went the TIC route. 8 years later, I own a condo but won't put this thing back to the rental pool because rent control scares me. The shortsighted losers on the board of supes that voted for this measure forgot that restrictng me from rerenting means that this will nev er be rent controlled again, althought it would be a profitable rental. With market prices as they are, this will never be a rental agian @ 40 Year old renter
Some SFH are rent controlled. A newly converted ondo from a TIC is a SFH but is rent controlled if the owner used the ellis act to evict the tenats. The Ellised condo has to be sold before it can be rented free of rent control.

And guess what? The Ellis was used time and again by legitimate renters looking to be owners via the TIC route.

We were renters who couldn’t afford to own outright, so we went the TIC route. 8 years later, I own a condo but won’t put this thing back to the rental pool because rent control scares me. The shortsighted losers on the board of supes that voted for this measure forgot that restrictng me from rerenting means that this will nev er be rent controlled again, althought it would be a profitable rental.

With market prices as they are, this will never be a rental agian

]]> By: former renter http://thefrontsteps.com/2008/12/19/my-sage-advice-to-renters-think-like-a-buyer/comment-page-1/#comment-7410 former renter Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:52:08 +0000 http://thefrontsteps.com/?p=3641#comment-7410 I agree with the author. HOW IRONIC THAT THE HEAD OF THE TENAT'S UNION OWNS HIS HOME! Gee i wonder why?HE knows owning is better in the long run. Many renters will stay renters forever precisely because of the laws designed to protect the MINORITY of renters. The MAJORITY of renters aspire to own someday, but the ridiculous laws referenced by the author as well as the TIC laws, condo lottery, etc. are making renters indentured servants. WHAT DOES TED GUILICKSON HAVE TO SAY TO THAT? I agree with the author. HOW IRONIC THAT THE HEAD OF THE TENAT’S UNION OWNS HIS HOME! Gee i wonder why?HE knows owning is better in the long run.

Many renters will stay renters forever precisely because of the laws designed to protect the MINORITY of renters. The MAJORITY of renters aspire to own someday, but the ridiculous laws referenced by the author as well as the TIC laws, condo lottery, etc. are making renters indentured servants. WHAT DOES TED GUILICKSON HAVE TO SAY TO THAT?

]]> By: thefrontsteps http://thefrontsteps.com/2008/12/19/my-sage-advice-to-renters-think-like-a-buyer/comment-page-1/#comment-7398 thefrontsteps Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:04:17 +0000 http://thefrontsteps.com/?p=3641#comment-7398 RE reader, That's why we got Anna on board. We hope you keep coming back. This ain't your typical Realtor spiel site. Thanks for the comment! RE reader,

That’s why we got Anna on board. We hope you keep coming back. This ain’t your typical Realtor spiel site.

Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: RE reader http://thefrontsteps.com/2008/12/19/my-sage-advice-to-renters-think-like-a-buyer/comment-page-1/#comment-7397 RE reader Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:02:34 +0000 http://thefrontsteps.com/?p=3641#comment-7397 Point: Anna. Interesting to read info from a renter on a real estate site. Kind of expect a lot of BUY NOW BUY NOW propaganda and not much else. Refreshing. Point: Anna.
Interesting to read info from a renter on a real estate site. Kind of expect a lot of BUY NOW BUY NOW propaganda and not much else.

Refreshing.

]]> By: anna http://thefrontsteps.com/2008/12/19/my-sage-advice-to-renters-think-like-a-buyer/comment-page-1/#comment-7379 anna Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:07:42 +0000 http://thefrontsteps.com/?p=3641#comment-7379 Maybe not rent control for SFH, but moving into an occupied one is an expensive project indeed... Maybe not rent control for SFH, but moving into an occupied one is an expensive project indeed…

]]> By: 40YearOldRenter http://thefrontsteps.com/2008/12/19/my-sage-advice-to-renters-think-like-a-buyer/comment-page-1/#comment-7376 40YearOldRenter Sat, 20 Dec 2008 03:24:45 +0000 http://thefrontsteps.com/?p=3641#comment-7376 Also, single family homes and condos are not under rent control either, doesn't matter when you bought it. You can raise rent by 10% with a 30 day notice, and up to 60% with a 60 day notice. Come on guys, don't you know the rules already? Also, single family homes and condos are not under rent control either, doesn’t matter when you bought it. You can raise rent by 10% with a 30 day notice, and up to 60% with a 60 day notice.

Come on guys, don’t you know the rules already?

]]> By: anna http://thefrontsteps.com/2008/12/19/my-sage-advice-to-renters-think-like-a-buyer/comment-page-1/#comment-7374 anna Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:55:44 +0000 http://thefrontsteps.com/?p=3641#comment-7374 what, you are SO singing my song there. I get so f____ing tired of the constant borrage of new lux condo complexes that the majority of SF-- the VAST WANTING TO BUY majority-- can't buy. It, as much as anything else I mentioned, keeps us renters forever. Very stupid planning. what, you are SO singing my song there. I get so f____ing tired of the constant borrage of new lux condo complexes that the majority of SF– the VAST WANTING TO BUY majority– can’t buy. It, as much as anything else I mentioned, keeps us renters forever. Very stupid planning.

]]> By: what http://thefrontsteps.com/2008/12/19/my-sage-advice-to-renters-think-like-a-buyer/comment-page-1/#comment-7372 what Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:52:42 +0000 http://thefrontsteps.com/?p=3641#comment-7372 Um, rent control in SF does NOT apply to anything built after 1979. So if someone were to "build more rental housing" they would NOT be subject to rent control at all. But of course we refuse to build these at all. Instead it's all pricey condos for rich single people, or shitty housing built by Daly's friends in the 'non profit do nothing" sector. Um, rent control in SF does NOT apply to anything built after 1979. So if someone were to “build more rental housing” they would NOT be subject to rent control at all.

But of course we refuse to build these at all. Instead it’s all pricey condos for rich single people, or shitty housing built by Daly’s friends in the ‘non profit do nothing” sector.

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