9 Comments

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   Jim the Realtor on March 16, 2011 at 9:05 pm

   Michael Pines, attorney to the foreclosed, is facing disbarment:

   http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2011/03/michael_t_pines_foreclosure_at.php

   At the bottom the first comment raves about what a great job he did (though could easily be a troll or Pines himself?)

2. 

   KK on March 17, 2011 at 2:38 am

   I have a friend that lives in that building. She likes it, though her unit is on the third floor and faces north.

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   Dr Drew on March 17, 2011 at 7:58 am

   For what it’s worth, my IT Services Business was dead in water between June and Dec 2010. I thought we were going to have to throw in the towel in 2011.

   Then BOOM!

   We’ve been getting increasingly swamped every month since December. We’re maxed out this month, and will be hiring one new person to meet demand in April.

   Lets hope it lasts. As the Jack in the Box Guy said after falling down the stairs filming his own “cut costs” commercial… “I’m so ready for this recession to be over!”

4. 

   Jinx on March 17, 2011 at 8:27 am

   I used to live in OB. I forgot how LOUD those planes are!

5. 

   Former RB Resident on March 17, 2011 at 11:55 am

   This must be a new California thing, but why the loan flyers to be “compliant”, Jim?

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   ewhac on March 17, 2011 at 1:35 pm

   There was some distortion in the video — horizontal bars across the image, most noticeably when you were in the kitchen. It’s the sort of thing I would only expect to see if there was a huge amount of electrical interference. Can’t imagine where it could be coming from, though…

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   François Caron on March 17, 2011 at 2:39 pm

   Reminds me of my last apartment which happened to be a condo in a brand new 100 unit building where they only managed to sell ONE unit! So they made them all rentals.

   Interesting experience. It was expensive though, but it did do the job I needed it to do at the time. Still, I’m glad to be out of there and into a much cheaper apartment with a killer view.

8. 

   College Joe on March 19, 2011 at 1:17 pm

   I really do think someone is watching these videos and gives you all the ‘good’ REOs….they make for great videos!

9. 

   Cube on May 8, 2011 at 6:15 pm

   @ewhac

   I only noticed it because you pointed it out (and I specifically went back to look). My guess would be that was actually an effect of the fluorescent lighting in the kitchen. The light may be having a 60Hz interference with the camera’s frame-rate. It looks like the camera compensates well, but may compensate a little less well when it has to change the exposure level (while moving from lighter to darker or more reflective to less reflective).

   Another reason I can add to the list of why I dis-prefer CFLs and LEDs for most indoor lighting applications.