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***DANI NEEDS TO WIN TO BUY A HOUSE***??NOT!!!!:
Archive through August 26, 2002
Uhoh | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 05:42 pm     wow - a quick look at realtor.com showed one can buy a 4/2, almost 2K sq ft, for 150K !! that same house would be about 600K here. really, people who don't live in the sf bay area just don't understand. with all due respect, as a single woman, legal secretary, you could eat only beans every day, have no car, no furniture, wear the same pair of jeans everyday, have no tv or radio and still wouldn't be able to buy property here. but, i've beat this to death and am gonna give the poor horse a break! i promise, not another word about bay area housing costs. my bottom lip might bleed from holding back but i'll be strong! |
Uhoh | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 05:59 pm     seamonkey - i'm amazed, and pleasantly so. i live in santa cruz county where housing prices are less than in santa clara, so i was using our numbers thinking it was representable of places saner than palo alto... but, it's not quite as cheap as they advertise either. the cheapest house in multiple-listing in fairfield is 220K. but - one can get a 3/2, around 1200 sq ft in the low-mid 200's. i take back everything i said about min 450K for entry-level house. that's how things are in non-slum areas in santa cruz :P cheapest multi-listing price here is 310K and that's for a 1/1 ... equivalent 3/2 is more like 500K plus. |
Mrdisguise | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 06:01 pm     Buying a house is not easy for some people. Danielle's dream is to buy a house for her family. Nothing wrong with that. And maybe when she says it out loud to Marcellas or Lisa, she doesn't realize that they would perceive it as something negative. Please, let's not pick on Danielle for being desperate to win the money. I can understand Danielle's desperation to win the money to buy a house for her family. A house= safety and security and stability and the American Dream. Jason, Lisa, Chiara, Marcellas, Amy, Roddy, Gerry and Lori do not seem desperate to win the money. Please don't pick on Danielle just because she seems desperate to win the money. I can understand why Danielle would pay for her kids to go to private schools. Public schools ARE violent and have lower standards. Maybe her girls go to an all girls school which is less violent than co-ed schools. If I had kids, I would be heartbroken to let my kids go to public schools. The money that Danielle could have used to buy a house is instead going to pay for private school. Here in Toronto, Canada, some private schools can cost $15 000 per year. It is obvious to me that Danielle is desperate to win the money. It doesn't mean that she is greedy. It could mean that she wants an easier life. Money=freedom. |
Poco | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 06:23 pm     12 years of public education and 6 years of public higher education were very, very good to me. |
Seanflynn | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 07:24 pm     That Danielle, she's just too uppity and doesn't know her place. Who does she think she is, trying to show up her betters? Not. |
Bigbrotherbelle | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 07:27 pm     We need a lip reader... Dani's been in the DR on feed four with no sound. |
Seamonkey | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 08:05 pm     On that same site, there was mention of a first time buyers down payment subsidy in Fairfield as well. My brother has six neices and nephews ranging from 7 to 22 who've all gone through the Fairfield schools and seem to be not only unscathed but thriving. The oldest is now in pre veterinary at UC Davis. All six are bi-racial and I haven't heard of any violence over that issue either. I have no issue with Dani wanting whatever she wants but she has stated several times that she CANNOT go home without the money, that she MUST win, etc. And she's stated that others might waste the money.. like telling someone that Jason had plans to form a youth group (which sounds wonderful to me). I'm well aware of California housing costs. I've ridden the market DOWN and back up.. First condo, what I could afford, not the ideal location, stayed 10 years and ended up breaking dead even (and had to finance the place for 9 months before it sold). Place I am now.. MUCH better location, condo much older and in 6 years prices have doubled (but I caught mine when prices were way down and the people were needing badly to be out of here). I think Dani's living in a good area.. it is growing and nice and there is still country all round and it looks like housing is at least possible for entry people.. Even 60% of $50,000 would make a down payment. (tho someone mentioned problems with the IRS, which could be why she's so manic about it) Lip reader.. I don't suppose Lanzee has the feeds or she might be able to do just that.. and that reminds me.. where has Lanzee been? She was so excited about BB starting up and haven't seen her posting?? |
Alexis_42 | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 08:08 pm     Amen Poco. And I'll beat the horse one more time. The general rule of thumb for getting a loan to buy a house is you can usually get a loan for 2 1/2 times your annual salary (assuming you have good credit and are not overly-extended on credit cards, bank loans, automobile loans, etc.) While I appreciate that property is much more expensive in areas in California, it leads me back to my original post that if she can't afford to live there - then she should move. If her and her husband make $100-$150K combined (using this figure from above post), that is a lot more money than a majority of the people in this country earn. I'm willing to bet that her and her husband earn more money then all the other houseguests (with the possible exception of Gerry and his wife). We have a saying where I live... "People drive the car that they have to drive so they can live where they want to live... or some people live where they have live to so they can drive what they want to drive." It goes back to priorities and sacrifices. If she wants to buy a house, she can sell her fancy formal dining room set which is loaded with crystal, her big screen tv, and turn in her breast implants and move her family to an area where they can afford to buy a house. |
Kiersten_Love | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 08:16 pm     Amen!!! Amen!!! Amen!!! Good wording Alexis, I couldn't have said it better... |
Allietex | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 08:24 pm     I think I read somewhere that Dani had the breast implants because she had a condition after her last child was born where her breasts collasped or something. I am not sure but it sounded like it was drastic, not just the regular sagging that some women get after childbirth. Maybe someone else remembers this and has more information. If that is true the breast implants need to be dropped in the conversation. They were a medical thing not a vanity thing. |
Faerygdds | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 08:28 pm     She brought it up again today.. her breasts looked like two little flaps of skin with the nipple pointing straight up. She said it was really really bad. She was disuading Amy and Lisa from even considering implants until after they had children as things could be different then. I agree... let go of the implants thing... there is a line between vanity and something that can be devastating to the psyche. The rest of it... debate all you want, but leave the implants out of it. |
Loppes | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 08:30 pm     Okay if you can find proof that Dani's implants were required because of a condition, then I suppose its okay to drop it. But can we still speculate about Roddy's p*nis implant? lol. Lon |
Bmh | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 08:31 pm     Wow I didn't even know that..that makes a hel of a difference about this whole thing..why didn't somebody bring this up before!!..Dani did this because it was necessary not like Tonya that just did it for vanity..Dani needed to get it done..after her pregnancy her breasts were awful..poor thing and everybody has been downing her over it |
Sunrise | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 08:32 pm     so, the show has been that boring today? I left this morning and this discussion was going strong. I come back in and here it is still going. Wow, pretty dull day, huh? |
Alexis_42 | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 08:33 pm     Fair enough (I can respect that) - the implants are out... the formal dining room set with the matching china cabinet filled with crystal and the big screen tv are in. |
Dntx4bb3 | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 08:34 pm     All I can say is at least it kept us Busy :-) and not totaly bored |
Sunrise | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 08:37 pm     :-) & )-: |
Alexis_42 | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 08:38 pm     Is the horse still breathing? |
Classycassfan | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 08:43 pm     Alexis I like what you said earlier but I have to add to your quote of "I'm willing to bet that her and her husband earn more money then all the other houseguests (with the possible exception of Gerry and his wife). " Gerry is a school teacher and even in California it is not a high paying job, and His wife is disabled, yes she has received a settlement *from what Gerry has said* and that is why they own their home... but lets face it 3 kids on a school teachers salary and disablility with a side job of making dresses... Dani and her hubby prob make 5 times more than Gerry and his wife.... Just a thought not that is is worth anything. |
Loppes | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 08:46 pm     Alexis, You talkin about the glow in dark horse they have? You might also be intersted to know its not a big screen TV, but a plasma screen. Bmh, You having me falling down sober laughing! |
Loppes | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 08:47 pm     Classycassfan, I thought on tv last week they mentioned Gerry's kids are all in their mid to late 20's. I doubt they need to be supported. Then again---- Lon |
Seamonkey | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 08:54 pm     I think one of Gerry's kids is a teenager, like 14 or 15. And boys eat like horses |
Squidward | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 09:17 pm     No, I would have to say saggy breasts, no matter what the cause, is still vanity. Once you have been diagnosed with breast cancer and had your breasts removed, you will understand my point of view on this. Saggy breasts are not a medical condition. |
Marcellasfan | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 09:19 pm     MrDisguise, I have to disagree with you. a) Public schools are no more violent than private schools. As a matter of fact, schools are statistically much less violent. b) Public schools have HIGHER standards than private schools. Teachers are required to have as much education as a lawyer in order to teach in the public schools of California. Private schools do not even require a teaching credential. So, MrDisguise, do not let the "press" mold your thinking. You should do a bit more research before you make grand statements like you have |
Classycassfan | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 09:20 pm     I think he has one on his own and one in college and then a teenager still being fully supported.. |
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