bloodninja420

Just ask for the money, so you can ensure the work is done right. Sellers are mentally prepared for further concessions, if their agent is advising them properly. Inspection is basically another round of price negotiations.

If it's any consolation your bikes are probably now in the capable hands of underprivileged "youths" calling themselves the Twelve O'clock Boyz.

The education is poor but the problem goes deeper than that. It's our driving "culture" for lack of a better word. US drivers are ignorant, apathetic, and inattentive. Norms that are universally followed is the rest of the world may as well not exist here. Slow driving in the left highway lane is the most egregious example. Germany and France don't have that problem. The Midwest is even worse than most of the rest of the US. Which I attribute to the same cause the results in fat lazy pieces of shit being over represented in the Midwest, whatever that may be.

Being a woman, she is already in one protected class. And I wouldn't be surprised based on your description of behavior if she was in 1 or 2 more. I'm guessing HR will not be moving your complaint to the top of the queue..

You make this sound trivial, but accessing this type of information on a block-by-block level was basically impossible previously. You'd have to go through the county auditor or somehow gain access to the Realtors' MLS system.The one other major value-add of Zillow is that recent sales will have pictures available, so you can get a feel for the level of fit and finish, and adjust your comps accordingly. The algorithm they use to attach a market value to houses should be ignored, IMO, but the app is a game changer.

There are plenty of good arguments that Realtors can add value and make home searches easier. But you can't tell me with a straight you didn't pay a dime! Look at the closing docs and you'll see exactly how much your realtor got paid. The seller nets the same amount whether a buyers agent gets paid or an (agentless) buyer pockets savings via lower gross sales price.

Tell me where I'm wrong. With respect to real crime, police show up after the fact and take notes. How could it be otherwise? The main thing cops are proactive about is confiscating my money when I'm safely traveling 15 mph over the limit on empty interstate...

Your analogy does not work.I will grant you this- like an auto or moto accident, there is a small probability you will be the victim of crime. But helmets and seat belts will improve your outcome almost 100% of the time! Cops intervene in approximately 0% of the violent encounters that occur on a daily basis, and recover effective 0% of the property that is ever stolen. They show up after the fact, take notes, and occasionally make an arrest when they are not too busy waging a war on traffic violations and adults who use drugs.

I've had absolutely zero use for cops in my life. Has anyone on here every had a cop provide any value in a law-enforcement capacity? Municipalities ate flushing money down the drain with their bloated police rosters and fat pensions. We could cut half of these jobs overnight and I guarantee no one would notice. Legalize lethal force by citizens to prevent property theft, fire half the police, and let the blacks continue killing each other. #Trump2016

I thought the movie was fun. I'm fairly sure that 99% of the bikes in the movie were stolen though, and I think thieves should be hanged.

You seem to be the only one in this thread that understands this concept. Lol.I've bought my last 2 houses without a buyer's agent, and saved a lot of dough. In the purchase agreement (your written offer) you need to make it explicit you are offering less with the understanding the listing agent will reduce their commission by half. If you don't get this in writing, the selling agent (Magley's paragons of virtue) would gladly collect the full commission without even broaching the topic with their client. They hate it when buyers circumvent their little cartel, but at the end of the day they're getting paid the same, so they'll play ball.

I cant see many reasons to use a realtor as a buyer in the age of Zillow. Zillow/Trulia let you find listings and compile comps in a much more user-friendly interface than anything a local agent is going to be working with. And you immediately cut 2-2.5% off the house price that normally would have been paid to the buyers agent. Your lendor can walk you through the nuts and bolts of the transaction just as well as an agent would have. There are plenty of attorneys who will review or draft a purchase agreement for a flat fee of a couple of hundred bucks. Negotiate with the Seller's agent0

Yep. This is what makes the imbeciles using the left lane for a 68mph pass twice as amazing to me.

Condolences for your friend.

Wish I could title a bike that week tax free. OR lobbying arm is dropping the ball.

I saw this on Craigs last night and thought it was a pretty damn good list price.

There is not a huge difference. In fact, the term radical Islam is redundant.

Have you guys seen the numbers of these fucking people we've let immigrate here over the last 15 years? It's incredible, hundreds of thousands of Muhammadans are here under refugee and student visa programs. Meanwhile my white 2 year old is taking off her shoes and getting wanded at airport security. Islam should be treated as a terrorist organization, full stop, and people from those goat-fucking countries can lose their USA visitation privileges. What is the upside to letting them in when we have millions of decent Asians and Europeans waiting in the immigration queue?

$3000 give or take sounds about right to me. May be able to get more as a street bike if you have the bodywork.

I find it interesting that you're getting pissy about acting as a middleman after posting goods as a..wait for it..middleman.

I don't care for that trade-off at all. Go build your Datacenter elsewhere!

Something completely different, but hear me out. Get a mid-2000s Mercedes S Class. They should be right in your price range at this point with 100k miles give or take. The steepest part of the depreciation curve will be behind them, so you should get decent value in terms of your lifetime cost of ownership. Components are over engineered and reliable. The 5.5L v8 will actually get close to 25mpg highway on the model years after they introduced vvt. But the real reason to get one is to avoid hating life during your commute and road trips. I will never spend another winter commuting in a shit box. Even 10 year old models have more creature comforts than something like an Accord. Everything about the interior is inviting and done right. ZERO wind noise. 0-60 in a 4.5. What's not to like? Did I mention my wife has a 2007 S Class were getting ready to sell?

I honestly can't say I wouldn't pull someone out of a car and beat them within an inch of their life if they opened a door on me.

Great dataset. I'm actually kind of blown away by that Supersport death rate. 1 out of 500 Supersport riders dies Every-Year. And it is probably worse than that because the denominator is bike registrations (as opposed to people regularly riding.) 1 in 500 chance of death per year is just insanely high... I can't think of a comparably risky mainstream activity. Bottom line is if you can't devote the time to acquiring skills and habits that make you an order of magnitude safer than the average rider, best to find a new hobby.

Adventure Rider has some good threads dedicated to this topic. Though most are dedicated to Europe. My first question would be whether you can register 600cc bike in China period.