Simply to have their response in writing?
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USAA absolutely insisted that their algorithm are absolutely correct and my rebuild cost would be ~$370/sqft and that it was precise for my local area, but if it wasn't they'd cover up to 25% extra for "inflation, code changes, and debris removal". When I said I doubted a contractor would even speak to them at that rate, they insisted that they could help negotiate good rates because they are a big company and can bring people in from other areas. That sounds like bullshit.
I insured at a higher rate/sqft (and the 25% protection is still there).
I figure I will turn down the coverage Nov->Apr when things aren't likely to catch fire. I can do it with a few clicks on the website.
I know more than all these economists they are all trying to be smart and not be wrong at the same time that's not a good look
But hey I'm waiting for the crash so I can buy my retirement home anytime now and prices will be back to the more manageable levels of 4 years ago
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Sure ya' do Fred. That's why you still need to work right?
It corrects (or at least has always corrected, historically) when there is a bubble. Detroit etc. are not exactly in a bubble.
Actually, I think here will continue to increase in price, as the inventory (new homes) is generally inelastic due to no land available, (with the exception of Nort South Park, but that won’t do squat). We also have water and cooler temps as the climate refugees seek higher ground globally. It’s fairly unique.
Aren’t we all trying to be smart and not be wrong at the same time? :rolleyes2
That’s a bit of an oversimplification, no?
I mean, there was a bunch of unprecedented shit happening during the collapse, and then during the recovery you had plenty of successful investors and respected economist arguing that everything the government was doing was going to lead to hyperinflation (freshwater economics view), and other successful investors and respected economists arguing the opposite, that not enough was being done and prices and employment were going to remain depressed (saltwater economics view).
I guess... but was still mostly a binary argument then and still mostly about the effects of US policy. Now just seems there are left and right tail risks everywhere that no government can really hope to contain.
If I understand correctly, you’re saying that if you had the correct analytical framework back then, then you could predict the general state of things we’re headed during that time period? (However, there were plenty using the wrong analytical framework, and thus got it wrong.) But currently even if your framework is correct, the market is being pulled in multiple directions, so it’s difficult to predict where it’s headed?
I for one hope the doom sayers are correct, as I am not selling regardless, so if prices go down 50%, I am stoked for my kids. Even a 50% hit still leaves prices in the stoopid zone in So Cal.
I got it all figured out going to smoke a bowl in a few minutes go for a bike ride I will "know" exactly everything by the time the ride is over
I don't see an implosion
slow fizzle in consumer spending all summer into next year
stock market crashes one day peaks the next because it is not representative of anything truthful anymore it's just a roulette game and the dice land where they do
gdp will register in negative growth every quarter for the next year maybe a 1% gain late summer but xmas will be - 3% 2023 will be at 0-1%
the poor will get hammered even more
drug use and violence will rise for the next four years
the wave will roll onto the beach in october no big crash but it will be game over for many
stagnation for the next five years unless the gov't decides to start throwing money around like fuck ups on the verge of bankruptcy
real estate will be balls to the walls in certain parts of the country upstate ny not so pretty
I agree with Fred on all points. If anything I'm more pessimistic. The civil unrest that will follow the inevitable continued overreach by the Cheeto party after they win the midterms will only make things worse. I too am heading out for a ride, but no bowl beforehand.
Lol, my parents bought a really, really amazing property in Dewitt/Syracuse in 1986 for ~$215k.
It is now worth about…$275k.
And they have made it even more super awesome. Some SU professor is going to get an insane bargain on a really cool house when they sell.