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by opo 9y ago
>...At closing the keys are hand over. There isn't any other way. What you mean to say is that you can't imagine that things could be done differently than how it was done where you are located. That pretty much sums up every
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by opo 9y ago
>You (the buyer) schedules the inspection, you can ask the real estate agent to do it for you but it's a simple phone call. Yes obviously you can do that. But you have to take the time to research the different companies a little t
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by opo 9y ago
Might be different in different areas. In places I've lived, the title company handles all of this - the seller doesn't hire a lawyer - a large title company likely has a corporate lawyer in case something comes up, but otherwise
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by opo 9y ago
>... That creates an extra $9k to split between the parties. And there's no way a closing takes a full day for an attorney (and most will be less than $200/hr). Yes, most brokers use standard forms, there isn't much actual
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by opo 9y ago
I agree it would be a bit risky to buy/sell real estate without any outside help. My point was just that if you are already using a realtor, it shouldn't generally be necessary to also hire a lawyer.
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by opo 9y ago
>Here's a great piece by Ben Thompson discussing the economics and markets of such services: Most of the article is about OpenDoor. I don't think that quote about Redfin describes the situation very well. I don't think th
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by opo 9y ago
>You don't need a realtor, fyi, just a good real estate lawyer, Lawyer prices will obviously be different in different parts of the country, (so maybe a lot cheaper where you are) but I knew someone who arranged a transaction withou
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by opo 9y ago
Those numbers conflict with the St Louis Fed, so not sure what to make of them. It is unfortunate that their source seems to be produced from the think tank itself.
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by opo 9y ago
Income inequality has grown, but it is a common misconception that incomes have been stagnant. According to the St Louis Fed the issue has been: >...Economists long have noted that focusing on AHE rather than total compensation yields
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by opo 9y ago
>...There are multiple transmission line projects in progress in the US to drag wind energy to major load centers. If so, this cost should be considered to be part of the cost of wind energy. >...Solar can be produced anywhere of cour
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by opo 9y ago
>...I strongly suspect people spent less time alone in the past. Yea, a book that overs this is: "Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community" https://www.amazon.com/Bowling-Alone-Collapse-Amer
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by opo 9y ago
ntu.org has some recent data. In general, federal income tax has gotten more progressive since the 50s. For example, the top 10% paid 49% of taxes in 1980 and paid 70% in 2014. http://www.ntu.org/foundation/page&#x2F
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by opo 9y ago
What is the source of your data? According to the world bank and the OECD, from 1986 to now the income share held by the top 10% has been in a range from 27 - 31%. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.DST.10TH.10?loc
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by opo 9y ago
The "top marginal rate" means very little by itself. What matters is the effective rate which takes into account the credits/deductions that are allowed, the other lower tax rates, etc. For example, the top 10% paid 49% of t
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by opo 9y ago
>...Further, not being static does not mean it was ever meaningfully increased. The tax burden has basically gone opposite of what you imply. For example, the top 10% paid 49% of taxes in 1980 and paid 70% in 2014. ( http://
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by opo 9y ago
For some more background, Frontline did an episode on solitary confinement: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/solitary-nation/ And if you think solitary confinement is a nightmare, how about putting
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by opo 9y ago
>..I think it is probably more correct that she grew the value of Yahoo significantly, ~0 -> 4.5B The market value of the company almost always is not equal to what the company could sell itself for to another company - sometimes more
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by opo 9y ago
>...Not like she was going to be allowed to stop the deal. I am not sure how you can be so sure about that. I wasn’t privy to the discussions with her and the board, were you? If she recognized how bad of an idea that was she could hav
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by opo 9y ago
All of that increase is due to the increase in value of the Alibaba stock - which was pushed through by Yang long before she got there. If she hadn't sold half of their Alibaba holdings when she got there, the value of the company wou
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by opo 9y ago
>... She basically ended up spinning off the entire value of the Alibaba stake plus $4.5 billion -- which is about $5 billion ahead of where the company was at when she started The market value of the company almost always is not equal t
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by opo 9y ago
>...The Japanese were ready and willing to surrender before the bombs dropped Some factions in the Japanese civilian government were willing to surrender with varying amounts of conditions. That doesn’t mean the “Japanese” were willing
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by opo 9y ago
>...There aren't any good reasons I've seen to not lower that age to 0 (i.e. covered from birth). It isn’t that simple. Medicare saves lots of money because of their lower reimbursement rates and many of the smaller medical pr
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by opo 9y ago
That is a rough story. I hope things improve for you. Those who support the war on drugs should think about his point: >...Was this the outcome society wants me to have? To wreck what small success I struggled to get over what amounted
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by opo 9y ago
>...Also, "The Thirteenth Amendment has also been interpreted to permit the government to require certain forms of public service, presumably extending to military service and jury duty.” That’s a handy excuse to use to justify invo
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by opo 9y ago
>... on a 90-day sentence for basically jaywalking. Can you elaborate?
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by opo 9y ago
>...I'm forever distracted and even just the cubicle farm (not fully sealed offices) was a much better environment for me. Yea for those whose work requires some concentration, the best environment might be where workers have office
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by opo 9y ago
>The budget for Hanford alone is about $2.3 billion in... Hanford was started in the Manhattan project to produce plutonium and during the cold war produced plutonium for tens of thousands of nuclear warheads. All of these government we
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by opo 9y ago
It is unfortunate that companies can't be flexible and give employees the environment that the employees find will make them more productive. So one group of people could be seated elbow to elbow with headphones to avoid some of the d
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by opo 9y ago
>...The comic is a bit disingenious as it implies that all renewables are intermittent. No, I don't think it does that. >...But many renewable energy sources are base load as well, e.g. hydro or wind. As user rsynnott said "
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by opo 9y ago
A dangerous plant design like Chernobyl would have been illegal to build in any western country, so not sure why you think it is relevant to any other country. Accidents from hydroelectric plants have killed orders of magnitude more peopl

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