I moved from NJ last year to Alpharetta, GA and I love the Atlanta area. No snow, lots to do, cheap homes, and low property taxes. I also do recruiting from home but only cardiologists. Great money in it and down here you can really get a nice house compared to NJ for alot less.
Vinny1, we may have to hook up then just for fun. I placed accountants and had a large staffing business. I got out after I did a merger and public offering. The company was taken private a few years after I left but still operates under its name "Acsys". It was taken out by Veidor. I wouldn't mind placing other types. Maybe you could tell me more when I move there about the Doctors. I had my old offices in the "King and Queen" towers at Concourse. I see that Dunwoody has changed due to Marta. Looks sort of like Lennox now. I am going to check out offices around Northpoint Mall. I can't stand working from home. I am over it. I am going to do the headhunting do my daytrading setups and look for people to hire or work with. I lived in Atlanta from 1979 to 1981 then 1986 to 1998. I left becaue of the hot weather and the demograhics. I will be moving in hot ass July. John
With all the for rent signs around San Diego, I may move into a nicer place with a lower cost per sq/ft than my current place. Too many people bought an extra house, thinking they could rent it, then realized a ton of people had the same idea, haha. Nice negative cash flow. Rent is less than half a home mortgage right now. Nice deal here.
I have always been told that more houses sell in the first six months of the year compared to the latter six months. This chart is in agreement with that. In this chart it is interesting how the price action starts to roll over at the end of August in 2004, sooner in 2005 by the end of July, and even sooner at the end of April in 2006. With each decline of the end of the year the chart rolls over to new lows. This year that may mean negative YOY apprecation in the Los Angeles area. OWP
I'm not chartist...but... Did you notice that that rate slope from peak to peak, or trough to trough is changing...and how it is changing? View it from the perspective of rate of change, or (if you remember your calculus, the derivative, and the derivative of the derivative. The rate that it is dropping is decreasing, sort of like a dive bomber nearing its lowest point right before beginning the climb. The graph you provided, IMHO, is encouraging to those holding properties. To me, it is saying that a buying opportunity may be presenting itself. I'm one of the odd folks that likes to buy when the price is down. Not that I'd be a buyer right now...If I was in that market, I'd keep waiting and watching until I was sure an upward trend was re-established.