tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post7939837541376411162..comments2023-11-05T04:36:14.223-08:00Comments on The Mess That Greenspan Made: A sign of the times in Bend, OregonTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-49088386739554823992009-07-20T23:41:18.936-07:002009-07-20T23:41:18.936-07:00Anon #1 again. Just wanted to see if there were f...Anon #1 again. Just wanted to see if there were further comments. <br /><br />I was exhorted to get informed rather than put out an opinion, so I googled "Bend economy", and found this: http://bendoregonbubble.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Ahahahaha, lol, lmao.<br /><br />"The whole town of Bend needs to say the Serenity Prayer right now, because the real estate market and local economy are tanking, and are going to keep tanking for some time to come, and there's nothing anyone in Bend can do to stop it."<br /><br />and<br /><br />"People like "Mr. April 25" Dana Bratton and the coalition of local real estate forces behind the "Best Buyers' Market in 20 Years" media intimidation campaign think that with The Power of Positive Thinking, the local real estate market (real estate being the only industry in Deschutes County history ever to achieve $1,000,000,000 in one-year sales) can recover."<br /><br />Goddam, sounds like my uninformed opinion of Bend's economy was *way* off now, doesn't it?<br /><br />Now that I am informed about Bend, however, I haven't changed my opinion of it. Call me if they ever decide to build a factory that makes, you know, stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-32573972257022242172009-07-20T14:02:46.862-07:002009-07-20T14:02:46.862-07:00It is pretty sad how properties continue the decli...It is pretty sad how properties continue the decline. How is someone supposed to get the 20% down needed for a million dollar home on a jumbo loan. I'm sure most people dont have that. I think it is better to just stay in your home and get your carpets cleaned www.carpetcleaningbendoregon.com and enjoy living in your home because you wont be able to sell it for what you want for another 10 years. Might as well enjoy it or foreclose it.bearhttp://www.carpetcleanersbendoregon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-80429396259504570082009-07-16T21:23:50.339-07:002009-07-16T21:23:50.339-07:00I know of a guy who bought a place there at Diablo...I know of a guy who bought a place there at Diablo Grande. Unfortunately, he forgot to sell his other house first.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-56073995814113941182009-07-16T20:37:02.186-07:002009-07-16T20:37:02.186-07:00The same thing happened just over the hill from wh...The same thing happened just over the hill from where I work! The Diablo Grande development outside of Patterson California, just off I-5 was going to be one of these "Master Planned Golf Lifestyle Communities". I played there a few times at a day after Thanksgiving tournament put on annually by a supplier to my employer. It was a nice course with nice facilities but has now fallen on exceptionally hard times!<br /><br /><br />http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/20/RECH11QS8K.DTLfishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-26374705989630325682009-07-16T08:38:21.776-07:002009-07-16T08:38:21.776-07:00Try being informed instead of just opinionated.Try being informed instead of just opinionated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-2084221559508563532009-07-16T02:55:01.305-07:002009-07-16T02:55:01.305-07:00Hahaha. The guy probably didn't have a clue h...Hahaha. The guy probably didn't have a clue how lousy he just admitted the Bend housing market is.<br /><br />And it might well be in the Tour of Homes next year. And the year after that. <br /><br />Who the hell wants to spend a million bucks on a house in a town with no (non service-sector) jobs or even a self-sustaining economy?<br /><br />If it wasn't for tourists and equity locusts, Bend would be one tenth its size, with no million dollar homes... about like it was in the 1980'sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com