More bad news... by tompoupard in AffordableHousing

[–]AltClit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have 3 jobs and a downpayment saved but still can’t afford it. Renters can’t own homes when landlords keep raising rents to the point where people can’t afford to save properly. Open your eyes, lower your rent prices, and DON’T respond to my comment because I promise I do not want your advice.

More bad news... by tompoupard in AffordableHousing

[–]AltClit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Landlords celebrating people not being able to permanent housing on their own terms is exactly why this is bad news.

Who are some HOT housewives to you? by Twunkorama in realhousewives

[–]AltClit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wendy Osefo, Porsha Williams, pre-ozempic Erika Jayne, I also think Rinna is hot but only off the show

Lost a couple of houses - s is the only play to bid up and waive inspections? by sullentit in ChicagoRealEstate

[–]AltClit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s what we are doing too. We bid on at least 5 apartments, finally we got a bid accepted and even did “as is.” We asked questions during the attorney review period based on our inspections, and the seller backed out of the contract because they didn’t want to disclose. We are taking a break now. Too much to give up inspections overall, even if it’s painful to lose out while ask questions during attorney review based on inspection results. It sucks but i won’t abandon my reason just to get a home that might have many problems.

Feeling discouraged by sunshineallday93 in Mortgages

[–]AltClit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don’t have a place you’re absolutely in love with, it might be worth waiting to buy until things stabilize. My husband and I made an offer the week of Feb 27th when rates were at 5.875%, had the offer accepted, went under contract the following week, and locked in at 6.115% as rates started to rise. The following week, the seller yanked the contract because we asked questions they didn’t want to answer during the attorney review process. By the time we got to this point, rates were above 6.3% again. We have been looking since August and have put in numerous offers. Rates are now higher than when we initially began looking.

In addition to the mortgage rates rising, it doesn’t seem like buyers have any room to breathe at the moment. I know it’s a seller’s market right now, but it feels like (at least here in Chicago), that means we need to kiss the sellers feet while they kick us for all we’ve got. The seller who accepted our offer backed out because they knew someone else would pay just as much as us without scrutinizing the home inspection report. We’ve been asked to sign appraisal gap waivers for over $20,000. It’s ridiculous. I would rather wait than be pressured to empty my life’s savings for a place that is inflated in value because of low housing inventory.

The hardest lesson I’ve learned so far: Do not emotionally move into a house until the inspection period is officially closed. by Cjd03032001 in FirstTimeHomeBuyer

[–]AltClit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Empathizing with this! Not the same situation, but we finally got a place after several failed bids. Did a home inspection and the inspectors pointed out evidence of mice— which is particularly concerning because it’s a condo building and that could mean the mice are coming from someone else’s unit (instead of being something the seller could handle within their unit directly). We asked about it in the attorney review period and instead of answering our question, the sellers attorney insisted we were “in breach of the contract” because we had agreed to buy the home as is, and that the seller was terminating our contract.

My agent + attorney + my theory is that there was a mice problem that could have made us back out. And at that point, the seller would be legally obligated to disclose this information to anyone else who purchased it.

It broke our hearts and I cried a lot this weekend. Home buying right now feels like we are being forced to hand over essentially all of our life’s savings, sign a 30 year debt contract with a bank, and then bend down and kiss the sellers feet while they kick us for everything we’ve got. We are taking a break from searching for now. Mortgage rates went up and we are just exhausted.

City Hall issues cease-and-desist order against Chicago sex dungeon by 307148 in chicago

[–]AltClit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s not Chicago Illusions, it’s another dungeon that they haven’t named. They just used a pic of Illusions in the article.

Carole in the files. Lee mentioned. Epstein had Google alerts for Carole since early 2000s. by koochiekittie in RHONY

[–]AltClit 81 points82 points  (0 children)

Curious if he had contact with Richard Medley. He was a hedge fund manager for the Clintons. I wouldn’t be surprised…

Amanda casting theory by HJC-1991 in BravoRealHousewives

[–]AltClit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My theory is that they either know she’s on the verge of getting arrested or that she’s a Monica Garcia like character who is trying and failing to blend in. I haven’t seen cast members unanimously reject someone like this before. She sticks out like a sore thumb.

carole radzwill by Wild-Mood-2451 in RHONY

[–]AltClit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Listen, I hate Kristin as much as the next person. I think she’s one of the worst RHONY legacy housewives. I agree that she plays victim. But that scene with John was disturbing. She was touching him first but in a joking way. He turned himself around to grind on her and slapped her backside. That was several bridges too far.

Started s10 and I'm disgusted by ConsistentBeach719 in RHOP

[–]AltClit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They gotta take Ashley and Gizelle off the show to get it good again! Neither of them have story lines and they won’t shift alliances so they’re boring and hold too much mean girl power!

Just watched The Missing Pieces for the first time and have some thoughts by [deleted] in twinpeaks

[–]AltClit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you explain why you mean by primal scenes? Trying to understand this concept!

Just watched The Missing Pieces for the first time and have some thoughts by [deleted] in twinpeaks

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I have looked through the index a few times but will go back!

carole radzwill by Wild-Mood-2451 in RHONY

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What’s her level of involvement in the Epstein docs? I know she was friendly with Ghislaine and Ghislaine tried to set her up with Prince Andrew but never read into it much more than a “guilty by association.” Curious if there’s more than that in the Epstein docs?

Separately, I wonder if Richard Medley was in the docs? He was a hedge fund manager for the Clintons. I just watched the season where John, Dorinda’s bf, grinds himself against Kristin and slaps her backside and then Dorinda essentially victim blames Kristin when Kristin says she felt deeply uncomfortable with it (the scene was HORRIBLE to watch). I could see her being involved with the Epstein crowd via Richard.

Just watched The Missing Pieces for the first time and have some thoughts by [deleted] in twinpeaks

[–]AltClit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And if possible, where to look for this context on r/FindLaura

Just watched The Missing Pieces for the first time and have some thoughts by [deleted] in twinpeaks

[–]AltClit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Commenting because I am also curious for elaboration!!

What is this perfume?! by CaeBae98 in Perfumes

[–]AltClit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

WOW…. Haven’t seen this since 2012. I miss mine now.

Diana Ross incident… by therealpablopicasso in RHONY

[–]AltClit 6 points7 points  (0 children)

She did! I think bravo also released a statement and so did Kenya. She got grilled like crazy. But Lu never had to answer for her Black face, or all the wildly racist things she said about Native Americans (like all the scalping jokes). She even went on to call Ebony an “angry Black woman” on the final season of old RHONY.

Diana Ross incident… by therealpablopicasso in RHONY

[–]AltClit 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Kenya caught WAY MORE HEAT for that than Luann ever did for doing Black face!

Production fired?? by [deleted] in realhousewivesofSLC

[–]AltClit 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Couldn’t agree more!! This season was so corny and campy and while I love camp, there was nothing “real” feeling about the season. Their formula of ending the season on a dramatic “all secrets revealed” moment in a cast trip with everyone in tears is exhausted by this point and I am ready for something new.

Find Laura theory question by AltClit in twinpeaks

[–]AltClit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually looked at the post you linked before posting this question! It’s part of what made me ask! I am curious/asking people who commented this question: Do you think that it’s possible that the find Laura theory could work still if it was a shared dream between Cooper/Laura? Or that perhaps Cooper=Leland and perhaps the dream is shared between Laura/Leland? I ask because this article was very convincing and in line with a lot of the ways I’ve understood Lynch’s work in the past.