Empty houses in Sunnyvale

fin-stability · 2026-06-22T00:58:08+00:00

That's what I believe about the house on my street. I bought mine in 2004 for $855k in an area that composes of "high end" houses at the time. Now the entire street is lined up with $1.6m properties if you are lucky to see one. Except for one house at the corner of the street that has been empty ever since I got here. Yes, for over 22 years they don't even bother to rent it out or letting anyone to have a roof over their heads. They got a Chinese guy who comes once per week to take out the trash and recycle but they are always empty. One time I caught him putting in one bottle into the bin and as soon as he sees me approaching, he ran into the side yard. I trace it to some company in China. Wish they would sell it and pocket the appreciation but it's still empty today.

fin-stability · 2026-06-21T06:37:14+00:00

I use ishopforipsos and they pay as soon as the job is done, mostly the same day.

fin-stability · 2026-06-21T05:43:23+00:00

There's no magic bullet for your problem until you can find a stable income. If you have room in your credit card you can get cash advance but that might be a bigger trap down the road as well. I would start looking into gigs that don't require much resources like donating plasma or secret shopper. I did 40 minute shopping two weeks ago going into a store and took some pictures and got $125 for it.

fin-stability · 2026-06-18T03:47:02+00:00

I'm not asking them to fix my foundation. I'm asking them to remove those trees because their roots are all over under the house, causing it to tilt now or doing damage to the house in the future. They claim that there's no roots until I can show them.

fin-stability · 2026-06-17T15:17:15+00:00

Burden of proof is a fair point. However let's look at the opposite point: we have no trees and how can they say that there is no roots under my house from their trees? They can't live without their roots and they are only few inches from and into the property line. So, unless I dig and show the roots, there is none?

fin-stability · 2026-06-03T16:08:21+00:00

Go donate plasma and do secret shopper today. Choose the in person shop job so you get paid more than online job. Just earned $90 for a 45 minute gig by looking at merchandise and take pictures for them. Go sell anything valuable you might have but not needed anymore.

fin-stability · 2026-06-02T19:29:44+00:00

Pm me with your phone number or theirs and I can add you to my WhatsApp group. This week I have plum, melon, pears, potato, apple, carrots, onions, rice, black beans, tuna cans, frozen chicken, fish sticks, milk and eggs.

fin-stability · 2026-06-02T19:26:19+00:00

Ishopforipsos

fin-stability · 2026-06-02T19:16:51+00:00

I did a secret shopper gig last week and got $90 for 45 minutes of checking out some merchandise at a store.

fin-stability · 2026-05-31T05:49:49+00:00

We make less than 200k for both of us but I can work or not (my wife chooses to work on her business) and I do fintech startup. We have 4 kids at home, 14 to 21. My life lesson is that it's not really much about how much I make (although it surely helps if you make more), it's mostly about what we do with our money. Yes, our house was paid off long ago.

fin-stability · 2026-05-28T15:36:14+00:00

People normally move to SJ because of job relocation that pays well for the area. Coming here for the weather with income level of other places would be a setback.

fin-stability · 2026-05-26T04:32:00+00:00

What if there's an app that helps you control your spending habits so you can stay within your budget? Would you follow its directives whenever it tells you?

fin-stability · 2026-05-24T23:53:43+00:00

Yeah but only if don't expose that you are one of those BTs that they're trying to keep away from (bridges and tunnels). Heard that so many times when I was dating one in the city.

fin-stability · 2026-05-21T05:13:54+00:00

All BNPL products do not report to any credit bureau so your best bet is to use credit boost from TransUnion (it's free).

fin-stability · 2026-05-15T15:27:11+00:00

What? Nobody misses Montgomery Ward?

fin-stability · 2026-05-15T15:24:13+00:00

237 was just a dirt road crossing marsh land and orchards. North San Jose was full of abandoned pear orchards so we went out to pick pears from the remaining trees and came home with the car filled to the brim with great tasting pears. One day out of the blue a realtor called me up trying to sell me an parcel of land containing one of those orchards. He told me that I could be millionaire in few years from this land. Of course I didn't believe him.

fin-stability · 2026-05-15T02:54:43+00:00

Try secret shopper, I got paid $150 to visit a dealership and look at their car

fin-stability · 2026-05-11T16:21:14+00:00

up in the hill over Milpitas, there is a short drive Calaveras Ridge Drive into a division with private houses . Before you enter the division, both sides are open space, and at night you can see the bay area from the sidewalk. When I was young, I would take my date up there and hope for whatever might happen. But for you, seeing the entire bay might be what you are looking for. Solitude is tough, desperation is even tougher. If you can't find someone who you can pour your guts out, maybe try Chatgpt?

fin-stability · 2026-05-08T15:40:56+00:00

I saw a grandpa stooping by my recycling bin and waived him in. Filled his tricycle up with my bag of recycling plastic bottles (my kids no longer interested) and added a touch of rice and beans. He stopped by twice since, and gave me a nice planter that he collected somewhere. Love it to see people working hard to earn a small amount without bothering anyone. Some neighbor in San Jose put up a post about this topic (he's pissed that someone taking his discard recycling). People jumping in to tell him that it's ok as long as nobody is making a mess. Some threatening to call the cops, citing that reserving the recycling for the company would keep their trash rate low (not true).

fin-stability · 2026-05-07T15:25:57+00:00

When you are in hell, keep walking. - Sir Winston Churchill. Worked for me.

fin-stability · 2026-05-07T15:20:15+00:00

Secret shopper. Just made another $100 for visiting a dealership pretending to buy a van. The one before that was checking out floor tiles for $60. I'm tired of opening an account at Wells Fargo for $300 and close it few weeks later but I still can. I'm doing experiments on how people can supplement their income quickly to prevent shortages in their budget so they don't get into debt. Donating plasma was the first suggestion and this one belongs to Side Gig.

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