<p>haha good job westnile!!!</p>
<p>smith415,</p>
<p>It all depends on your discount rate and the expectations of the condo’s value in the future. It’s not how much it’s worth in now dollars, it’s the NPV that matters.</p>
<p>The only way I could see a condo being a good investment right now is if you planned to go to college in UCLA and work in LA for a number of years afterward…therefore getting a good 10 years outta that condo. Even then I dont see how throwing 400k down for a condo, when 20, is a good investment.</p>
<p>Hey guys,
not that this matters but my friend who transfered to CAL last year said that her decision posted on Friday April 29th at 2:20 pm. I wonder if they will release early again this year??</p>
<p>Are you saying decisions could possibly be posted tomorrow? BTW friday was the 28th last year.</p>
<h2>Topic between buying and renting</h2>
<p>What about the closing costs? What about the higher insurance? What about property taxes? There’s so many costs to consider and if you aren’t making an income, where are those costs deducted?</p>
<p>Buying an at market value home and trying to flip it in two years doesn’t seem so profitable.</p>
<p>My question is what do you think democrats are going to do in the coming years? They have power in congress. And they may have power in the executive branch in the upcoming elections. Is the economy going to slow down? Are we going to cut costs? Are we going to have a booming economy where the lower and middle class are thriving? How will that affect inflation? </p>
<p>There’s so much to consider.</p>
<p>If you’re going to buy a condo now. I highly suggest buying a forclosure for as close to 80-85% market value. There’s no other way to go.</p>
<p>Homes are long term investments. Keep it that way.</p>
<p>sooo…where are you guys all goin to be when you check cal?</p>
<p>at work, but i’m on a computer…don’t know if that is a good or bad thing</p>
<p>Just a quick response to ckduntion and dhl3, a lot of people in any UC will, on average, take four classes. I know a few peopl ethat take five classes, but it is definitely not as common as ckdunton makes it seem. If you take five classes on a quarter-based system, expect to be very busy and very occupied. It’s recommended that you take 4 (16.0 quarter units); 3 classes (12 units) is considered to be a full-time student. I’m not too sure about UCLA not having a unit cap though.</p>
<p>UCSD= the death of me.</p>
<p>thanks slim.
as a new student, I think it’d be best for me to start my first seemster with 4 classes… and eventually increase my load to 5 after I get used to the quarter system.</p>
<p>What about during Summer?</p>
<p>April 28 was the last business day of April of 2006. April 30 is the last business day of 2007. Hold tight guys, just a few more days of pain.</p>
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<p>I will be with a bunch of my buddies. If I get in, we’ll celebrate. If i get denied, we’ll go do something to keep my mind off of it.</p>
<p>drinking either way</p>
<p>Hahaha, dhl3: during the summer, people usually take 1-2 classes just because the durations of the classes are only 4-5 weeks (unless they’re special session classes). Some people, like myself, are taking 3-4 classes but I’m told to not expect a social life during the summer. Unless you’re in a rush or wanting to double major, you should just stick with two (one for each session :)</p>
<p>“drinking either way”
amen to that!</p>
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<p>That’s exactly my plan 
Double major.</p>
<p>yeah, 5 is definitely gonna keep you busy, with little time to do much else. from what my good friend who goes there told me, it’s not at all uncommon for people to take 5…as we all know, at ucla there are plenty of overly ambitious people, haha.</p>
<p>dhl, im lookin to double major as well. haha we sure have our work cut out for us.</p>
<p>lol good luck to you ck.</p>
<p>hopefully I get to finish it in three years…</p>
<p>DHL3 what else are you majoring in? Besides BizEcon?</p>