Comments on: The Real Estate Roller Coaster http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/07/29/the-real-estate-roller-coaster/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:50:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jesse http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/07/29/the-real-estate-roller-coaster/#comment-169057 Jesse Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:43:27 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=3512#comment-169057 I loved the end where the roller coaster turns around and you see just how far it climbed. Chilling almost. I loved the end where the roller coaster turns around and you see just how far it climbed. Chilling almost.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/07/29/the-real-estate-roller-coaster/#comment-168975 Andrew Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:50:42 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=3512#comment-168975 More data to show that buying a house is NOT an investment. You buy a house because you want or need a house, not to make money. (Active real estate developers excluded of course). More data to show that buying a house is NOT an investment. You buy a house because you want or need a house, not to make money. (Active real estate developers excluded of course).

]]> By: SmBizMan http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/07/29/the-real-estate-roller-coaster/#comment-168831 SmBizMan Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:11:01 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=3512#comment-168831 by the way, before oil dropped $20 a barrel recently, it looked very similar to that chart! by the way, before oil dropped $20 a barrel recently, it looked very similar to that chart!

]]> By: Brian http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/07/29/the-real-estate-roller-coaster/#comment-168827 Brian Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:59:00 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=3512#comment-168827 My parents always told me about "Bull"ies... the bigger they are, the harder they fall. Look out below. My parents always told me about “Bull”ies… the bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Look out below.

]]> By: Smithee http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/07/29/the-real-estate-roller-coaster/#comment-168754 Smithee Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:53:00 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=3512#comment-168754 I don't have the raw data, but <a href="http://www.speculativebubble.com/images/homevalues1.gif" rel="nofollow">here is a graph from the same person that did the video</a>. I don’t have the raw data, but here is a graph from the same person that did the video.

]]> By: Kyle http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/07/29/the-real-estate-roller-coaster/#comment-168745 Kyle Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:42:31 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=3512#comment-168745 I used to love those rollar coaster building games. Do you happen to have access to the raw data? It would be interesting to see the actual number. I used to love those rollar coaster building games. Do you happen to have access to the raw data? It would be interesting to see the actual number.

]]> By: SmBizMan http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/07/29/the-real-estate-roller-coaster/#comment-168716 SmBizMan Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:04:02 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=3512#comment-168716 This video has been on youtube for a while. I wish the author would update it to 2008! I watched this video in 2007 right before I bought a house--and I still bought. Don't let it scare you away. Buy for the right reasons, not because everyone else is. This video has been on youtube for a while. I wish the author would update it to 2008!

I watched this video in 2007 right before I bought a house–and I still bought. Don’t let it scare you away. Buy for the right reasons, not because everyone else is.

]]> By: Twiggers http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/07/29/the-real-estate-roller-coaster/#comment-168715 Twiggers Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:01:32 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=3512#comment-168715 INteresting video! Love how it ends with us just kind of dangling off a cliff looking down at history. How fitting. INteresting video! Love how it ends with us just kind of dangling off a cliff looking down at history. How fitting.

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