Californy
The missus is off visiting relatives in L.A. Her cousin is a most successful Century 21 real estate agent who is keen to find us a house to invest in. Last night she went to a BBQ in Beverly Hills to meet some friends, Iranian Jews, who bolted after the revolution.
So not only are we likely to get a kinfolk deal on a house, we'll probably get it below market value.
This is probably how it will go down.
Cousin Bamdad in Tarzana will make a call to his friend Morty in Beverly Hills who has a brother, Sal, in La Jolla, who knows someone in the valley making a killing buying up lost sub-prime leases. Iranian and Jewish family values are similar to WASPish family values, but without the handgun obsession.
I'm being re-directed by two ethnic groups whose families function in a highly structured, tightly woven hierarchy that only has the veneer of paternal domination; in both cases, Iranian and Jews, it is not Dad who is really navigating thick bloodlines through troubled seas. Mine is the weary voice of experience.
That thatched roof hut in a Cambodian fishing village is now just a fool's paradise I suppose.
So not only are we likely to get a kinfolk deal on a house, we'll probably get it below market value.
This is probably how it will go down.
Cousin Bamdad in Tarzana will make a call to his friend Morty in Beverly Hills who has a brother, Sal, in La Jolla, who knows someone in the valley making a killing buying up lost sub-prime leases. Iranian and Jewish family values are similar to WASPish family values, but without the handgun obsession.
I'm being re-directed by two ethnic groups whose families function in a highly structured, tightly woven hierarchy that only has the veneer of paternal domination; in both cases, Iranian and Jews, it is not Dad who is really navigating thick bloodlines through troubled seas. Mine is the weary voice of experience.
That thatched roof hut in a Cambodian fishing village is now just a fool's paradise I suppose.
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HAhahahaha, you know how most 3rd-world bargains end up: as sensational headlines ("Sexpat choppered by mistress's boyfriend") or as statistics.
is that an OJ reference--LA and all--
Oh there are great deal on property out here right now. Probably for a while..the way things are going.
Sage: Do you have a friend who has a cousin who knows someone?
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