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Others look to the future through the eyes of an optimist. For them, it is the "spring of hope." The only constant is change.
Channel Drive is one of Santa Barbara’s more unique addresses.[...]
In the movie The Big Short there was a scene in which a stripper bought multiple investment condos. She was able to do so because there were subprime loans available in the early 2000s that required: 1. No Income Verifications, 2. only a 680 credit score 3. No Down Payment: 4. and no owner occupancy. So Strippers could speculate in investment condos with no income and no money out of pocket - effectively getting free "put" options. If condo prices went up - woohoo! Strippers got rich! If condo prices went down - darn! Strippers walked away and lost very little. What could go wrong? Well, we know the answer... The economy was a mortgage broker/stripper doom loop. What may be even more amusing is that those strippers were probably making very good money, as the same mortgage brokers who gave them loans were also spending inordinate amounts of time in those same strip bars, tipping strippers with the money they made providing mortgages for strippers. ZILLOW ANNOUNCES 1% DOWN Last week Zillow announced its 1% down loan program, and the internet went wild with comments about how this is a return to the worst excesses of the subprime mortgage days. You'd think we are on the verge of mortgage Armageddon. But alas, we're not because Buyers need to actually verify income with a real job and real tax returns. Click Read More below for the whole story
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