Rumor Moving to Portland for an NBA season

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    Yeah, like next season so we can win it all!!!!!!!!
     
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    Is it possible to beg for change in New York for 10 years and then retire in Kazakstan?
     
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    Thanks Chris. It's been great doing the podcast and playing basketball. You're a good friend. We should let people know that I came back from 1-3 to beat Chris in a series of basketball one on one. Then I came back from 1-2 to win 4-2. But finally, Chris beat me 4-3 and then we played one game to 21 for all the marbles and Chris won. The man can shoot. Three pointers, drives, floaters, he has it all. We had quite a shootout the last time we played. Next season, I'll try to come to Portland for a game or two and I'll look forward to seeing you then.
     
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    Dude- a building just opened in my neighborhood a couple years ago and outside, it was advertised that ONE BEDROOMS started at $11 million. My husband and I are lucky. He's had our apartment since the 1970s and it's rent controlled. If it wasn't rent controlled, it would cost about $3500/month but we only pay $970/month and we're right in Manhattan on the best block in midtown.
     
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    That was fun as well. King can shoot too. When he is on from three he's hard to guard. He also was smart to use his size and weight under the basket. I had a hard time guarding him in the paint. In the end though I relied on staying far enough in front of him on the drive so I could calculate his movement and block the shit out of him. The last series we were bith hitting threes like crazy. Just trading shots. It was raining and we were still playing. We didn't care.

    The game to 21 was also in the rain. He led for the first part. He was up 10-6 or something. I just started hitting threes from the left of the top of the arc. Never stopped till the end. Well my last shot was a pull up jumper from the elbow. Fun though. King and I are a pretty good matchup. Had he me frustrated in the earlier series I was up 3-0 and then 2-1. He came back. King can play.

    Whenever you come back Eric I will be ready to play. I got your number now.
     
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    This is what we need in Portland RIGHT NOW.

    My rent here is well over $1300...
     
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    Rent is crazy, especially the closer you get to the city. A guy at work is paying 2.5k a month for a 2 bedroom 800 square foot apartment. I actually like Portland, but I literally pay half that for a house thats more than 2x his apartment... Im not sure how people afford to live off minimum wage jobs and even “lower” wage jobs.
     
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    My mortgage is about the same amount as yours. And I expect the value of my house to increase further with minimum wage increases.
     
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    We bought this house for 210k, last time I looked on Zillow they had it at 300k, were doing about 140k work of work on it in August adding another bathroom, remodeling the current bathroom, adding another bedroom, and expanding the kitchen. Not sure what'll be worth after that, buying definitely is good! Housing in Cornelius is going up, but it's not going up "as" fast as places closer to Portland.
     
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    I bought my house in Newberg close to George Fox University. Housing is good at the moment with low rates. Everything will increase with minimum wage increases. It has been good to me. I can't complain.
     
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    Oregon is one of the worst for income as a percentage of housing cost.
     
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    By the way, Gary told me they’re going back to back this summer.
     
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    Unfortunately, you will likely not get even a 50% return on the money spent.

    We bought our home for 510k. We added new carpet, paint, trim, vynl flooring. Added a master bedroom walk in closet, new presidential roof, new hardy-plank siding, new gutters aNd exterior paint. Added an eave over the back patio.
    Oh and we turned the unfinished basement into a one bedroom apt.

    We spent 140k to do this. Just had an appraisal. 529k.

    I was devastated.....
     
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    Well, were building out because frankly we bought a house thinking it was small but it was cozy and big enough for a small family. With a 4th showing up literally sometime in the next month or so, we decided to go the route of expanding the house instead of moving.
     
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    Adding square footage should help you to recoup your costs more than me.

    I was just stunned, I didn't expect to get my money back, but I thought I would get a 50% return at least.
     
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