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Million Dollar Shack: Trapped in Silicon Valley's Housing Bubble

3 pointsby royosheroveover 9 years ago

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tzmover 9 years ago
&gt; The vast majority of my clients have graduate degrees, PHD, MBA, law degree. You pretty much need this, to be hyper educated to be able to afford this area. And I would say, just to quantify, probably about a 20 to 30 point higher IQ score than the sellers.<p>This is a good film, but it tries hard to highlight the absurdities of the market and attitudes to make a good story.<p>Read the transcript for more nuggets: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;milliondollarshack.com&#x2F;movie-transcript&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;milliondollarshack.com&#x2F;movie-transcript&#x2F;</a><p>No doubt the market is in hyper-growth phase, mostly around Cupertino, PA, Mnt View, Sunnyvale, etc. (20%+) with 8-10 ranked school districts. Even so, there are still decent options in these areas.<p>San Jose and East Bay have even more affordable options, but I predict they will soon appreciate as more companies set up offices (Uber, etc). At least that&#x27;s where I&#x27;ll likely invest long term.<p>If you&#x27;re looking at bubbles, according to Paragon &quot;the period between bubble and recovery is 5-7 yrs&quot;.. so the SF bubble would peak ~2016-18<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;tzmartin&#x2F;status&#x2F;655506111705972736" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;tzmartin&#x2F;status&#x2F;655506111705972736</a>