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	<title>Comments on: Luxury Condos in Seattle</title>
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		<title>By: golfman_story</title>
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		<dc:creator>golfman_story</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What a useful and great  info !! Tq very much..&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Cheers!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://golfman.the-mnm.info/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Golfman Story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a useful and great  info !! Tq very much..</p>
<p>Cheers!</p>
<p><a href="http://golfman.the-mnm.info/" rel="nofollow">Golfman Story</a></p>
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		<title>By: Hotel Booking</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hotel Booking</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wasn&#039;t expecting too see too many condos on the market</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wasn&#39;t expecting too see too many condos on the market</p>
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		<title>By: johnbergami</title>
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		<dc:creator>johnbergami</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wasn&#039;t expecting too see too many condos on the market</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wasn&#39;t expecting too see too many condos on the market</p>
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		<title>By: EconE</title>
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		<dc:creator>EconE</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ll have to disagree with you Ron.

The buyers at the Madison Tower most likely also know that the carrying costs of their units will slowly eat into their expected profits.  

Every unit that has been listed for rent in the last 6 months are still vacant.  

Unit 2101 dropped from 12,000/mo to 10,000/month today.  Lets see how quickly it rents. 

Unit 1701 is still currently being offered at 10,000/mo...however...I feel that todays price drop for 2101 will force 1701 to cut their price in order to remain competitive.   

Unit 1702 came on the market recently both for sale and rent.  the Rent dropped from $6500 to $6250 I believe.

People with &quot;deep enough pockets&quot; 1. Don&#039;t rent their places out for less than carrying costs if they EVEN RENTED IT OUT IN THE FIRST PLACE.  2.  Understand the concept of &quot;opportunity cost&quot;.

Also...making a statement that they are making substantial returns on their investments is absurd.  They refers to a collective.  I&#039;m sure that a couple may realize a return when they sell...but...in order to make a &quot;substantial return&quot;...they either have to 1. SELL the place...no return has been made until it is sold and a profit is realized...up until that point all you are doing is speculating.  or 2. Rent it for a &quot;substantial&quot; amount over their carrying costs.

If you are referring to their &quot;other&quot; investments and not just their &quot;investment&quot; in the Madison Tower condos...I would have to pose the question...

Did ALL those owners show you their investment portfolio?

Nice try anyways...you wouldn&#039;t happen to work in some sort of real estate related industry would you?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ll have to disagree with you Ron.</p>
<p>The buyers at the Madison Tower most likely also know that the carrying costs of their units will slowly eat into their expected profits.  </p>
<p>Every unit that has been listed for rent in the last 6 months are still vacant.  </p>
<p>Unit 2101 dropped from 12,000/mo to 10,000/month today.  Lets see how quickly it rents. </p>
<p>Unit 1701 is still currently being offered at 10,000/mo&#8230;however&#8230;I feel that todays price drop for 2101 will force 1701 to cut their price in order to remain competitive.   </p>
<p>Unit 1702 came on the market recently both for sale and rent.  the Rent dropped from $6500 to $6250 I believe.</p>
<p>People with &#8220;deep enough pockets&#8221; 1. Don&#8217;t rent their places out for less than carrying costs if they EVEN RENTED IT OUT IN THE FIRST PLACE.  2.  Understand the concept of &#8220;opportunity cost&#8221;.</p>
<p>Also&#8230;making a statement that they are making substantial returns on their investments is absurd.  They refers to a collective.  I&#8217;m sure that a couple may realize a return when they sell&#8230;but&#8230;in order to make a &#8220;substantial return&#8221;&#8230;they either have to 1. SELL the place&#8230;no return has been made until it is sold and a profit is realized&#8230;up until that point all you are doing is speculating.  or 2. Rent it for a &#8220;substantial&#8221; amount over their carrying costs.</p>
<p>If you are referring to their &#8220;other&#8221; investments and not just their &#8220;investment&#8221; in the Madison Tower condos&#8230;I would have to pose the question&#8230;</p>
<p>Did ALL those owners show you their investment portfolio?</p>
<p>Nice try anyways&#8230;you wouldn&#8217;t happen to work in some sort of real estate related industry would you?</p>
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		<title>By: Ron</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The buyers at Madison Tower are pretty price and time insensitive.  They are also making substantial returns on their investments and have deep enough pockets to wait for the right buyer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The buyers at Madison Tower are pretty price and time insensitive.  They are also making substantial returns on their investments and have deep enough pockets to wait for the right buyer.</p>
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		<title>By: Matt</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I haven&#039;t. Do you have any more info?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I haven&#8217;t. Do you have any more info?</p>
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		<title>By: Josh</title>
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		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Matt,
  Wondering if you&#039;ve heard anything about Expo 62 on 2nd and John?  Apparently, its a super retro project, moped parking and stuff like that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Matt,<br />
  Wondering if you&#8217;ve heard anything about Expo 62 on 2nd and John?  Apparently, its a super retro project, moped parking and stuff like that.</p>
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		<title>By: Ethan John</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ethan John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Makes you wonder what will happen when Second and Pine, 5th and Madison, and the Escala open up...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Makes you wonder what will happen when Second and Pine, 5th and Madison, and the Escala open up&#8230;</p>
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