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		seanmcdirmid on March 22, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: California should emulate Tokyo, where housing sta... You were active in the 90s?

toomuchtodo on March 22, 2018 [–]

I was through the global financial crisis, 2007-2009; I had some properties lose >$100k in value.

I'm mid 30s, and have invested in real estate since my early 20s.

seanmcdirmid on March 22, 2018 | [–]

2007-9 isn’t really comparable to what went down in the 90s, especially for californian real estate after the Japanese had to liquidate from their binge, but all throughout the country as well.

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