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  1. DaveDr89

    Seattle real estate

    any luck selling your condo? Looks like it's still on the market. Still looking for an house on this end. Inventory seems to be slowing down.
  2. DaveDr89

    Seattle real estate

    Thanks. Yeah, my house hunting trip gave me a pretty good idea of the lay of the land. Heading back soon and will focus on getting something. Looks like a lot of places initially go on the market and are taken soon, whereas a lot of other properties start a bit overpriced and then have...
  3. DaveDr89

    Seattle real estate

    Thanks. In general, given the way rents are going, it looks like a potentially smart move would be to buy a single family home or duplex that's not too far from SLU as opposed to renting close to SLU at $2700/mo or higher (which is what something decent and not too small seems to cost). One...
  4. DaveDr89

    Seattle real estate

    Thanks for the advice. Yes, will be working in SLU area. RE my tolerance for traffic/crowded buses, it is very low so my real radius is probably in the 2-4 miles range or less so that should narrow down the search further. Yeah, if I can't find a decent house my fallback will probably be a...
  5. DaveDr89

    Seattle real estate

    Just me and the SO. Mid 40s. Would like to avoid renting if possible. Thoughts on current buying prices and where they are headed? Thoughts on best areas within 5 miles of south Lake Union?
  6. DaveDr89

    Seattle real estate

    All, Going to Seattle for a house hunting trip in one week. Broad criteria below: - within 5-7 miles of south Lake Union area - property type preference: duplex, single family, condo - desired price range 400-700k - high walkability score Thoughts on current rents and buying prices? I've...
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    Statistics, Data Science, and Data Mining Discussion Thread (Business Intelligence, Analytics, etc)

    Good luck in grad school. The interesting thing about grad programs in stats is that one can obtain completely different training depending on where one goes (probably more so nowadays as programs broaden their offerings). E.g., RE the books above, if the authors were to give respective...
  8. DaveDr89

    Statistics, Data Science, and Data Mining Discussion Thread (Business Intelligence, Analytics, etc)

    There is no right answer to the book question, it's just to see if they can recall any books. If they provide an eclectic list then all the better. In any event, here are a few books I'd put on the list: Casella & Berger, Statistical Inference Harrell, Regression Modelling Strategies Wilcox...
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    Statistics, Data Science, and Data Mining Discussion Thread (Business Intelligence, Analytics, etc)

    Great thread. I agree with one of the previous posts RE the lacking of fundamental statistical training by many folks working on data science problems. This also intersects with the generational aspect of how many people use Wikipedia as principal source for learning. While it is...
  10. DaveDr89

    rental property and taxes

    RE "tricky", I was wondering about the time sequence of events. Duplex purchased a month ago and some repairs already made. Haven't moved in yet. So by "tricky" I mean the repair expenses will have an overlap between individual and corporate structure, perhaps complicating current taxes and...
  11. DaveDr89

    rental property and taxes

    Thanks, that's an interesting suggestion. Could perhaps be the "best of both worlds". Perhaps I could have my rent as $1 also to eliminate the corporate income on that front. In this case the house is already purchased and owned as an individual so it might be tricky to do the switch.
  12. DaveDr89

    rental property and taxes

    All, I would appreciate it very much if insight could be offered on the questions below. I will also ask an accountant but want to hear a variety of opinions first. Suppose one buys a duplex that has two sides that are 1/3 and 2/3 of the total size. Option A: Live in duplex as primary...
  13. DaveDr89

    Starting an investment business

    good point RE the perfect fit to the data. Portfolio optimization problems are well-defined and the hard part is the estimation of the inputs, viz., the covariance matrix and the expected returns of the universe of investment choices. How are you estimating the covariance matrix? If you...
  14. DaveDr89

    PSA: Crockett & Jones New York

    yeah, I ordered mine over the phone. I had them resole a pair of Saviles that will be ready next week so they'll ship them together to save me the extra shipping cost. Anyone else make an order?
  15. DaveDr89

    PSA: Crockett & Jones New York

    That is the price for the C&J Seymour which is handgrade. I think some of other handgrade and benchgrade models are also on sale.
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