[identity profile] wickenden.livejournal.com 2006-02-14 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
he's a tall karl. She's not so amused that you're snapping her pic--mother bear.

[identity profile] vriad-lee.livejournal.com 2006-02-14 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
no, in fact she's just squinting against the sun! )

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[identity profile] shmuel-1977.livejournal.com 2006-02-15 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
How difficult is it to get an "ipoteka" in russia now? what kind of documents do you need to have, what kind of collateral? do you know anybody who bought a house or an apartment using ipoteka?

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[identity profile] vriad-lee.livejournal.com 2006-02-15 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
i know nothing about mortgages, loans and all that stuff, and, being a typical soviet person, i'm scared of them and try to keep away. how did you read 'ipoteka' on that streamer, can you read russian

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[identity profile] shmuel-1977.livejournal.com 2006-02-17 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
koneshno, ya rodilsa v Moskve i zhil tam do 14 let. Sorry, i am too lazy to use translit. There were no mortgages there back then, at least as far as I can remember. I think the one who lends money has a reason to scared, not the borrower. I work with mortgages here and just recently found out that it's called ipoteka in russian.

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[identity profile] vriad-lee.livejournal.com 2006-02-17 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
oh my god, it turns out that every other person is a russian, and every other russian is a jew!
i know people who payed part of the apartment price in advance, before the house was built, and then the rest, but that's not even close to mortgage.
as about mortgages, i think everyone is risking since they won't 'approve your mortgage' (haha, thanks, spam!) except on security of some other property?

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[identity profile] shmuel-1977.livejournal.com 2006-02-19 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
yes, I am a jew from russia :)

isn't mortgage in russia secured by the property your're buying with it? if you don't have money to make the payments, you sell the property and settle the mortgage.

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[identity profile] vriad-lee.livejournal.com 2006-02-19 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
ok, i just have to admit that i don't know anything about it. i know that mortgage market here is full of scammers of all sorts, but it's all hearsay for me.

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[identity profile] shmuel-1977.livejournal.com 2006-02-17 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
i love your pictures, u r the best :)

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[identity profile] vriad-lee.livejournal.com 2006-02-17 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
i know, but i'm turning this place into a poetry blog

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[identity profile] shmuel-1977.livejournal.com 2006-02-19 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
that's too bad. I am visual person and prefer pictures over poetry. And I don't mean pictures of your ass :))

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[identity profile] vriad-lee.livejournal.com 2006-02-19 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
don't tell me you didn't like my scruffy ass!