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Thu Aug-04-05 04:15 PM
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we bought our house 8 years ago for $135k
house around the corner is listed at $419k
smaller lot, same # of bedrooms, LESS privacy (those who have been to my house can attest to my back yard), and 1/2 bath LESS!
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:17 PM
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1. think about selling it |
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you could lock in the capital gains and start renting.
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:21 PM
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4. Sell now, buy it back for half the price after the crash. |
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:18 PM
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2. You should move out to LA and try to find a house |
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You're lucky if you can even find a 1 bedroom condo listed for $200,000.
Insane.
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:19 PM
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i'm a serf. a renter.
alms for a leper, sire?
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:23 PM
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5. I know, insane, isn't it? |
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It's a hard market to get into, at this point... we are trying to buy a 2-family, pay some of the mortgage that way...
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:24 PM
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6. Same thing is happening here. |
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And Richmond isn't nearly as pricey as Boston. We paid $125 for our house 14 years ago. We added on recently, but a house much smaller than ours sold for $285 last week.
For some reason this neighborhood is really, really hot. Houses are on the market for 1-2 days and then gone.
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Thu Aug-04-05 05:44 PM
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33. Good heavens, Midlo. We live right up Midlo from you in Bon Air, |
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and we bought our house 12 years ago for $130,000. Wonder what it would go for now?? We have kept it up and put in a $12,000 underground heat pump system... geez, maybe we should sell now!
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:27 PM
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7. Great. We bought in Vegas in 99 for $319. Comps are now at $750. |
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:29 PM
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8. It won't be long before we see 40 year mortgages! |
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...and then 50 year....and then 60 year.....
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:33 PM
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9. Where in the country are you? |
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:34 PM
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:33 PM
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Oregon has some bat-shit crazy housing prices too. We watched our $55k house go for $365k in less than three days. And that was several years ago.
We would simply not be able to buy the house we're living in now.
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:35 PM
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12. That is the way the housing market has been over the past 5 years |
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There is speculation that the bubble is about to burst. At least here in the Twin Cities....
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:36 PM
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13. Sell your house and move to TX |
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You could buy a PALACE down here. :D
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:37 PM
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no offense but you know me and Texas
it just ain't happening :D
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:39 PM
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15. Hey, it's EASY to be a liberal in Massachussets. |
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It's hard gawd-damn work down here. :D
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:41 PM
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16. you know me. i'm lazy |
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Edited on Thu Aug-04-05 04:42 PM by matcom
i don't like working too hard :P
on edit: we are 100% responsible for pedophile Priests. we must be doing SOMETHING right :eyes:
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:42 PM
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17. Then Austin is perfect. |
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:42 PM
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18. I'm with you, GOPisEvil. |
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My brother put a Kerry sticker on his car, but he lives in Manhattan. I walk around with anti * shirts on all the time and I live in freakin' Virginia.
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:44 PM
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19. Well, I have it slightly better. |
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At least I live in a very blue county. :)
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:45 PM
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Though I'm not too sure about Raleigh.
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:46 PM
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21. Republicans love to say that Shrub carried this county in 2000. |
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However, he didn't win a majority. Nader took about 10% here. Add those to Gore, and the Chimp would have lost.
The lesson as always: Republicans are idiots. :)
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:47 PM
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23. It's our dumb winner take all system |
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I wish we didn't have the electoral college anymore. That way candidates would have to work for every state.
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:51 PM
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The electoral college has outlived its usefulness. :)
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:52 PM
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I am alllll alone out here with my anti * tee shirts.
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:55 PM
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29. Oh...we have a great anti-Bush t-shirt place. |
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Two Unemployed Democrats is based here. :)
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:56 PM
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30. I love that site!! That is where I got a lot of my stuff. |
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They have the best shirts!
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:57 PM
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31. They have an actual store here! |
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:bounce: I need to go down there before the DC protest!
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Thu Aug-04-05 06:35 PM
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34. Biggest Real Estate Price Gains Seem to be in BLUE STATES |
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Why would real estate in Texas be so much cheaper?
Could it be the 99-degree heat and 99% humidity?
Could it be that a lot of people are moving to BLUE STATES?
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Thu Aug-04-05 07:07 PM
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45. I'll ignore your bashing of my home to actually answer you. |
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Land is cheaper here because there's more of it. If the weather was such an issue here, why is our population growing by leaps and bounds? It isn't ALL new births.
Stop making yourself sound superior because of where you live.
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Thu Aug-04-05 07:10 PM
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When they can no longer afford a house in the blue states, they will gladly come to our red state and then maybe we can turn it blue.
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Thu Aug-04-05 06:48 PM
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Try San Antonio. $400,000 would buy a mansion here, with acres of land, or at least an acre with lake views, in Canyon Lake.
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:47 PM
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22. I'm really hoping the market goes down a little. |
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I want to buy a house again in a couple more years. Connecticut (my part anyway) isn't quite so high, but it's high enough. :(
I like your house though. :)
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:50 PM
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Edited on Thu Aug-04-05 04:51 PM by matcom
for $480k :D
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:54 PM
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28. Not unless Finnfan sells one of his screenplays to Hollywood... |
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and buys it for me. :P
Otherwise, I'm toast (or most definitely looking at the under $250K market). :D
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Thu Aug-04-05 09:17 PM
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Looks like I'm going to be one of those writers who turns to the bottle.... :P
Next time I'm up we'll go house shopping, sweetheart. You can choose any trailer you want. :evilgrin:
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Thu Aug-04-05 04:52 PM
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26. Things are starting to stagnate (and even backslide) some places |
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here in Michigan.
cool for you! :hi:
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Thu Aug-04-05 05:03 PM
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32. Here people are selling and buying up in a big way. |
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My husband wanted to move two years ago because we needed more room, essentially to escape from the teenagers. Everything I looked at that would have given us a basement or a finished third floor was in the 500-600K range.
We decided to stay put, add on and couldn't be happier. The house is worth three times what we paid for it, is almost paid off, and is exactly the way we wanted it.
When I was looking, I was looking for a 4 bedroom house with an office type layout. Well, when we added on, we created a fifth bedroom that was going to be used as a rec room sort of. My FIL has since come to live with us, so if we HAD moved, we would be totally screwed.
Plus, I am definitely one of the smaller is better crowd.
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Thu Aug-04-05 06:37 PM
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35. matcom. If I buy your house as my summer retreat |
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Do you come with it????? Just wondering. Thanks.
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Thu Aug-04-05 06:40 PM
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for $700k you get ME as well! :D
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Thu Aug-04-05 06:44 PM
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38. How much for Mrs. matcom to stay and do the laundry? |
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Thu Aug-04-05 06:51 PM
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41. Done. Will you take a check? |
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Oh, BTW, I have my own dryer, so we are good there.
Now, who will do the cooking? I can't cook AND post on DU. Is that negotiable?
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Thu Aug-04-05 06:53 PM
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42. well, *I* do all the cooking but |
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just so you know.... the $50k is ONLY for the wife and her washing machine
NOT the house. if you want both, its $750k
now, if you want me along to cook, the price jumps slightly to $4,500,927.60
just FYI
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Thu Aug-04-05 07:01 PM
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43. Oh, I want it ALL!!!!! |
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And, frankly, the price is more than reasonable for a matcom house, matcom cook and mrs. matcom laundry.
Now, what will I tell Mr. Midlo? Hmm, a dilemma.
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Thu Aug-04-05 07:04 PM
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44. well SOMEBODY has to cut the grass! |
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Thu Aug-04-05 07:09 PM
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Although he refuses to do it here, because of his 'allergies'. What a joke. So I send Grandpa, who is 79, had a stroke and can't see out to do it or I won't fix his lunch.
:bounce:
Kidding, of course.
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Thu Aug-04-05 06:39 PM
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36. Be glad you bought when you did. |
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Edited on Thu Aug-04-05 06:40 PM by Left Is Write
I wish like hell we'd hung onto our house in the Twin Cities, MN when we moved here to Boise.
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Thu Aug-04-05 07:15 PM
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48. you can get a 2 bedroom apt in my hood for 300,000 - 918,000 |
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No houses available. But check out the prices in this hood for houses (1 block away) http://www.mls.ca/PropertySearch.aspx?AreaID=3720&MapURL=%3fAreaID%3d6577
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