Love those doors between the dining room and the other room! very cool!
nothing like having YOUR OWN place. Congrats and I say skip the lawn, its a pain in the ass to cut the grass all the time! [img]wink.gif[/img]
Congrats!!!! But you fuckers (in a good way [img]wink.gif[/img] ) are talking about a house for under $100k. I'd own four houses or one gigantic mansion. I'll post pics of what $459k will get you in So Cal. in the next few weeks. [img]mad.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/broken_heart.gif[/img]
I wish I could afford a 400+k house. after losing my career I'll probably never get a new one again
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Chase, never said I could afford it. [img]graemlins/cry.gif[/img] [img]smile.gif[/img]Originally posted by Chaserfan:
I wish I could afford a 400+k house. after losing my career I'll probably never get a new one again
I hear ya. I'm one of those pathetic people that gets totally bummed out when seeing how rich people live. theres an area around here called Wild Woods. the houses are up in the millions and everyone there has huge amounts of land with bunches of horses. thats their big thing, masion, land, exotic cars, and horses. It so beautiful. most of it is in the woods and just rocks, but I feel like dirt driving through it. I always imagine that most of them got rich be being dishonest lawyers or crooks or sports people that dont deserve what they have. I worked my ass off trying to save lives and property and you never come close. It all just makes me sick
Don't be too upset. $459k in So Cal. gets you a 6500sq.ft lot, 1220 sq.ft of living space and 3br, 2 ba. I'm just saying that if I lived anywhere else but So Ca. I'd be set. I would love to be able to buy a 4/5br 2/3ba house on an acre for 250-350k. I'd barely be able to get a townhome or a condo here.
350k would buy you a huge house out here. its well away from the city of St Louis which is a bore anyway
Good show, Imb.
Did I mention already that I peed on McFarlane's toy design building back in '02? [img]wink.gif[/img]
We met with the mortgage lender this afternoon. I was on the verge of blacking out when we went in - lack of sleep, no breakfast, frayed nerves - but the appointment went really well. I had found in my research that although PA's overall cost of living and therefore home market is considerably less than the national average, the closing costs are higher here than most other states. He affirmed that, but was able to work some other things to our favor - FHA fixed rate loan @ 6.375, but it may go lower before we close about the middle of next month. Inspection and appraisal are scheduled for this week, then the paperwork gets heavy. I think we signed about a dozen forms today and initialed at least as many. We went over all the financial crap, our credit is great (found that out ahead of time), no big debts, credit cards are almost completely paid off, and so at last he says, "well, we know you can afford it, but will you be comfortable?" At that point, he might as well have asked, "does this dress make me look fat?" Comfortable? I haven't been comfortable since May, why should that change now? But during the semi-jovial discussion I mentioned that I would have to curb my hobby spending (again). Of course, he had to ask...
"I collect toys...", I said, waiting for the usual mixed expression of patronizing curiosity. "Oh, really? Like what - antique...something you started when you were a kid?", fishing for a reply that would offset the forthcoming geek response.
"Mostly action figures, diecast, a little bit of everything. I'm thinking I may have to part ways with a lot of it." ...just trying to sound economical...or something...
"Uh-huh. A lot of value, you think?"
"Thousands, probably, but I won't really know until I start packing it up."
"eBay, man, that's the way to go."
And with that this avenue of dialogue came to an end, though I suspected he may be a closet toy nerd. His office provided other clues in the diecast tractor-trailer with the company's logo, the Bullwinkle and that head elf (Hermes' boss from Rudolph) sharing a rooftop of some miniature western-y store front that also bore the logo, and a few other "things."
But anyway, he's shooting for a closing date of October 15th.
Sold.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yep, around here, you're getting a nice lot and a bigger, newer house as soon as you cross the six-figure threshold. Beyond that, it's mostly the virgin land that has the most value - there aren't very many enormous mansions, but there is a lot of farm land that developers rape at a quarter of a million and up. That, and yuppies will come in for the serenity, get bored with the lack of anything fast-paced or annoyed with the predominantly hick populace, and then either sub-lease their land or turn it around for something that only another dumb yuppie will be stupid enough to pay.Originally posted by Chaserfan:
350k would buy you a huge house out here. its well away from the city of St Louis which is a bore anyway
Anytime my folks talk about selling the farm I remind them that unless I'm the buyer, they're not allowed to accept anything less than $300k. There's 90-some acres with two ponds and an original, very well-maintained barn - circa 1850's. The log house isn't much, but there's plenty of room to build a new one and rent that out. I haven't gone so far as to have them put my name on the deed, but I would dump almost everything else I owned to be able to buy out my siblings' shares if it comes to inheritance (God forbid). So, yeah. BFE, PA has more affordability than say...pretty much anything on the West Coast. I'm not saying it's a better place to live, and I'll bet there's a lower pay ceiling to go along with much of this lower cost of living.
Then again, there's this digusting thing: LINK
DA, I'd be honored...I think... [img]graemlins/hmmm.gif[/img] Although, I may beat you to it. You can be second for sure, promise. Unless some of the blokes from work end up helping me move... Then you may be fourth or fifth... Maybe if you get there within the next week... [img]redface.gif[/img]
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