I am very pro people buying places together - with friends and shit. Iknow some friends in CO who did it. They had a contract drawn up between them wehere the other one would be offered right of first refusal should either want to sell and it allowed them both to build up equity until they could each afford their own place. Certainly not the plan for everyone (and not a situation that co-op board like mine would go for), but it worked for them and I thought it was a great alternative.
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Natter 34: Freak With No Name
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Make sure it's filled with helium!
And then phone us regularly.
Make sure it's filled with helium!
Heh. Maybe I could be a super-villian who always speaks in a high-pitched voice from inhaling helium.
You could probably own one in Eastern Washington now. The question is, will you own a house in a place you'd actaully want to live?
Sigh. Yeah, true, that's the problem.
Maybe I could be a super-villian who always speaks in a high-pitched voice from inhaling helium.
Squeaky Fromme, II!
What $650K get you in New Orleans: [link]
(That's a really tony neighborhood, not quite St. Charles Ave, but pretty exclusive)
Squeaky Fromme is one of our cats' names.
New Orleans had my favourite housing market ever. I'm kinda sad I fell in love with LA.
I'm tempted to buy, just because (I think) I can afford to. But that only makes sense if I'm staying another 3+ years. Right now, that seems like a very long time.
I'll feel really dumb if I wake three years from now still renting here, though.
I like the Zeppelin plan and I always have.
Trivia Note: During the era of pulp magazines, there was famously one issue of Zeppelin Stories! featuring the short action packed story, "Gorilla of the Gasbags!"