Health~ma and info~ma to your dad, d.
I'm thinking about buying something very expensive. Maybe an antelope.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
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-t - Aug 02, 2007 9:20:18 am PDT #9586 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Polter-Cow - Aug 02, 2007 9:20:42 am PDT #9587 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Building equity is pretty much equivalent to savings. Less liquid, but you don't want all your assets to be liquid.
Now you're going over my head.
tommyrot - Aug 02, 2007 9:21:51 am PDT #9588 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The more liquid, the easier it is to convert to cash.
Daisy Jane - Aug 02, 2007 9:22:24 am PDT #9589 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
That is an awesome bike juliana! Mr. Jane will be tres jealous.
P-C, everybody's giving good advice. The other issue with the low payments for 5-10 years is that they are usually IO loans which means you're not building up any equity for those years. Just something to think about.
Generally, our realtors and loan officers advise our clients (who are low-moderate income families, so it may be different for you) not to look at homebuying as something they're going to make money at. Look at the cost/benefit and whether it's the right choice for you.
Hec, Joe Biden was on Diane Rehm this morning talking about how the infastructure is fucked. (He didn't use those words, though I might reconsider my vote if he had).
-t - Aug 02, 2007 9:23:24 am PDT #9590 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You can't spend it immediately if you decide you need it. You'd have to sell the condo or borrow against it, not just write a check. You get a higher return on investments that are less liquid, typically.
Pix - Aug 02, 2007 9:24:06 am PDT #9591 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
The other issue with the low payments for 5-10 years is that they are usually IO loans which means you're not building up any equity for those years.
DO NOT do an IO loan unless you are settling in the place for a very long time. IMO.
Connie Neil - Aug 02, 2007 9:27:31 am PDT #9592 of 10001
brillig
I didn't realize Utah was so expensive.
Nearly SoCal prices, Utah's traditional right-to-work-state wages. It explains the joke you sometimes hear that Mormons' big families exist to serve as a food source in lean times.
Pix - Aug 02, 2007 9:28:12 am PDT #9593 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Has it been said in Bitches yet...?
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AIMEE & MIRACLEMAN!
Aims - Aug 02, 2007 9:33:46 am PDT #9594 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Thanks, love!!!
Steph L. - Aug 02, 2007 9:36:53 am PDT #9595 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
No official announcement, but I'm buying this: [link] today.
juliana, The Boy will drool over that bike, and then talk bikes with you endlessly. (He has a 1984 Harley that he intends to sell just as soon as he puts the front wheel on it. [Don't ask.] And IIRC, he had a Honda like the one you're buying, too.)