That is awesome Cash.
It took me a good five months to find my place. But I loved the process of looking at houses. It's just pleasing to my natural inner snoop.
Sweet lumpy minion, you're the only one that understands. Probably 'cause I haven't sucked the brain out of you yet.
Glory ,'Potential'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sue - Mar 07, 2009 11:03:30 am PST #9539 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Amy - Mar 07, 2009 11:21:07 am PST #9540 of 30000
Because books.
Go, Cash! Awesome. And how was the free beer?
meara - Mar 07, 2009 11:33:29 am PST #9541 of 30000
Yay Cash, that's awesome!! The energy of raceday got you going??
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2009 11:34:52 am PST #9542 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Nice job, Cash!
I want to go househunting. Owning is such a remote possibility for me that I don't even think it would be depressing. Getting my snoop on is attractive.
Steph L. - Mar 07, 2009 11:38:20 am PST #9543 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'd love to buy (because The Boy's house has many shortcomings), but in order to do that, The Boy would have to sell his house, because we can't handle 2 mortgages. And since this is a shitty market for sellers, it ain't happening.
Or I could buy and we could rent this place out, but I don't think we want to be landlords.
SailAweigh - Mar 07, 2009 11:41:46 am PST #9544 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Good job, Cash!
I didn't buy the first place I looked at, because I could't really afford the first ones I looked at. I finally went with the second cheapest condo community I could find. I'm far from in love with it, but I get so much back in taxes each year that it makes it worthwhile to live here. When I get out of credit card debt, I may look at upgrading to a different community or putting in the things here that would make me like it a little better, like a washer/dryer hookup.
Jesse - Mar 07, 2009 12:13:17 pm PST #9545 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Go, Cashmere!
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 07, 2009 12:17:28 pm PST #9546 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The place I currently live was the 4th of 5 apartments I looked at after finding out I was getting the boot from the Greenstone, and the only one that I really liked on a gut level right off the bat. The 5th had a similar floorplan and the required hardwood floors, but I liked the wall colors better and the big east-facing arched windows really sold me on it.
askye - Mar 07, 2009 12:21:11 pm PST #9547 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
My current apartment is the only one I looked at in person when I rented it.
I'd looked at a lot of stuff online and read about various places, but this had everything I wanted in the right price range. And except for a few minor issues (like the neighbors, but they've been better lately) have no regrets.
Typo Boy - Mar 07, 2009 12:33:16 pm PST #9548 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Or I could buy and we could rent this place out, but I don't think we want to be landlords.
Just to encourage you in this. Owning just one property, or even just a few is the worst way to be a landlord. One bad tenant and all the rent they paid for years ends up being made up for by the damage they did. And you can't afford a full time handyman to to cover a lot of the cost of repairs the way someone with a lot of units can. In general there is a lot of management and decision that is almost as hard whether you have one unit or a hundred. You put in a lot more work per for the rent you get back if you are renting just one unit.