Renting is really awesome for us, too. Right now, with funds being what they are, it is the best situation for us. I do wish, though, that we could afford to rent the house down the street and have the benefits of renting from someone Not Family.
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Aims - Dec 28, 2009 10:49:23 am PST #5074 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Nicole - Dec 28, 2009 10:49:37 am PST #5075 of 30000
I'm getting the pig!
I own and sooooo wish that I didn't. It's too far from DH's work for us to live there so I rent it out... For $400 less what I end up paying for it every month. And that's only if nothing breaks that I have to pay for.
Not all it's cracked up to be.
Aims - Dec 28, 2009 10:50:12 am PST #5076 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Aims, I hope I didn't come across as insensitive, complaining about my mortgage issues. I mean my complaint more as one of solidarity.
Oh gosh - not at all!! Housing issues are housing issues, no matter what form they come in. Owning is just as lousy with Issues and renting is.
brenda m - Dec 28, 2009 10:52:21 am PST #5077 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I like 'owning' a house.
I hate it more than I can say.
Renting from not family would probably be a good thing for you, but it wouldn't mean that the same situation might not happen. I don't see any fail here.
Cashmere - Dec 28, 2009 10:53:07 am PST #5078 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Hey, Aims, I'm watching an iCarly marathon right now. The kids aren't even in the room.
Aims - Dec 28, 2009 10:54:01 am PST #5079 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Have they shown the episode with the baby chicks?? Or with the record-breaking marathon webcast??
RANDOM DANCING!!!!!
t dances wildly around office
Cashmere - Dec 28, 2009 10:56:46 am PST #5080 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
We're just meeting Neville and Spencer's scuplting butter!
Atropa - Dec 28, 2009 10:59:43 am PST #5081 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
We own, and there are times when we really, REALLY wish we didn't.
{{Aims}}
You are a grown-up, and not a fail-y one. Stop fretting.
Cashmere - Dec 28, 2009 11:03:10 am PST #5082 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
The very adult property tax bill is still sitting on my desk. Adulthood is highly over rated.
t RANDOM DANCING
smonster - Dec 28, 2009 11:12:56 am PST #5083 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Well if there's gonna be RANDOM DANCING, I need to put on some more appropriate music. ::puts on Jai Ho:: RANDOM BOLLYWOOD!
I'm renting from a friend, which has pluses and minuses. Pluses - no pet deposit, no raise in rent last year, fairly casual attitude towards the timeliness of my rent payment. Minuses - slow to respond to issues, and sometimes fixes them in her priority order instead of mine. I recognize that kind of thing can happen with any landlord, but the friendship does make it harder to be insistent, especially if you're conflict-avoidant me. And she just got on Town Council, so the former issue is certainly not going to get better.
I did my next task but have been avoiding the one after that. ::sigh:: The idea is to go straight down the list to avoid skipping unpleasant tasks but I kind of can't do that one anyway. I *can* do the next one, so I'm off to break it down.