Home buying thread

Both of our families all live in MA, it would be weird to just move away for that stuff right now.

Not saying you should leave right now but your fam can't spend 4 hours on a plane every few months so instead you must spend 750 hours a year commuting to your not-dream job? There's always trade-offs, living farther away makes it more difficult but also tends to make visits with fam/friends more meaningful and less bullshitty-split-the-family-arguing type of get-togethers. Just seems silly to say 'no, never' just because it's in a different city. Don't give up on your hopes and dreams like Obama did, noodle.

Already know you don't like the new gig? You've only been there about a month or two right?

meStevo_sl said:

We've put the equivalent of $300/mo in maintenance into our 2000 Grand Marquis this year

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Why? Get a vehicle that doesn't need a car payment's worth of maintenance every month.

Khane_sl said:

Already know you don't like the new gig? You've only been there about a month or two right?

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Yeah I'm just not feeling the vision like I did at the old place. Maybe it will turn around but so far not feeling it.

Noodlemod_sl said:

Yeah I'm just not feeling the vision like I did at the old place. Maybe it will turn around but so far not feeling it.

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Is the problem you're not fitting into the hacky sack circle or do they gang up on you during the nerf wars?

I kind of just work by myself. I'm the only person writing any code on a hardware team.

meStevo_sl said:

I really didn't hate my 90+ minutes each way commute on the bus (~2+ hours if I missed one of the two I had to take) before I had a car and whatnot, I used to actually read books and stuff.

More than a decade later I loathe the 35 minute (30 miles, almost all freeway... not even a lot of traffic really, just mindless) commute I have now. We've put the equivalent of $300/mo in maintenance into our 2000 Grand Marquis this year and upped my annual mileage driven by 4-5k.

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The thing I miss most about living in London was my 45 minute train journey each day. I read more books then vs any other time in my life! Now I sit in traffic looking at brake lights and traffic signals for 30mins. Sucks!

Jysin_sl said:

The thing I miss most about living in London was my 45 minute train journey each day. I read more books then vs any other time in my life!

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Yeah, I love reading books on the train here as well.

Perk of living/commuting in Manhattan: 20-25 mins each way on the subway to read.
Downside: Needing a down payment higher than most people's homes cost to buy a reasonably nice 2bd/2ba.

Big Phoenix_sl said:

Looked at a few houses today. Good god people do some retarded things to houses.

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Not only do they do retarded things,a lot of them don't do things to really old outdated shit. Can't even tell you how many carpeted bathrooms and old ass kitchens I see.

I saw a renovated shower with a 2 ft yin yang tiled into the wall

Picasso_sl said:

I saw a renovated shower with a 2 ft yin yang tiled into the wall

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Biracial couple? The shower can get pretty sexy if you know what I mean.

Big Phoenix_sl said:

So whats a good interest rate bros? Place im talking to now says they can prequalify for 150k @ "4%".

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Move into a shipping container.

For $1,000 Phoenix residents can live in a shipping container apartment - Yahoo News

They can lock you in at 4% in whatever day that was but you'll never know what it will be on the day you sign

It's not likely to change much short of the fed making aggressive statements to raise again which is unlikely.

Usually they are locked for 30 days at least and you can buy longer times although I wouldn't waste the money on that. You can always buy down lower if you're planning on staying in the house a long time.