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D Griff wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 11:46 am Sooo we just bought a house as well... Pretty stoked on it, we are getting a garage at long last, more space, two stories, no more shitty stroad we have to walk on with meth heads and trash anymore but still in the great general area we're already in and love. But the thought is throwing $32K in the bank will ease my stress levels and it was going to go anyway for the STI or whatever I get once these :dill: close out.
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D Griff wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 11:46 am
coogles wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 11:33 am

I think I'll be taking mine too. The 'vana offer is up to $29,200 and the sale of our house is going nowhere. Indy was a few weeks behind the national trend but the housing market here has come to a complete halt. Good bet we're going to own two houses for a period of time and get way less for ours than we thought. Freeing up $500/mo and putting $20k in the bank sounds like a pretty good idea right about now.
Sooo we just bought a house as well... Pretty stoked on it, we are getting a garage at long last, more space, two stories, no more shitty stroad we have to walk on with meth heads and trash anymore but still in the great general area we're already in and love. But the thought is throwing $32K in the bank will ease my stress levels and it was going to go anyway for the STI or whatever I get once these :dill: close out.
Boy that happened quickly, or at least silently.
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Desertbreh wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 1:09 pm
D Griff wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 11:46 am

Sooo we just bought a house as well... Pretty stoked on it, we are getting a garage at long last, more space, two stories, no more shitty stroad we have to walk on with meth heads and trash anymore but still in the great general area we're already in and love. But the thought is throwing $32K in the bank will ease my stress levels and it was going to go anyway for the STI or whatever I get once these :dill: close out.
Boy that happened quickly, or at least silently.
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:wap: Where are these mangos?
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D Griff wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 11:46 am
coogles wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 11:33 am

I think I'll be taking mine too. The 'vana offer is up to $29,200 and the sale of our house is going nowhere. Indy was a few weeks behind the national trend but the housing market here has come to a complete halt. Good bet we're going to own two houses for a period of time and get way less for ours than we thought. Freeing up $500/mo and putting $20k in the bank sounds like a pretty good idea right about now.
Sooo we just bought a house as well... Pretty stoked on it, we are getting a garage at long last, more space, two stories, no more shitty stroad we have to walk on with meth heads and trash anymore but still in the great general area we're already in and love. But the thought is throwing $32K in the bank will ease my stress levels and it was going to go anyway for the STI or whatever I get once these :dill: close out.
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First the Phoenix bomb shell now this.
Convos on here go... Oh wow I got a pimple on my forehead, does anyone know how if Pro-Active works ? It's kinda the biggest problem in my life right since I have an interview coming up.

And 2 days later... Oh yea I won the lottery last month so I don't need a job.

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max225 wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:20 pm First the Phoenix bomb shell now this.
Convos on here go... Oh wow I got a pimple on my forehead, does anyone know how if Pro-Active works ? It's kinda the biggest problem in my life right since I have an interview coming up.

And 2 days later... Oh yea I won the lottery last month so I don't need a job.

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DFD we discuss everything and nothing simultaneously.
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:wap: Where are these mangos?
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wap wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:42 pmI like bacon.
This is car chat :lol:
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It's absolutely wild selling a house right now unless one puts it up for a screaming deal... everyone is too poor for the interest rates... But there are pockets of the markets that are still doing well. North-east in particular. And parts of the fly over states (ohio)
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wap wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:42 pmI like bacon.
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max225 wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:45 pm It's absolutely wild selling a house right now unless one puts it up for a screaming deal... everyone is too poor for the interest rates... But there are pockets of the markets that are still doing well. North-east in particular. And parts of the fly over states (ohio)
California has the most passenger air travel within its airspace so it is, by definition, the flyover state.
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max225 wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:44 pm
wap wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:42 pmI like bacon.
This is car chat :lol:
Melon2.0 wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:31 pm
max225 wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:20 pm First the Phoenix bomb shell now this.
Convos on here go... Oh wow I got a pimple on my forehead, does anyone know how if Pro-Active works ? It's kinda the biggest problem in my life right since I have an interview coming up.

And 2 days later... Oh yea I won the lottery last month so I don't need a job.

:wat:
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:derp:
:sass:
:lolgasm:

DFD we discuss everything and nothing simultaneously.
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:wap: Where are these mangos?
Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:19 pm I don't understand anything anymore.
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max225 wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:45 pm It's absolutely wild selling a house right now unless one puts it up for a screaming deal... everyone is too poor for the interest rates... But there are pockets of the markets that are still doing well. North-east in particular. And parts of the fly over states (ohio)
max225 wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:44 pm
wap wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:42 pmI like bacon.
This is car chat :lol:
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:wap: Where are these mangos?
Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:19 pm I don't understand anything anymore.
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Melon2.0 wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:49 pm
wap wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:42 pmI like bacon.
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CaleDeRoo wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:57 pm
max225 wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:45 pm It's absolutely wild selling a house right now unless one puts it up for a screaming deal... everyone is too poor for the interest rates... But there are pockets of the markets that are still doing well. North-east in particular. And parts of the fly over states (ohio)
California has the most passenger air travel within its airspace so it is, by definition, the flyover state.
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CaleDeRoo wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:57 pm
max225 wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:45 pm It's absolutely wild selling a house right now unless one puts it up for a screaming deal... everyone is too poor for the interest rates... But there are pockets of the markets that are still doing well. North-east in particular. And parts of the fly over states (ohio)
California has the most passenger air travel within its airspace so it is, by definition, the flyover state.
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I don't think that is the definition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyover_country
The term "flyover country" is often used to derisively refer to the vast swath of America that's not near the Atlantic or Pacific coasts. It sounds like the ultimate putdown to describe places best seen at cruising altitude, the precincts where political and cultural sophisticates visit only when they need to.
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wap wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 12:25 pmAlso, DEETS!!
Under contract on this beotch: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/807- ... 2190_zpid/?

:iono: we started looking around at some places and it escalated quickly. :tits: wanted more space, I wanted a better location and garage (both from day one but couldn't afford when we got our place). We thought this offered a great compromise between the urban location I wanted and suburban feel she did and checked a lot of boxes... very rare to find a house in the area we like with a garage under like a millie. So we decided YOLO.

I ended up extending the Carvana offer by a week, so I can enjoy a few more drives in the 86.
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max225 wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:45 pm It's absolutely wild selling a house right now unless one puts it up for a screaming deal... everyone is too poor for the interest rates... But there are pockets of the markets that are still doing well. North-east in particular. And parts of the fly over states (ohio)
Yeah. We are fucked. Should have just taken what I thought was a lowball...highly doubt we'll even get that now.
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coogles wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 4:19 pm
max225 wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:45 pm It's absolutely wild selling a house right now unless one puts it up for a screaming deal... everyone is too poor for the interest rates... But there are pockets of the markets that are still doing well. North-east in particular. And parts of the fly over states (ohio)
Yeah. We are fucked. Should have just taken what I thought was a lowball...highly doubt we'll even get that now.
Either way you have equity I am assuming. Unless you bought in in 2022.
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max225 wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:44 pm
wap wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:42 pmI like bacon.
This is cat chat :lol:
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D Griff wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 4:18 pm
wap wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 12:25 pmAlso, DEETS!!
Under contract on this beotch: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/807- ... 2190_zpid/?

:iono: we started looking around at some places and it escalated quickly. :tits: wanted more space, I wanted a better location and garage (both from day one but couldn't afford when we got our place). We thought this offered a great compromise between the urban location I wanted and suburban feel she did and checked a lot of boxes... very rare to find a house in the area we like with a garage under like a millie. So we decided YOLO.

I ended up extending the Carvana offer by a week, so I can enjoy a few more drives in the 86.
Dude that looks really nice, big upgrade for what will prob not be a lot of extra scratch on yalls end. Congrats!
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