My cat loves to hate me.[user not found] wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 12:12 pmJust enough interaction to keep you grounded but otherwise we just look at each other with disgust from across the room and that's enough.
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Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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We've found a couple really cool hole-in-the-wall type places using that when we travel. Much better than hitting a MacDoe or something while road tripping.
Not saying you aren't restricted, just trying to open up some options.
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Yea, that's awesome! Thanks for the heads-up.
We usually pack our own food for road trips and just eat with the at a rest stop or something. But that's partially because we don't want to leaver her alone in the truck for too long if it's hot/cold/whatever.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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Further evidence of how nutty this housing market is: A house popped up yesterday morning that my wife and I really like. We had a showing at 6pm and they already had two offers. My fraternity brother happens to live on the block and told me the better of the two was for $17k over asking on a $479k listing, which they accepted at noon today. Pending in 24 hours at 3.5% over ask. Bonkers.
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coogles wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 1:21 pm Further evidence of how nutty this housing market is: A house popped up yesterday morning that my wife and I really like. We had a showing at 6pm and they already had two offers. My fraternity brother happens to live on the block and told me the better of the two was for $17k over asking on a $479k listing, which they accepted at noon today. Pending in 24 hours at 3.5% over ask. Bonkers.
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What does $479 get you in Indy?coogles wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 1:21 pm Further evidence of how nutty this housing market is: A house popped up yesterday morning that my wife and I really like. We had a showing at 6pm and they already had two offers. My fraternity brother happens to live on the block and told me the better of the two was for $17k over asking on a $479k listing, which they accepted at noon today. Pending in 24 hours at 3.5% over ask. Bonkers.
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Totally depends on where you are. In my neighborhood, anymore it'll buy you a nice, updated 3 bedroom and maybe 2,000 square feet above ground. If you want anything bigger for that price it's going to need work, most likely.
Not far from me -
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandho ... 19?view=qv
We love the area, but wanting at least one more kid and having family from out of town coming to visit all the time, it'd really be nice to have more space. This is the house we were looking at - https://www.realtor.com/realestateandho ... 74?view=qv
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Honestly, if you're serious about moving, you need to find a realtor who's really plugged into these listings so YOU can be the people putting the offers in as soon as it lists. That's the only way to get the best houses, and you have to have all your shit lined up so you can pull the trigger in an instant.
It sucks, but it's the way the market is anymore.
It sucks, but it's the way the market is anymore.
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Half a million bucks for a house in suburban Indiana. The tide has risen nationwide.Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 2:59 pm Honestly, if you're serious about moving, you need to find a realtor who's really plugged into these listings so YOU can be the people putting the offers in as soon as it lists. That's the only way to get the best houses, and you have to have all your shit lined up so you can pull the trigger in an instant.
It sucks, but it's the way the market is anymore.
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Agree, we just haven't been serious about moving. We weren't preapproved, didn't have a search set up, nothing. We got our first house exactly as you describe, we were in on the first day, wrote up an offer right after the showing and bullied our way to the top out of six offers they got on that first day.Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 2:59 pm Honestly, if you're serious about moving, you need to find a realtor who's really plugged into these listings so YOU can be the people putting the offers in as soon as it lists. That's the only way to get the best houses, and you have to have all your shit lined up so you can pull the trigger in an instant.
It sucks, but it's the way the market is anymore.
It's just that that very house checked every box and I wasn't even really seriously considering a move until that one popped up. Lesson learned - we're going to get preapproved and keep it renewed, and be ready to jump on the next one if it pops up.
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Just like any metro area, there are nice areas and not so nice areas. From the looks of these listings, they're targeting the nice areas of Suburban Indiana...which just like Detroit, has gone up.Desertbreh wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:06 pmHalf a million bucks for a house in suburban Indiana. The tide has risen nationwide.Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 2:59 pm Honestly, if you're serious about moving, you need to find a realtor who's really plugged into these listings so YOU can be the people putting the offers in as soon as it lists. That's the only way to get the best houses, and you have to have all your shit lined up so you can pull the trigger in an instant.
It sucks, but it's the way the market is anymore.
I can still buy a house for $30k in the city of Detroit. I don't want to, but I can. Upward mobility of us entering our prime earning years skew the perspective of this forum a bit.
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You can spend a fuck-ton more than that if you want to.Desertbreh wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:06 pm Half a million bucks for a house in suburban Indiana. The tide has risen nationwide.
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Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:17 pm Just like any metro area, there are nice areas and not so nice areas. From the looks of these listings, they're targeting the nice areas of Suburban Indiana...which just like Detroit, has gone up.
I can still buy a house for $30k in the city of Detroit. I don't want to, but I can. Upward mobility of us entering our prime earning years skew the perspective of this forum a bit.
You can go to the nice 'burbs or some of the nice older parts of Indianapolis and easily spend $1M up to $2.5M if you want to. Or you can go to the hood and get a shithole for $30k.
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Something similar happened to us. No serious interest in moving, saw a house we liked a lot but had nothing lined up, so we lost it before even being able to make an offer. We stepped our game up after that for the "just in case". Took us 6 months, but when the house came up, we were in the position to jump on it.coogles wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:16 pmAgree, we just haven't been serious about moving. We weren't preapproved, didn't have a search set up, nothing. We got our first house exactly as you describe, we were in on the first day, wrote up an offer right after the showing and bullied our way to the top out of six offers they got on that first day.Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 2:59 pm Honestly, if you're serious about moving, you need to find a realtor who's really plugged into these listings so YOU can be the people putting the offers in as soon as it lists. That's the only way to get the best houses, and you have to have all your shit lined up so you can pull the trigger in an instant.
It sucks, but it's the way the market is anymore.
It's just that that very house checked every box and I wasn't even really seriously considering a move until that one popped up. Lesson learned - we're going to get preapproved and keep it renewed, and be ready to jump on the next one if it pops up.
Making friends with a realtor and a mortgage person is HUGE. I called my mortgage guy who's a buddy of mine at 10:30pm the night we wanted to submit an offer for a revised preapproval letter, and he hooked me up.
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Same as here. Kind of crazy separation when you think about it.coogles wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:20 pmDetroit wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:17 pm Just like any metro area, there are nice areas and not so nice areas. From the looks of these listings, they're targeting the nice areas of Suburban Indiana...which just like Detroit, has gone up.
I can still buy a house for $30k in the city of Detroit. I don't want to, but I can. Upward mobility of us entering our prime earning years skew the perspective of this forum a bit.
You can go to the nice 'burbs or some of the nice older parts of Indianapolis and easily spend $1M up to $2.5M if you want to. Or you can go to the hood and get a shithole for $30k.
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No joke.
Just a cool $5.8M
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandho ... 6281-63310
Or...how much do you value your life?
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandho ... 11?view=qv
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Understood. I'm just saying the basic monthly nut for a decent place almost anywhere is not really single wage earner kind of proposition.coogles wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:19 pmYou can spend a fuck-ton more than that if you want to.Desertbreh wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:06 pm Half a million bucks for a house in suburban Indiana. The tide has risen nationwide.
Sunddenly swamplandia has appealDesertbreh wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:36 pmUnderstood. I'm just saying the basic monthly nut for a decent place almost anywhere is not really single wage earner kind of proposition.
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That and the Dakotas may be the last vestige of affordable housing in America.dubshow wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 4:04 pmSunddenly swamplandia has appealDesertbreh wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:36 pm
Understood. I'm just saying the basic monthly nut for a decent place almost anywhere is not really single wage earner kind of proposition.
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Nah, there's plenty of "decent" places around the Detroit area that a single earner making 60-80k can afford a house. If I wasn't married, I'd live in one of those places and my life away. doesn't settle for "decent". We need to be in the areas, which we are.Desertbreh wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:36 pmUnderstood. I'm just saying the basic monthly nut for a decent place almost anywhere is not really single wage earner kind of proposition.
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My son and I tackled changing out our garbage disposal tonight. What a nightmare. I am still pretty weak from the surgery and Murphy's Law was in fine form, as it usually is when I do repairs that I have never done before. Took 6 effing hours but damned if we didn't get it done.
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Real garage and AC with the "low" blessed tax rate of 3.2% vs 4.5% in Corning. 35 minute commute and an even smaller town
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