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D Griff wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2019 2:14 pm
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Most appraisals I’ve seen came back to contract price, or lower if contract price was too high.
I set my offer letter (accepted) for the new gig to the lenders this morning... yo had me a little nervous with last week's comments.
With your base being higher you should be fine, especially since you mentioned it to them previously. Didn’t mean to make you nervous, just didn’t want any scares or issues while you sat at the closing table.
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Apex wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2019 2:19 pm
D Griff wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2019 2:14 pm

I set my offer letter (accepted) for the new gig to the lenders this morning... yo had me a little nervous with last week's comments.
With your base being higher you should be fine, especially since you mentioned it to them previously. Didn’t mean to make you nervous, just didn’t want any scares or issues while you sat at the closing table.
I definitely appreciate the heads up!
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D Griff wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2019 2:35 pm
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With your base being higher you should be fine, especially since you mentioned it to them previously. Didn’t mean to make you nervous, just didn’t want any scares or issues while you sat at the closing table.
I definitely appreciate the heads up!
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D Griff wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2019 1:57 pm So things are coming along nicely. The inspection came back with very little to report. They are fixing a few plumbing things, there's a few things for me to do when we move in, all basically free and easy.

Pretty :excited: about the :haus: overall, the apartment really put some nice perspective on the living sitch and "appreciating having it good" as it hasn't suited us well.

House appraised at above what we paid by $7500 which is evidently uncommon, so that's nice.
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D Griff wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2019 1:57 pm So things are coming along nicely. The inspection came back with very little to report. They are fixing a few plumbing things, there's a few things for me to do when we move in, all basically free and easy.

Pretty :excited: about the :haus: overall, the apartment really put some nice perspective on the living sitch and "appreciating having it good" as it hasn't suited us well.

House appraised at above what we paid by $7500 which is evidently uncommon, so that's nice.
That's:neat: to get appraised over list, it looks like a great house for you and the misses!
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D Griff wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2019 1:57 pm So things are coming along nicely. The inspection came back with very little to report. They are fixing a few plumbing things, there's a few things for me to do when we move in, all basically free and easy.

Pretty :excited: about the :haus: overall, the apartment really put some nice perspective on the living sitch and "appreciating having it good" as it hasn't suited us well.

House appraised at above what we paid by $7500 which is evidently uncommon, so that's nice.
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Appraisals usually do come back at the contract price or less...unless you bought significantly under market. Our current house came back $10k over what we paid, our realtor was :mindblown: she said she's never seen it come back that high. The house we sold had some appriasal risk and came back right at contract price to the dollar (huge relief).

$7,500 is indeed :impressive: you should feel great about that...instant equity.

I really enjoy living in a house vs apt or anything with shared walls. With a (mostly) clean bill of health, I suspect you'll enjoy the ownershit experience as well. Start to dabble a bit in home repairs and :pinshit: and you can save substantial money while enjoying where you live. 5/7
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D Griff wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2019 1:57 pm So things are coming along nicely. The inspection came back with very little to report. They are fixing a few plumbing things, there's a few things for me to do when we move in, all basically free and easy.

Pretty :excited: about the :haus: overall, the apartment really put some nice perspective on the living sitch and "appreciating having it good" as it hasn't suited us well.

House appraised at above what we paid by $7500 which is evidently uncommon, so that's nice.
:fuckyeah:

Appraisals usually do come back at the contract price or less...unless you bought significantly under market. Our current house came back $10k over what we paid, our realtor was :mindblown: she said she's never seen it come back that high. The house we sold had some appriasal risk and came back right at contract price to the dollar (huge relief).

$7,500 is indeed :impressive: you should feel great about that...instant equity.

I really enjoy living in a house vs apt or anything with shared walls. With a (mostly) clean bill of health, I suspect you'll enjoy the ownershit experience as well. Start to dabble a bit in home repairs and :pinshit: and you can save substantial money while enjoying where you live. 5/7
I will definitely be dabbling due to :scrooge: . I don't like paying someone to do shit I can do on my own, it is also gratifying to successfully learn something new and implement it, just like working on cars. It's different from my day to day as a :dillerman: .

I don't hate sharing walls, but just having access to my own outdoor space and car shit is huge to me. This is what I'm most :excited: about.

THe :doge: thing is kind of :sad: :doe: , first fenced in yard ever and the :doge: dies right before.
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Detroit wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2019 10:04 am
D Griff wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2019 1:57 pm So things are coming along nicely. The inspection came back with very little to report. They are fixing a few plumbing things, there's a few things for me to do when we move in, all basically free and easy.

Pretty :excited: about the :haus: overall, the apartment really put some nice perspective on the living sitch and "appreciating having it good" as it hasn't suited us well.

House appraised at above what we paid by $7500 which is evidently uncommon, so that's nice.
:fuckyeah:

Appraisals usually do come back at the contract price or less...unless you bought significantly under market. Our current house came back $10k over what we paid, our realtor was :mindblown: she said she's never seen it come back that high.
We got the same talk. But it was $60k higher than purchase price. :alpo:
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dubshow wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2019 10:39 am
Detroit wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2019 10:04 am
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Appraisals usually do come back at the contract price or less...unless you bought significantly under market. Our current house came back $10k over what we paid, our realtor was :mindblown: she said she's never seen it come back that high.
We got the same talk. But it was $60k higher than purchase price. :alpo:
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Closing on Tuesday :excited:

We aren't going to move until January as we have the apt. through the month and we are on the final countdown for ze wedding. I will likely start moving tools/car shit over there though, maybe working on the shed and stuff.
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D Griff wrote: Sun Nov 24, 2019 8:46 am Closing on Tuesday :excited:

We aren't going to move until January as we have the apt. through the month and we are on the final countdown for ze wedding. I will likely start moving tools/car shit over there though, maybe working on the shed and stuff.
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Congrats
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D Griff wrote: Sun Nov 24, 2019 8:46 am Closing on Tuesday :excited:

We aren't going to move until January as we have the apt. through the month and we are on the final countdown for ze wedding. I will likely start moving tools/car shit over there though, maybe working on the shed and stuff.
:fuckyeah:
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4zilch wrote: Sun Nov 24, 2019 9:31 am
D Griff wrote: Sun Nov 24, 2019 8:46 am Closing on Tuesday :excited:

We aren't going to move until January as we have the apt. through the month and we are on the final countdown for ze wedding. I will likely start moving tools/car shit over there though, maybe working on the shed and stuff.
:fuckyeah:

Congrats
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4zilch wrote: Sun Nov 24, 2019 9:31 am
D Griff wrote: Sun Nov 24, 2019 8:46 am Closing on Tuesday :excited:

We aren't going to move until January as we have the apt. through the month and we are on the final countdown for ze wedding. I will likely start moving tools/car shit over there though, maybe working on the shed and stuff.
:fuckyeah:

Congrats
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D Griff wrote: Sun Nov 24, 2019 8:46 am Closing on Tuesday :excited:

We aren't going to move until January as we have the apt. through the month and we are on the final countdown for ze wedding. I will likely start moving tools/car shit over there though, maybe working on the shed and stuff.
Nice.

Also, good time to take care of any stuff is when you're not actually living in the :haus:

Plumbing, fixtures, floors, etc.
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It's mostly pretty move in ready, I'd like to clean out the shed, clean the gutters, rake the lawn, install a garbage disposal, install a storm door, install an overhead fan/light in the carport. That's about it.
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D Griff wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2019 10:16 am :dat:

It's mostly pretty move in ready, I'd like to clean out the shed, clean the gutters, rake the lawn, install a garbage disposal, install a storm door, install an overhead fan/light in the carport. That's about it.
Garbage disposal?

:butwhy:
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D Griff wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2019 10:16 am

:dat:

It's mostly pretty move in ready, I'd like to clean out the shed, clean the gutters, rake the lawn, install a garbage disposal, install a storm door, install an overhead fan/light in the carport. That's about it.
Garbage disposal?

:butwhy:
Not having one is a huge pain in the ass... :haus: doesn't appear to have ever had one installed.
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D Griff wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:06 am
[user not found] wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2019 10:52 am

Garbage disposal?

:butwhy:
Not having one is a huge pain in the ass... :haus: doesn't appear to have ever had one installed.
:notsure: what the benefits of a garbage disposal are over a regular trash can?
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:notsure: what the benefits of a garbage disposal are over a regular trash can?
You get to spend time fixing something else. :lol:
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Jesus, have y'all ever had a garbage disposal? I've lived both with and without and it saves a ton of time, mess, and work. Also, your trash doesn't smell like ass immediately from having food in it.
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Yeah garbage disposal is 5/7. Fixing them is easy on the rare occasion that they do break.
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D Griff wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:44 am Jesus, have y'all ever had a garbage disposal? I've lived both with and without and it saves a ton of time, mess, and work. Also, your trash doesn't smell like ass immediately from having food in it.
I've never lived without one.

A lot of people also seem to prefer not having hoods over their stoves and not having air conditioning or (de)humidifiers too, dunno what everyone hates about having a clean and comfortable home...
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troyguitar wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:53 am
D Griff wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:44 am Jesus, have y'all ever had a garbage disposal? I've lived both with and without and it saves a ton of time, mess, and work. Also, your trash doesn't smell like ass immediately from having food in it.
I've never lived without one.

A lot of people also seem to prefer not having hoods over their stoves and not having air conditioning or (de)humidifiers too, dunno what everyone hates about having a clean and comfortable home...
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Soon to be in-laws don't have a dishwasher :wtf: and seem to just :aintcare: about adding one, they must have the means. Their house is messy and they just always use paper/plastic dishes and burn it all :thisisfine:
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D Griff wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:44 am Jesus, have y'all ever had a garbage disposal? I've lived both with and without and it saves a ton of time, mess, and work. Also, your trash doesn't smell like ass immediately from having food in it.
I’ve never had a garbage disposal that I know of. :iono:

Might be similar to a bidet and I don’t know what I’m missing.
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Apex wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2019 12:00 pm
D Griff wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:44 am Jesus, have y'all ever had a garbage disposal? I've lived both with and without and it saves a ton of time, mess, and work. Also, your trash doesn't smell like ass immediately from having food in it.
I’ve never had a garbage disposal that I know of. :iono:

Might be similar to a bidet and I don’t know what I’m missing.
They are pretty great.
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