CarrieT Posted September 28, 2016 Posted September 28, 2016 If I buy one of these houses I won't be debt free but with the amount of money I can put down the mortgage payment would literally be $200-300 a month on a ten year note. With no other bills if I can 't make it on that I am a total dumbass I can also make double or triple payments and have it paid off in 2-5 years depending on what I do and that will put me debt free when I retire in four years. Wow. That seems like an exceptional deal, Jeff! I live in California and am *dreaming* of the day I can buy a house and have a mortgage under $4,500 for 30 years! There might be something to be said for a comfy house that gives you a nice workshop and you still have some sanity. 2
Marc878 Posted September 28, 2016 Posted September 28, 2016 Don't give up on your dream just yet. Make it happen!!!! 2
kgcolonel Posted September 28, 2016 Posted September 28, 2016 yep Jeff, doesn't pay to cower to anyone or anything.....however it does pay to plan and be smart about our responses. I see you doing that.....hang in there!! 1
BluesPower Posted September 28, 2016 Posted September 28, 2016 I know that you may/may not be ready yet but you do realize that all these women have the hots for you? I'm just saying... 1
Marc878 Posted September 28, 2016 Posted September 28, 2016 I know that you may/may not be ready yet but you do realize that all these women have the hots for you? I'm just saying... Jeff, if you need reinforcements to help with those women I know where you can get some. 2
Author Jeff1690 Posted September 29, 2016 Author Posted September 29, 2016 Wow. That seems like an exceptional deal, Jeff! I live in California and am *dreaming* of the day I can buy a house and have a mortgage under $4,500 for 30 years! There might be something to be said for a comfy house that gives you a nice workshop and you still have some sanity. I have a lot of friends in California from my Marine Corps days. They often used to tease me about my salary and living in Alabama. That is till they came to visit and they asked how I could afford a 4000 plus square foot home on 10 acres. When I told them I only paid $150K to build it doing most of the work myself I wasn't such a country bumpkin anymore lol. Right now in my area existing homes are going for $53-$68.00 a square foot. That is freaking dirt cheap especially with the interest rates.
Author Jeff1690 Posted September 29, 2016 Author Posted September 29, 2016 Bluespower- I have now fixed my picker and am being selective as hell. Even if they have the hots for me I don't care. Any woman with unwanted baggage, or traits gets tossed in the dumpster. While any single woman in my age range will have baggage I will make sure it isn't the wrong kind. Hell I have baggage. Marc-I am a greedy S.O.B. so I hate to inform you I am not going to share. I have a lot of catching up to do lol.
Formerfiveo Posted September 29, 2016 Posted September 29, 2016 Hey Jeff, A couple of things. 1. Send me your realtor's name and info on those houses!!! lol 2. Having options is huge. If they work for now and further you along your road, go for Plan B. It doesn't mean your cabin dreams are over...just deferred. Right now the goal is to start over with a clean slate. I'm the same way about having debt, and my goal is to buy my cabin in cash paid in full. But the way things are going, I may have to take an intermediary step in order to leave this area sooner. 3. How deep are they digging the well? I have one and I remember one of the guys said that once you hit water (an aquifier?) you're supposed to keep going until you hit the next one because the first one usually doesn't provide enough flow. But I don't know wells so who knows. 4. You're having a house warming party??? ROAD TRIP! 2
Marc878 Posted September 30, 2016 Posted September 30, 2016 Marc-I am a greedy S.O.B. so I hate to inform you I am not going to share. I have a lot of catching up to do lol. Damn, we've unleashed the Kraken 2
Author Jeff1690 Posted September 30, 2016 Author Posted September 30, 2016 Hey Jeff, A couple of things. 1. Send me your realtor's name and info on those houses!!! lol 2. Having options is huge. If they work for now and further you along your road, go for Plan B. It doesn't mean your cabin dreams are over...just deferred. Right now the goal is to start over with a clean slate. I'm the same way about having debt, and my goal is to buy my cabin in cash paid in full. But the way things are going, I may have to take an intermediary step in order to leave this area sooner. 3. How deep are they digging the well? I have one and I remember one of the guys said that once you hit water (an aquifier?) you're supposed to keep going until you hit the next one because the first one usually doesn't provide enough flow. But I don't know wells so who knows. 4. You're having a house warming party??? ROAD TRIP! I just hate my first option and excellent little plan is in the toilet. I am headed out this morning to look at three houses. One I went by on my own yesterday and looked at but have not been inside. It is a foreclosure and appears to be really nice. Looking at the inside pictures online this sucker could be a steal. But, don't know what's hiding in the walls. Downside to the foreclosure house is that it only sits on two acres and has around six other houses around it even though it is in the country. Nice little dead end street though. The second house is a big 2 story farm house that sits in the downtown area of a little tiny town west of me. It sits on 2 acre lot as well but downside to it is it sits right beside the entrance to this little towns ballparks and city park with tennis courts and jogging trail. While that is nice and all there was a lot of traffic for a sleepy little town. The third one I like as well. It sits on 8 acres and is an old limestone constructed house that is common around her for older homes. Downside to it looking at the pictures the inside needs some work. It is super cheap so it makes me wonder just what all is wrong with it. The foreclosure house is the nicest. So we will see. I am not going to let the cabin thing get me down. I may not be debt free if I buy it, but I will have no other bills. The first well hole was 380 feet. The second was 180 but they lost one of the drilling pipes in a huge cave. The third was 220 when I told them to stop. The average well around here is 120 feet because there is so much water. Well except for me lol. Maybe the wife soaked it all up on her way to hell lol. 4
tinkerbell16 Posted October 1, 2016 Posted October 1, 2016 Hey I just hate my first option and excellent little plan is in the toilet. I am headed out this morning to look at three houses. One I went by on my own yesterday and looked at but have not been inside. It is a foreclosure and appears to be really nice. Looking at the inside pictures online this sucker could be a steal. But, don't know what's hiding in the walls. Downside to the foreclosure house is that it only sits on two acres and has around six other houses around it even though it is in the country. Nice little dead end street though. The second house is a big 2 story farm house that sits in the downtown area of a little tiny town west of me. It sits on 2 acre lot as well but downside to it is it sits right beside the entrance to this little towns ballparks and city park with tennis courts and jogging trail. While that is nice and all there was a lot of traffic for a sleepy little town. The third one I like as well. It sits on 8 acres and is an old limestone constructed house that is common around her for older homes. Downside to it looking at the pictures the inside needs some work. It is super cheap so it makes me wonder just what all is wrong with it. The foreclosure house is the nicest. So we will see. I am not going to let the cabin thing get me down. I may not be debt free if I buy it, but I will have no other bills. The first well hole was 380 feet. The second was 180 but they lost one of the drilling pipes in a huge cave. The third was 220 when I told them to stop. The average well around here is 120 feet because there is so much water. Well except for me lol. Maybe the wife soaked it all up on her way to hell lol. It is my experience that when things don't turn out as you think they should in life (ie divorce, cabin falling through) there is something better around the corner for you. There is a reason for these things not working out... you just haven't found out yet. I had a similar thing happen. When I got divorced I had been working on buying a house and at the last minute there was over $100000 in repair work discovered. I had to back out and find another house in 24 hours. At the time I was pretty sad. Had my heart already moved into the first house. 2 years later I LOVE the "temporary" house I found. Just a few months back there was a random mass shooting near the first house I wanted. I don't think I could or would have wanted to be reminded of such a horific tragedy every time I left my front door. So random, but looking back THAT was the reason. 3
Just a Guy Posted October 1, 2016 Posted October 1, 2016 Hi Jeff, just a thought. Have you thought of using the services of a Water Diviner? I guess these guys/ gals must still be around. You could check out the internet for them. Hope it works out for you. Tinkerbelle has a point. Sometimes these kinds of blocks point us in a new direction which then turns out to be the actual dream solution. More power to you. Keep that rugged old chin up!
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