my parents are in fla, on the gulf side near sarasota in a place called longboat key. it's very nice there.SexyStang1994 said:
what is biggest check you ever wrote?
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BlackVert said:
Damn dude, housing in DC is insane. I live in Loudoun, and it's crazy here also. My 4,500sq house cost 650k
but after 2 years, it's now worth 1 million 
.Not trying to steer you away from that house, it's nice and all but for 875k, you can buy a BIG ASS house with a lot of land in Western Loudoun.
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What I don't understand is how some people get all excited their house has gone up xx% in value. Thats all fine and dandy if you never move, but if you do chances are it wasn't just the value of your house that was going up in that area.
i wish i was, then i wouldn't have to worry about this stuff. as it is, i can barely pay all the month to month expenses.SuperDust22 said:
we did not get the house, so the check is getting ripped up.
someone else offered more than 920K for it.
someone else offered more than 920K for it.
i have been a software developer for 20 years, i make 130K per year. if i were a consultant, i could make up to $75-100 per hour.yellow1995Cobra said:
sawbones25
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Dang...BlackVert said:
Not to hijack your thread, but you say you're a software developer, I need a program to send info from a web page to a fax but it has to stay in the web page format. Some of the programs I've seen just allows you to input the info but wont keep the format.
You know of anything like that or can you make something like that?
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That's insane!! That is a nice house but if you put that house where I live it would be in the $300K-500K range. There are nicer houses around here going for a lot less than that one! Hope everything works out for you though.
i have 2 kids in private school, my daughter is getting braces put in, a $2900 mortgage, both kids have weekly music lessons, and the wife does not work.davins130 said:
our credit card bill is often $3000 for one month. $7500 per month doesn't last very long with all that going on.
not much left over for the stang.
the real estate lady said my house would probably sell for 825K. and it is not a very nice house.
back from the dead.
i just wrote a check for $45,000 for a $920,000 house a mile away. the sellers accepted our offer.
i am really nervous about whether the finances will work out, but my fallback position will be that i can stop sending the kids to private school, which will free up about $2000 every month.
http://www.robertjenets.com/RJ_5618_Jordan.htm
i just wrote a check for $45,000 for a $920,000 house a mile away. the sellers accepted our offer.
i am really nervous about whether the finances will work out, but my fallback position will be that i can stop sending the kids to private school, which will free up about $2000 every month.
http://www.robertjenets.com/RJ_5618_Jordan.htm
HoofnIt
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That looks like a very nice home. I hope everything works out for you. With all of the home prices going up and up, I'm wondering how people who are just getting started are ever going to afford one?
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HoofnIt said:
seriously... i've still got 2 years of college left and i'm wondering about that myself
nice house, seems like a good area
and they talk about it on NCIS all the time... Bethesda
My biggest check was for a car (embarrased to say how much).
BTW, I don't consider a check for housing to be a big deal (downpayment, mortgage payoff, etc.). That's an investment. That's like saying when you move investments from one broker to another you wrote a big check.
But on that note, BlackVert - what do you guys pay in property tax annually? (You should negotiate HARD with your RE broker. FOrget paying 7%. More like 2%. Or better yet set a capped fee. They do NOTHING and collect a check. Or self list, with houses going so fast, what do you need a broker for???)
BTW, I don't consider a check for housing to be a big deal (downpayment, mortgage payoff, etc.). That's an investment. That's like saying when you move investments from one broker to another you wrote a big check.
But on that note, BlackVert - what do you guys pay in property tax annually? (You should negotiate HARD with your RE broker. FOrget paying 7%. More like 2%. Or better yet set a capped fee. They do NOTHING and collect a check. Or self list, with houses going so fast, what do you need a broker for???)
Property tax runs about $6,000 annually.GRGT1994 said:
I am thinking about selling it myself. You are right, the realtors' fees are outrageous! Even at 5%, if our house sells for $800,000, that is $40,000 for them for doing very little. Good work if you can get it ...
