Great comments, Yes I broke down and got a low end flat panel T.V. and there was a moment I was looking at a nice slimfit samsung that was dirt cheap but thought to myself that I am a hobo and I may move more than once in the next year, so no more tubes. In fact I started getting rid of the bedroom t.v’s and going with light, sub $400 flats Bear, excellent advice but no matter what happens I don’t want a ranch in Santiago, I hate yardwork, I like people and prefer tract home living and walking to cocktail parties on the block. Plus when you are the only Bachelor in a family neighborhood, all the wives try to set you up with their freinds, something you don’t get on multi-acre estates.
OC, that is an excellent plan and I bet it would work, at 350k it would be at about $110 per square, if I do go that route, I’m going with your plan. SD, yes, I plan to try and get close to what I wan’t as far as the house, lot and cabinets go, flooring and landscaping are things I know I will have to change and are easy fixes.
Bugs and Alan, all great points, I am going to watch December very closely to see what it does to the prices and psyche of the market. I had figured that as spring approached and sales still wen’t down, panic would set in locally, 300k was my lofty goal for a ball park 3,000 sq ft in one of the premeire neighborhoods. They were all above 6, then 5 and now 4, what the hell, I can still count backwards despite the brutal hangover I’m nursing, 3 is next. In fact I can find it now in the right area but not the specific tracts I want and with more “dated” interiors.
I’d love to thank everyone but to be honest I am probably more confused now. If I can find a month to month rental in Dec or Jan, I’ll probably do it, if at the time the liklihood of sub 350k for the right property comes along, I’ll probably start throwing those 300k offers out, the timing is going to be tight but I love excitement.
