Buy or wait?

[outtamojo]

Employers love debt laden grad/employees because they know when they say jump the debt laden grad/employee says how high.

[njtosd]

[quote=scaredyclassic]sat scores avg at cal poly were same percentile as ivy league school i attended 30 y. ago.

crazy, man[/quote]

Yes – but you and I walked into the SAT with no preparation courses (at least I did) or college admissions coaches or anything else. The test was sort of a side issue – not a panic inducing life event. Had everyone practiced 100 times back then and gone to all kinds of prep courses, we would have done better.

This college admissions thing is such a racket. . . but it’s a game you have no choice but to play. Tail wagging the dog – again.

[njtosd]

[quote=Panderso]It’s definitely interesting to hear everyone’s opinions. I think we’re going to try to buy. Inventory is tight right now but we have time on our side so we can wait for the right place at an okay price. I did notice a bunch of price drops at the end of summer last year so fingers crossed the same thing happens this year.

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We closed on our current home in September a number of years ago. We made our offer after they dropped the price (as you mentioned) but the problem was that the price was too high in the summer to attract buyers. So we did get a deal, but it wasn’t as big a drop as it looked to be. Unlike our usual modus operandi, which is to buy a house with hideous paint and weird cosmetic issues, this house actually needed little to no work. So we got that as a bonus. You will make money looking past paint and odd decorating choices. The faux Tuscan country houses are hot commodities for some reason – it always puzzles me.

Making a smart choice on a house will make up for a lot of volatility in home price. As an accountant you will probably do a better job of seeing past the superficial issues.

[spdrun]

njtosd – we’re not talking about numerical scores but about percentile. If nearly everyone gets prep courses, it shouldn’t make a difference to their % rank.

This being said, I know plenty of people who scored in the 1400s and 1500s in the 90s without prep classes.

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=njtosd][quote=scaredyclassic]sat scores avg at cal poly were same percentile as ivy league school i attended 30 y. ago.

crazy, man[/quote]

Yes – but you and I walked into the SAT with no preparation courses (at least I did) or college admissions coaches or anything else. The test was sort of a side issue – not a panic inducing life event. Had everyone practiced 100 times back then and gone to all kinds of prep courses, we would have done better.

This college admissions thing is such a racket. . . but it’s a game you have no choice but to play. Tail wagging the dog – again.[/quote]

thats true. it was a point of pride that id never even looked at the test before…ok. i feel better

[njtosd]

[quote=spdrun]njtosd – we’re not talking about numerical scores but about percentile. If nearly everyone gets prep courses, it shouldn’t make a difference to their % rank.

This being said, I know plenty of people who scored in the 1400s and 1500s in the 90s without prep classes.[/quote]

Hadn’t registered that scaredy was talking about percentiles. Is that true?

In terms of the 90s, there was some tinkering in 95 that resulted in an earlier score of 500 math going up to a 520 and an earlier score of 500 verbal going up to 580. And yes, spdrun, I’m sure everyone on this board knows their share of smart people. You probably did well on the “earthy language” portion of the exam.

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