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July 5, 2009 at 8:31 AM #426121July 5, 2009 at 8:47 AM #425378CoronitaParticipant
[quote]I wouldn’t buy a house that is facing a T-Junction, Y-Junction or dead end road. Also, I would avoid buying a house with the sink and the stove directly facing each other, this can lead to arguments and conflict within the family.[/quote]
absolutely! π
July 5, 2009 at 8:47 AM #425609CoronitaParticipant[quote]I wouldn’t buy a house that is facing a T-Junction, Y-Junction or dead end road. Also, I would avoid buying a house with the sink and the stove directly facing each other, this can lead to arguments and conflict within the family.[/quote]
absolutely! π
July 5, 2009 at 8:47 AM #425894CoronitaParticipant[quote]I wouldn’t buy a house that is facing a T-Junction, Y-Junction or dead end road. Also, I would avoid buying a house with the sink and the stove directly facing each other, this can lead to arguments and conflict within the family.[/quote]
absolutely! π
July 5, 2009 at 8:47 AM #425965CoronitaParticipant[quote]I wouldn’t buy a house that is facing a T-Junction, Y-Junction or dead end road. Also, I would avoid buying a house with the sink and the stove directly facing each other, this can lead to arguments and conflict within the family.[/quote]
absolutely! π
July 5, 2009 at 8:47 AM #426126CoronitaParticipant[quote]I wouldn’t buy a house that is facing a T-Junction, Y-Junction or dead end road. Also, I would avoid buying a house with the sink and the stove directly facing each other, this can lead to arguments and conflict within the family.[/quote]
absolutely! π
July 5, 2009 at 9:30 AM #425388Nancy_s soothsayerParticipantThis topic I like much!
I bought a house in the middle of two T-junctions like this: [–$*$–]; it has brought me so much good luck, so far. Sometimes I imagine I am the female version of Forrest Gump; destiny keeps dumping blessings and good luck along the way despite long odds. Good karma – please keep them coming.
Now do I have to convince the husband to lop off that young tree nicely growing but facing the front door?
If all the stars align again beautifully, we will close on a second house very near downtown Austin around beginning of November at the lowest-record locked fixed rates at $67/sq ft, brand new, stone/brick elevation, and all-appliances included.
Rationale for buying? The 401K plan has become untrustworthy, in my eyes. The house substitutes as a 401K-savings vehicle from now on.
Wish me luck – oh lucky stars (and PIGGS!)
July 5, 2009 at 9:30 AM #425619Nancy_s soothsayerParticipantThis topic I like much!
I bought a house in the middle of two T-junctions like this: [–$*$–]; it has brought me so much good luck, so far. Sometimes I imagine I am the female version of Forrest Gump; destiny keeps dumping blessings and good luck along the way despite long odds. Good karma – please keep them coming.
Now do I have to convince the husband to lop off that young tree nicely growing but facing the front door?
If all the stars align again beautifully, we will close on a second house very near downtown Austin around beginning of November at the lowest-record locked fixed rates at $67/sq ft, brand new, stone/brick elevation, and all-appliances included.
Rationale for buying? The 401K plan has become untrustworthy, in my eyes. The house substitutes as a 401K-savings vehicle from now on.
Wish me luck – oh lucky stars (and PIGGS!)
July 5, 2009 at 9:30 AM #425904Nancy_s soothsayerParticipantThis topic I like much!
I bought a house in the middle of two T-junctions like this: [–$*$–]; it has brought me so much good luck, so far. Sometimes I imagine I am the female version of Forrest Gump; destiny keeps dumping blessings and good luck along the way despite long odds. Good karma – please keep them coming.
Now do I have to convince the husband to lop off that young tree nicely growing but facing the front door?
If all the stars align again beautifully, we will close on a second house very near downtown Austin around beginning of November at the lowest-record locked fixed rates at $67/sq ft, brand new, stone/brick elevation, and all-appliances included.
Rationale for buying? The 401K plan has become untrustworthy, in my eyes. The house substitutes as a 401K-savings vehicle from now on.
Wish me luck – oh lucky stars (and PIGGS!)
July 5, 2009 at 9:30 AM #425975Nancy_s soothsayerParticipantThis topic I like much!
I bought a house in the middle of two T-junctions like this: [–$*$–]; it has brought me so much good luck, so far. Sometimes I imagine I am the female version of Forrest Gump; destiny keeps dumping blessings and good luck along the way despite long odds. Good karma – please keep them coming.
Now do I have to convince the husband to lop off that young tree nicely growing but facing the front door?
If all the stars align again beautifully, we will close on a second house very near downtown Austin around beginning of November at the lowest-record locked fixed rates at $67/sq ft, brand new, stone/brick elevation, and all-appliances included.
Rationale for buying? The 401K plan has become untrustworthy, in my eyes. The house substitutes as a 401K-savings vehicle from now on.
Wish me luck – oh lucky stars (and PIGGS!)
July 5, 2009 at 9:30 AM #426136Nancy_s soothsayerParticipantThis topic I like much!
I bought a house in the middle of two T-junctions like this: [–$*$–]; it has brought me so much good luck, so far. Sometimes I imagine I am the female version of Forrest Gump; destiny keeps dumping blessings and good luck along the way despite long odds. Good karma – please keep them coming.
Now do I have to convince the husband to lop off that young tree nicely growing but facing the front door?
If all the stars align again beautifully, we will close on a second house very near downtown Austin around beginning of November at the lowest-record locked fixed rates at $67/sq ft, brand new, stone/brick elevation, and all-appliances included.
Rationale for buying? The 401K plan has become untrustworthy, in my eyes. The house substitutes as a 401K-savings vehicle from now on.
Wish me luck – oh lucky stars (and PIGGS!)
July 5, 2009 at 11:02 AM #425456patientrenterParticipantNot a bad move, Nancy.
But my bias for 401k alternatives is real assets that produce a steady real income. A home can be rented out. In a world where downpayments are not required (FHA 3% less tax credit) and mortgage rates are held low through government action (FNMA and Fed purchases of MBS etc), and there is no real penalty for walking away when underwater, it will be hard to rent any home that can be easily bought instead. Why would anyone want to rent a single family home that they can buy with little or no commitment and at low monthly cost?
I think we have not yet understood the full long term impact of the Great Bailout. Over the next few years, journalists and financial advisors and individuals will digest what is happening now, and come to realize that buying a home with little or no money down is a huge gift from the federal govt when paired with a plan for ruthless default. People will be buying homes with little or no commitment to paying the purchase price, to an even greater degree than in the last bubble.
Certainly people assigned temporarily to one location would prefer to rent, but the population of people in this situation is steady, and we can’t all make a retirement living by buying more and more homes and renting them to this small slice of our working population.
July 5, 2009 at 11:02 AM #425685patientrenterParticipantNot a bad move, Nancy.
But my bias for 401k alternatives is real assets that produce a steady real income. A home can be rented out. In a world where downpayments are not required (FHA 3% less tax credit) and mortgage rates are held low through government action (FNMA and Fed purchases of MBS etc), and there is no real penalty for walking away when underwater, it will be hard to rent any home that can be easily bought instead. Why would anyone want to rent a single family home that they can buy with little or no commitment and at low monthly cost?
I think we have not yet understood the full long term impact of the Great Bailout. Over the next few years, journalists and financial advisors and individuals will digest what is happening now, and come to realize that buying a home with little or no money down is a huge gift from the federal govt when paired with a plan for ruthless default. People will be buying homes with little or no commitment to paying the purchase price, to an even greater degree than in the last bubble.
Certainly people assigned temporarily to one location would prefer to rent, but the population of people in this situation is steady, and we can’t all make a retirement living by buying more and more homes and renting them to this small slice of our working population.
July 5, 2009 at 11:02 AM #425971patientrenterParticipantNot a bad move, Nancy.
But my bias for 401k alternatives is real assets that produce a steady real income. A home can be rented out. In a world where downpayments are not required (FHA 3% less tax credit) and mortgage rates are held low through government action (FNMA and Fed purchases of MBS etc), and there is no real penalty for walking away when underwater, it will be hard to rent any home that can be easily bought instead. Why would anyone want to rent a single family home that they can buy with little or no commitment and at low monthly cost?
I think we have not yet understood the full long term impact of the Great Bailout. Over the next few years, journalists and financial advisors and individuals will digest what is happening now, and come to realize that buying a home with little or no money down is a huge gift from the federal govt when paired with a plan for ruthless default. People will be buying homes with little or no commitment to paying the purchase price, to an even greater degree than in the last bubble.
Certainly people assigned temporarily to one location would prefer to rent, but the population of people in this situation is steady, and we can’t all make a retirement living by buying more and more homes and renting them to this small slice of our working population.
July 5, 2009 at 11:02 AM #426040patientrenterParticipantNot a bad move, Nancy.
But my bias for 401k alternatives is real assets that produce a steady real income. A home can be rented out. In a world where downpayments are not required (FHA 3% less tax credit) and mortgage rates are held low through government action (FNMA and Fed purchases of MBS etc), and there is no real penalty for walking away when underwater, it will be hard to rent any home that can be easily bought instead. Why would anyone want to rent a single family home that they can buy with little or no commitment and at low monthly cost?
I think we have not yet understood the full long term impact of the Great Bailout. Over the next few years, journalists and financial advisors and individuals will digest what is happening now, and come to realize that buying a home with little or no money down is a huge gift from the federal govt when paired with a plan for ruthless default. People will be buying homes with little or no commitment to paying the purchase price, to an even greater degree than in the last bubble.
Certainly people assigned temporarily to one location would prefer to rent, but the population of people in this situation is steady, and we can’t all make a retirement living by buying more and more homes and renting them to this small slice of our working population.
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