Tales of an RSF buyer (Eiplogue update)

[DWCAP]

Hey Raptor, glad you are still around. Was it really 6 months ago already???

The question I then have to ask is are you still glad you bought your house? I mean, you went through alot waiting out the downturn you did. If I remember right the wife was ticked more than once. So seeing everything in 20/20 hindsight do you wish you would have continued to wait it out? By your own admission the market is doing worse than you had thought it would. If you had waited and bought now, would it have been a BETTER (in all its meanings) buy? Is there a house now that you wish you would have waited for?

Not that ill ever have a RSF zipcode on my letters, I’m just curious how somone who made the jump sees it since in all reality most of us here have our ass glued to the fence.

[raptorduck]

Sure I would have liked to wait longer, like until April-May of 2009. But I had the wife’s happiness to consider and was not trying to time the market, just pay a reasonable price all things considered. This was a long term purchase measured in decades.

Hard to say that if I bought today I would pay the same or less for my house. Some comps suggest the same, but who knows. We have remodeled a lot in 6 months. Recall that it was a “project home.” Wife did not like the term “fixer upper.”

As for waiting for something else. Well, the wife found the home she wanted. I wanted three others that were cheaper, and in one case, much more of a fixer upper. That is not to say I don’t love the house we bought, particularly after the upgrades we did, and of course I do love Fairbanks Ranch. But the other 3 I liked were also good buys I thought. Only put in offer on 2 of those. One rejected us, the other accepted, but the wife vetoed that one in the end.

I have not seen anything new at the price I paid that would make me second guess my choice. I did see one house a little bit higher that is a lot of house for that price and that might have made me think twice today, but I suspect the wife would have vetoed it because it was not in Fairbanks Ranch.

So yes, I am happy, and she is very very happy, and since she is very very happy, I am very very happy.

[raptorduck]

Sure I would have liked to wait longer, like until April-May of 2009. But I had the wife’s happiness to consider and was not trying to time the market, just pay a reasonable price all things considered. This was a long term purchase measured in decades.

Hard to say that if I bought today I would pay the same or less for my house. Some comps suggest the same, but who knows. We have remodeled a lot in 6 months. Recall that it was a “project home.” Wife did not like the term “fixer upper.”

As for waiting for something else. Well, the wife found the home she wanted. I wanted three others that were cheaper, and in one case, much more of a fixer upper. That is not to say I don’t love the house we bought, particularly after the upgrades we did, and of course I do love Fairbanks Ranch. But the other 3 I liked were also good buys I thought. Only put in offer on 2 of those. One rejected us, the other accepted, but the wife vetoed that one in the end.

I have not seen anything new at the price I paid that would make me second guess my choice. I did see one house a little bit higher that is a lot of house for that price and that might have made me think twice today, but I suspect the wife would have vetoed it because it was not in Fairbanks Ranch.

So yes, I am happy, and she is very very happy, and since she is very very happy, I am very very happy.

[raptorduck]

Sure I would have liked to wait longer, like until April-May of 2009. But I had the wife’s happiness to consider and was not trying to time the market, just pay a reasonable price all things considered. This was a long term purchase measured in decades.

Hard to say that if I bought today I would pay the same or less for my house. Some comps suggest the same, but who knows. We have remodeled a lot in 6 months. Recall that it was a “project home.” Wife did not like the term “fixer upper.”

As for waiting for something else. Well, the wife found the home she wanted. I wanted three others that were cheaper, and in one case, much more of a fixer upper. That is not to say I don’t love the house we bought, particularly after the upgrades we did, and of course I do love Fairbanks Ranch. But the other 3 I liked were also good buys I thought. Only put in offer on 2 of those. One rejected us, the other accepted, but the wife vetoed that one in the end.

I have not seen anything new at the price I paid that would make me second guess my choice. I did see one house a little bit higher that is a lot of house for that price and that might have made me think twice today, but I suspect the wife would have vetoed it because it was not in Fairbanks Ranch.

So yes, I am happy, and she is very very happy, and since she is very very happy, I am very very happy.

[raptorduck]

Sure I would have liked to wait longer, like until April-May of 2009. But I had the wife’s happiness to consider and was not trying to time the market, just pay a reasonable price all things considered. This was a long term purchase measured in decades.

Hard to say that if I bought today I would pay the same or less for my house. Some comps suggest the same, but who knows. We have remodeled a lot in 6 months. Recall that it was a “project home.” Wife did not like the term “fixer upper.”

As for waiting for something else. Well, the wife found the home she wanted. I wanted three others that were cheaper, and in one case, much more of a fixer upper. That is not to say I don’t love the house we bought, particularly after the upgrades we did, and of course I do love Fairbanks Ranch. But the other 3 I liked were also good buys I thought. Only put in offer on 2 of those. One rejected us, the other accepted, but the wife vetoed that one in the end.

I have not seen anything new at the price I paid that would make me second guess my choice. I did see one house a little bit higher that is a lot of house for that price and that might have made me think twice today, but I suspect the wife would have vetoed it because it was not in Fairbanks Ranch.

So yes, I am happy, and she is very very happy, and since she is very very happy, I am very very happy.

[raptorduck]

Sure I would have liked to wait longer, like until April-May of 2009. But I had the wife’s happiness to consider and was not trying to time the market, just pay a reasonable price all things considered. This was a long term purchase measured in decades.

Hard to say that if I bought today I would pay the same or less for my house. Some comps suggest the same, but who knows. We have remodeled a lot in 6 months. Recall that it was a “project home.” Wife did not like the term “fixer upper.”

As for waiting for something else. Well, the wife found the home she wanted. I wanted three others that were cheaper, and in one case, much more of a fixer upper. That is not to say I don’t love the house we bought, particularly after the upgrades we did, and of course I do love Fairbanks Ranch. But the other 3 I liked were also good buys I thought. Only put in offer on 2 of those. One rejected us, the other accepted, but the wife vetoed that one in the end.

I have not seen anything new at the price I paid that would make me second guess my choice. I did see one house a little bit higher that is a lot of house for that price and that might have made me think twice today, but I suspect the wife would have vetoed it because it was not in Fairbanks Ranch.

So yes, I am happy, and she is very very happy, and since she is very very happy, I am very very happy.

[NotCranky]

Hello Raptorduck,
I am glad it all worked out for you. I believe you sold a house in the bay area also? Did that go pretty well? I think the fact that you were already raising your family in a home you owned is a big part of the picture. I know very few people with manageable finances who would give that situation up.

I thought about selling my house, waiting a couple of years and buying two. If single, I would have done it in a heartbeat. With my kids, it just didn’t seem worth it. Watching them grow up is definitely enhanced by seeing it happen in a place we built and where it seems we will stay. I like asking them goofy stuff like, “remember when we planted those roses” and watching them anticipate a treehouse and a fish pond when they are big enough. I have no regrets. I hope the result of your move continues to be gratifying too.
Russell

[NotCranky]

Hello Raptorduck,
I am glad it all worked out for you. I believe you sold a house in the bay area also? Did that go pretty well? I think the fact that you were already raising your family in a home you owned is a big part of the picture. I know very few people with manageable finances who would give that situation up.

I thought about selling my house, waiting a couple of years and buying two. If single, I would have done it in a heartbeat. With my kids, it just didn’t seem worth it. Watching them grow up is definitely enhanced by seeing it happen in a place we built and where it seems we will stay. I like asking them goofy stuff like, “remember when we planted those roses” and watching them anticipate a treehouse and a fish pond when they are big enough. I have no regrets. I hope the result of your move continues to be gratifying too.
Russell

[NotCranky]

Hello Raptorduck,
I am glad it all worked out for you. I believe you sold a house in the bay area also? Did that go pretty well? I think the fact that you were already raising your family in a home you owned is a big part of the picture. I know very few people with manageable finances who would give that situation up.

I thought about selling my house, waiting a couple of years and buying two. If single, I would have done it in a heartbeat. With my kids, it just didn’t seem worth it. Watching them grow up is definitely enhanced by seeing it happen in a place we built and where it seems we will stay. I like asking them goofy stuff like, “remember when we planted those roses” and watching them anticipate a treehouse and a fish pond when they are big enough. I have no regrets. I hope the result of your move continues to be gratifying too.
Russell

[NotCranky]

Hello Raptorduck,
I am glad it all worked out for you. I believe you sold a house in the bay area also? Did that go pretty well? I think the fact that you were already raising your family in a home you owned is a big part of the picture. I know very few people with manageable finances who would give that situation up.

I thought about selling my house, waiting a couple of years and buying two. If single, I would have done it in a heartbeat. With my kids, it just didn’t seem worth it. Watching them grow up is definitely enhanced by seeing it happen in a place we built and where it seems we will stay. I like asking them goofy stuff like, “remember when we planted those roses” and watching them anticipate a treehouse and a fish pond when they are big enough. I have no regrets. I hope the result of your move continues to be gratifying too.
Russell

[NotCranky]

Hello Raptorduck,
I am glad it all worked out for you. I believe you sold a house in the bay area also? Did that go pretty well? I think the fact that you were already raising your family in a home you owned is a big part of the picture. I know very few people with manageable finances who would give that situation up.

I thought about selling my house, waiting a couple of years and buying two. If single, I would have done it in a heartbeat. With my kids, it just didn’t seem worth it. Watching them grow up is definitely enhanced by seeing it happen in a place we built and where it seems we will stay. I like asking them goofy stuff like, “remember when we planted those roses” and watching them anticipate a treehouse and a fish pond when they are big enough. I have no regrets. I hope the result of your move continues to be gratifying too.
Russell

[barnaby33]

Still after all this time and all your effort to inform us of your travail, I am disheartened. Either the decision to buy was more yours than you let on, or your wife has disproportionately high expectations. This is me parroting back what I’ve heard from you. I’m glad you like where you live, but it would scare the crap out of me to have a wife like that and I engage in all sorts of risky type ‘A’ behavior.

Either way, I am glad you decided to post a follow up. To many people have purchased, then gone away. Thanks Raptor Duck.
Josh

[barnaby33]

Still after all this time and all your effort to inform us of your travail, I am disheartened. Either the decision to buy was more yours than you let on, or your wife has disproportionately high expectations. This is me parroting back what I’ve heard from you. I’m glad you like where you live, but it would scare the crap out of me to have a wife like that and I engage in all sorts of risky type ‘A’ behavior.

Either way, I am glad you decided to post a follow up. To many people have purchased, then gone away. Thanks Raptor Duck.
Josh

[barnaby33]

Still after all this time and all your effort to inform us of your travail, I am disheartened. Either the decision to buy was more yours than you let on, or your wife has disproportionately high expectations. This is me parroting back what I’ve heard from you. I’m glad you like where you live, but it would scare the crap out of me to have a wife like that and I engage in all sorts of risky type ‘A’ behavior.

Either way, I am glad you decided to post a follow up. To many people have purchased, then gone away. Thanks Raptor Duck.
Josh

[barnaby33]

Still after all this time and all your effort to inform us of your travail, I am disheartened. Either the decision to buy was more yours than you let on, or your wife has disproportionately high expectations. This is me parroting back what I’ve heard from you. I’m glad you like where you live, but it would scare the crap out of me to have a wife like that and I engage in all sorts of risky type ‘A’ behavior.

Either way, I am glad you decided to post a follow up. To many people have purchased, then gone away. Thanks Raptor Duck.
Josh

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