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Participantthat’s kind of the house I am looking for…size, bdr, price, age, location… I wonder if they had multiple offers, bidding war…
A bit dated (esp. kitchen), not many upgrades, but the area is pretty good. I’d be all over it at this price. Without seeing it, of course.Scarlett
Participantthat’s kind of the house I am looking for…size, bdr, price, age, location… I wonder if they had multiple offers, bidding war…
A bit dated (esp. kitchen), not many upgrades, but the area is pretty good. I’d be all over it at this price. Without seeing it, of course.Scarlett
Participantthat’s kind of the house I am looking for…size, bdr, price, age, location… I wonder if they had multiple offers, bidding war…
A bit dated (esp. kitchen), not many upgrades, but the area is pretty good. I’d be all over it at this price. Without seeing it, of course.Scarlett
Participantthat’s kind of the house I am looking for…size, bdr, price, age, location… I wonder if they had multiple offers, bidding war…
A bit dated (esp. kitchen), not many upgrades, but the area is pretty good. I’d be all over it at this price. Without seeing it, of course.Scarlett
Participantthat’s kind of the house I am looking for…size, bdr, price, age, location… I wonder if they had multiple offers, bidding war…
A bit dated (esp. kitchen), not many upgrades, but the area is pretty good. I’d be all over it at this price. Without seeing it, of course.Scarlett
ParticipantThanks, SD R.
We also have thrown in the towel and are thinking of buying again actually.
I feel we are throwing money away on rent – since our rent is roughly equivalent of a P&I payment(but we live closer to work), now for a number of years.
Fact is, by now we’d have been 1/4 of the way in a 30 yr mortgage if we wouldn’t have rented; and the end of the 30 yr we’d own free and clear and retire in that house and live for free (or sell it to live somewhere else with that money). We have rented, and we may continue for the next 20 years, and what we would have to show for it? no house where we can retire. That’s what I think when I am looking at buying as an “investment” – for retirement, basically.
Scarlett
ParticipantThanks, SD R.
We also have thrown in the towel and are thinking of buying again actually.
I feel we are throwing money away on rent – since our rent is roughly equivalent of a P&I payment(but we live closer to work), now for a number of years.
Fact is, by now we’d have been 1/4 of the way in a 30 yr mortgage if we wouldn’t have rented; and the end of the 30 yr we’d own free and clear and retire in that house and live for free (or sell it to live somewhere else with that money). We have rented, and we may continue for the next 20 years, and what we would have to show for it? no house where we can retire. That’s what I think when I am looking at buying as an “investment” – for retirement, basically.
Scarlett
ParticipantThanks, SD R.
We also have thrown in the towel and are thinking of buying again actually.
I feel we are throwing money away on rent – since our rent is roughly equivalent of a P&I payment(but we live closer to work), now for a number of years.
Fact is, by now we’d have been 1/4 of the way in a 30 yr mortgage if we wouldn’t have rented; and the end of the 30 yr we’d own free and clear and retire in that house and live for free (or sell it to live somewhere else with that money). We have rented, and we may continue for the next 20 years, and what we would have to show for it? no house where we can retire. That’s what I think when I am looking at buying as an “investment” – for retirement, basically.
Scarlett
ParticipantThanks, SD R.
We also have thrown in the towel and are thinking of buying again actually.
I feel we are throwing money away on rent – since our rent is roughly equivalent of a P&I payment(but we live closer to work), now for a number of years.
Fact is, by now we’d have been 1/4 of the way in a 30 yr mortgage if we wouldn’t have rented; and the end of the 30 yr we’d own free and clear and retire in that house and live for free (or sell it to live somewhere else with that money). We have rented, and we may continue for the next 20 years, and what we would have to show for it? no house where we can retire. That’s what I think when I am looking at buying as an “investment” – for retirement, basically.
Scarlett
ParticipantThanks, SD R.
We also have thrown in the towel and are thinking of buying again actually.
I feel we are throwing money away on rent – since our rent is roughly equivalent of a P&I payment(but we live closer to work), now for a number of years.
Fact is, by now we’d have been 1/4 of the way in a 30 yr mortgage if we wouldn’t have rented; and the end of the 30 yr we’d own free and clear and retire in that house and live for free (or sell it to live somewhere else with that money). We have rented, and we may continue for the next 20 years, and what we would have to show for it? no house where we can retire. That’s what I think when I am looking at buying as an “investment” – for retirement, basically.
Scarlett
ParticipantWe’ve been renting for 3 years now, but we haven’t looked actively until now. Only recently we started to think again about buying. but the prices haven’t dropped as much as we wanted. I surely hope for another leg down.
Our requirements are more modest than yours, even 3 bdr. would do, if spacious (>1800 sf). We’d be even ok with a townhome, but in CV or Torrey highlands they are mostly over 500K (the spacious ones), plus MRs plus HOAs – extra 400$/mo to fork. Haven’t been very actively, just internet and driving around for open houses, to get a feel. We even explored other ‘hoods, but usually the commute is the killer.
We’ll probably start looking at 4S (the lower MRs) too.
Good luck with your home search, MANmom.
SD Realtor, do you have any insight about what is going to happen with PQ? Are we going to see finally more inventory this year ( my impression was that is has been trickling for the last 2 years, but maybe I am wrong)? Is it more prone for a downturn?
Scarlett
ParticipantWe’ve been renting for 3 years now, but we haven’t looked actively until now. Only recently we started to think again about buying. but the prices haven’t dropped as much as we wanted. I surely hope for another leg down.
Our requirements are more modest than yours, even 3 bdr. would do, if spacious (>1800 sf). We’d be even ok with a townhome, but in CV or Torrey highlands they are mostly over 500K (the spacious ones), plus MRs plus HOAs – extra 400$/mo to fork. Haven’t been very actively, just internet and driving around for open houses, to get a feel. We even explored other ‘hoods, but usually the commute is the killer.
We’ll probably start looking at 4S (the lower MRs) too.
Good luck with your home search, MANmom.
SD Realtor, do you have any insight about what is going to happen with PQ? Are we going to see finally more inventory this year ( my impression was that is has been trickling for the last 2 years, but maybe I am wrong)? Is it more prone for a downturn?
Scarlett
ParticipantWe’ve been renting for 3 years now, but we haven’t looked actively until now. Only recently we started to think again about buying. but the prices haven’t dropped as much as we wanted. I surely hope for another leg down.
Our requirements are more modest than yours, even 3 bdr. would do, if spacious (>1800 sf). We’d be even ok with a townhome, but in CV or Torrey highlands they are mostly over 500K (the spacious ones), plus MRs plus HOAs – extra 400$/mo to fork. Haven’t been very actively, just internet and driving around for open houses, to get a feel. We even explored other ‘hoods, but usually the commute is the killer.
We’ll probably start looking at 4S (the lower MRs) too.
Good luck with your home search, MANmom.
SD Realtor, do you have any insight about what is going to happen with PQ? Are we going to see finally more inventory this year ( my impression was that is has been trickling for the last 2 years, but maybe I am wrong)? Is it more prone for a downturn?
Scarlett
ParticipantWe’ve been renting for 3 years now, but we haven’t looked actively until now. Only recently we started to think again about buying. but the prices haven’t dropped as much as we wanted. I surely hope for another leg down.
Our requirements are more modest than yours, even 3 bdr. would do, if spacious (>1800 sf). We’d be even ok with a townhome, but in CV or Torrey highlands they are mostly over 500K (the spacious ones), plus MRs plus HOAs – extra 400$/mo to fork. Haven’t been very actively, just internet and driving around for open houses, to get a feel. We even explored other ‘hoods, but usually the commute is the killer.
We’ll probably start looking at 4S (the lower MRs) too.
Good luck with your home search, MANmom.
SD Realtor, do you have any insight about what is going to happen with PQ? Are we going to see finally more inventory this year ( my impression was that is has been trickling for the last 2 years, but maybe I am wrong)? Is it more prone for a downturn?
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