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ParticipantAs far as working on cars being taboo, would it be that hard to throw someone out in the country a Ben per month for a nice large garage space or use of their barn?
ParticipantSomewhere out in the styxx like Fallbrook? 😉
Though if I really could work from anywhere, wanted culture, acreage, and nature, I’d likely buy in some small New England town west of Boston (MA). And keep a pied a terre in downtown Boston/Camberville, Manhattan, and/or a West Coast beach city.
With $2MM (= at least $4MM buying power), no need to keep your eggs in one basket. I’d also pick up some rentals to pay the expenses on everything else. Let some other bum-losers pay for your lifestyle!
ParticipantWhen you’re 15 min from the beach and 45 min from the mountains, why would you even care to bother with a “stinkation” in your back yard? That would be like going to Paris and spending the whole time in your hotel.
Kids are also super adaptable. My family’s ~1500 sf beach house seemed HUGE to my sister and I as kids.
ParticipantRemember that HOA fees cover at least some work that you’d otherwise do yourself. So it’s not zero vs the HOA fee. More like 50% of HOA vs the full HOA. This assumes a well-run HOA with adequate reserves.
Personally, HOA isn’t my cuppa tea unless it’s an apartment building, but one has to see things as they are.
ParticipantAs a apartment kid, I can’t say that I don’t sleep well, even with a bit of street and neighbor noise. And unbearable neighbors like the clowns who kept arguing at 3 am, get reported to the HOA and end up moving 🙂
ParticipantA normal person sleeps 7 hr at least.
24 – 7 = 17
17 – 9 (for work and lunch) = 8
8 – 2 (for commuting) = 6
6 – 1 (for getting ready) = 5
5 – 1.5 (for other meals) = 3.5Not much left in the day for yourself and to enjoy those wide open spaces, is there?
October 19, 2012 at 10:46 PM in reply to: OT: What do you say to your toddler that asks you about politics? #752891Participant…So… what do you folks tell your kid when they ask you about politics…I mean, the last thing I want is for my kid to go to school and say, Daddy thinks Obama is a moron and Romney is a liar, and he thinks we are all doomed either way…
Who gives a aerial copulation if they do?
Last I checked, it’s not a crime to criticize candidates for the orifice of scumbag-in-chief in this country, nor is cynicism verboten. Maybe it would give some of the Pollyanna teachers a hard slap back to reality.
In short: gently caress what small-minded idiots may think about your family. They’re not worth the saliva you’d expend spitting in their faces.
ParticipantWhat about an west-east commute and a home in one of the beach cities? If you’re going to live in SD area, do it right 😉
Participant*shrug*
Dow was at 10.4k last October. Funny, I still had clients.If anything, that which can’t be done in-house still has to be done by someone. A bad economy just means that in-house staff are let go, and contractors pick up the slack.
I’m not a “contract worker” in the sense of working for a middleman, BTW. I’m both the middleman and the worker 🙂
ParticipantFreefall!!
Dow down 200pts+
Ride ’em down! Hope this trend continues – DOW 11.5k before a recovery to 13.5k would be niiiice to see.
October 17, 2012 at 1:45 PM in reply to: rental sale pending- need interest bearing ideas for proceeds #752714ParticipantPoor baby. I own a condo that makes about a 5% cap if the owner is very lucky. Real question is as follows: how did the OP manage to get only a NYC or SF cap rate in Deeeee-TROIT?
ParticipantYaddadee, bladdadee, dah. Many European cities are just as cold/snowy as MSP, yet people do manage to walk more than the average obese American in a warm climate.
October 17, 2012 at 1:12 PM in reply to: rental sale pending- need interest bearing ideas for proceeds #752699ParticipantHow the hell did you get only a 5% cap rate in Deeee-TROIT?
What about using it to open/buy a small business? In a real city, not a festering outhouse, of course.
As far as buying property, it’s not only the original poster’s age bracket. I’m 33 and I’m looking diligently. If I play it smart, I can probably not worry about basic living costs/a full-time job for a good long time if I get some property leased up.
ParticipantI’m not equal pay for equal jobs. I’m not one of those “change the ratio” lemmings, who think that the male/female ratio should be 50/50 in every field. Equal opportunity, NOT equal outcome.
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