Welp.. I put on offer on a house
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@IRJ said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
I rented in a HOA once. They yelled at me for working on my own vehicle and said you aren't allowed to work on cars in this neighborhood. Naturally I just ignored them.
Exactly, like what? I can't work on the property I own (my car) to ensure it's in good running condition. I'd just respond, well I can work on my car and fix the belt that is making all kinds of noise or you can listen to it.
Which would you prefer?
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In our case the house is an attached 2 story condo. When you are buying a place like that, you will always have HOA fees because they cover the common building insurance and the lawncare at a minimum.
This one also includes a clubhouse (that we will probably never/rarely use) and an outdoor pool (that will only be used for a month by us).
Much like buying IT, we are buying the house that works for us now, and will not (assuming the market doesn't implode again) be worthless in 6-8 years when we may want to move again.
The Schaumburg, Illinois area is very heavily populated with attached housing. So HOA are extremely common. Most standard single family homes are not in subdivisions with HOA.
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@DustinB3403 said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@IRJ said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
I rented in a HOA once. They yelled at me for working on my own vehicle and said you aren't allowed to work on cars in this neighborhood. Naturally I just ignored them.
Exactly, like what? I can't work on the property I own (my car) to ensure it's in good running condition. I'd just respond, well I can work on my car and fix the belt that is making all kinds of noise or you can listen to it.
Which would you prefer?
They probably have a rule about that too, or will add one for you. And then you get a lien put against your house.
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@JaredBusch said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
In our case the house is an attached 2 story condo. When you are buying a place like that, you will always have HOA fees because they cover the common building insurance and the lawncare at a minimum.
Oh yeah, in a condo it has to be that way. No way to function otherwise. That's okay then, it just comes with the territory.
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With a condo you also don't have "your driveway" and "your lawn" that they are trying to control.
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I never really understood why people buy condos. Is it because they don't want to deal with lawn maintenance?
Condos make sense in big cities of course, but in areas where there is alot of land and they are priced similar to a house. I just don't understand why people are so attracted to them.
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@IRJ said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
I never really understood why people buy condos. Is it because they don't want to deal with lawn maintenance?
Condos make sense in big cities of course, but in areas where there is alot of land and they are priced similar to a house. I just don't understand why people are so attracted to them.
Well we keep considering one because we want Gulf waterfront. But the reason is because it is a fraction of the price of a house and tons safer from hurricanes.
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@scottalanmiller said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@IRJ said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
I never really understood why people buy condos. Is it because they don't want to deal with lawn maintenance?
Condos make sense in big cities of course, but in areas where there is alot of land and they are priced similar to a house. I just don't understand why people are so attracted to them.
Well we keep considering one because we want Gulf waterfront. But the reason is because it is a fraction of the price of a house and tons safer from hurricanes.
Yeah I guess that waterfront is a bit cheaper in a condo. It's not too much of a difference here. You are looking at $200k -$300k for a waterfront condo and you are looking at $270k and up for a waterfront house. Obviously $270k doesn't get you too much of a house on the water, but you can get something pretty nice for under $350k.
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@IRJ said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@scottalanmiller said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@IRJ said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
I never really understood why people buy condos. Is it because they don't want to deal with lawn maintenance?
Condos make sense in big cities of course, but in areas where there is alot of land and they are priced similar to a house. I just don't understand why people are so attracted to them.
Well we keep considering one because we want Gulf waterfront. But the reason is because it is a fraction of the price of a house and tons safer from hurricanes.
Yeah I guess that waterfront is a bit cheaper in a condo. It's not too much of a difference here. You are looking at $200k -$300k for a waterfront condo and you are looking at $270k and up for a waterfront house. Obviously $270k doesn't get you too much of a house on the water, but you can get something pretty nice for under $350k.
Yeah, we want more like $50K.
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We found out that paying $22K here in Romania was way too expensive and we'd be foolish to buy that those prices. Found out about a house nearby with room for a lake for "way under $22K." Hoping to get to see it soon.
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@scottalanmiller said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@JaredBusch said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
In our case the house is an attached 2 story condo. When you are buying a place like that, you will always have HOA fees because they cover the common building insurance and the lawncare at a minimum.
Oh yeah, in a condo it has to be that way. No way to function otherwise. That's okay then, it just comes with the territory.
You also have to watch that management is doing it's job properly. Part of the family lives in some local condos, and does a lot of the menial yard maintenance instead of paying a good percentage of the HOA fee. He's said that the housing association is responsible for the entire infrastructure (buildings, sewer, electric, roads, etc.) If they didn't maintain a large savings fund from the HOA fees, then the people living there could get hit with $20,000/each bills for large projects (think things like a sewer line collapsing and replaced.) Done right it's no problem, the money is already available.
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@IRJ did you end up with a deal?
The one we offered on 2 weeks ago fell through.
We made an offer this morning and just accepted at $228,000 after counters on this house.
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@JaredBusch said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@IRJ did you end up with a deal?
The one we offered on 2 weeks ago fell through.
We made an offer this morning and just accepted at $228,000 after counters on this house.
Yeah so there was an offer on the house when I submitted my offer 2 weeks ago. The other offer was if I sell my house, I'll buy this one. The seller accepted my offer and we want into a 72 hour kickout phase. The guy who made the other offer had 72 hours to complete. Obviously you can't sell a house in 3 days so the deal ended up falling through.
We had our inspection done last week and we are getting the appraisal done today or tomorrow. The planned close date is May 27th. Which is a really quick turnaround, but I may be able to close the 20th if all goes well. It helps to be employed with your lender. Everything is going very fast. If I close on the 20th I will be the fastest non-cash sale my realtor has ever seen in 25 years.
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@JaredBusch said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@IRJ did you end up with a deal?
The one we offered on 2 weeks ago fell through.
We made an offer this morning and just accepted at $228,000 after counters on this house.
That's really nice. I like the back yard and porch area. What is that dome in the back? Is that some sort of greenhouse?
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@IRJ said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@JaredBusch said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@IRJ did you end up with a deal?
The one we offered on 2 weeks ago fell through.
We made an offer this morning and just accepted at $228,000 after counters on this house.
That's really nice. I like the back yard and porch area. What is that dome in the back? Is that some sort of greenhouse?
Yeah, it is some kind of plastic green house. A place for me to kill plants.
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@JaredBusch said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@IRJ said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@JaredBusch said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@IRJ did you end up with a deal?
The one we offered on 2 weeks ago fell through.
We made an offer this morning and just accepted at $228,000 after counters on this house.
That's really nice. I like the back yard and porch area. What is that dome in the back? Is that some sort of greenhouse?
Yeah, it is some kind of plastic green house. A place for me to kill plants.
We have banana trees on our property. The bananas should be ripe in a couple weeks . I counted about 200 bananas on the trees so far so I guess we will be giving some away soon.
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@IRJ said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@JaredBusch said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@IRJ said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@JaredBusch said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@IRJ did you end up with a deal?
The one we offered on 2 weeks ago fell through.
We made an offer this morning and just accepted at $228,000 after counters on this house.
That's really nice. I like the back yard and porch area. What is that dome in the back? Is that some sort of greenhouse?
Yeah, it is some kind of plastic green house. A place for me to kill plants.
We have banana trees on our property. The bananas should be ripe in a couple weeks . I counted about 200 bananas on the trees so far so I guess we will be giving some away soon.
Do you know what kind of bananas?
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@coliver said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@IRJ said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@JaredBusch said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@IRJ said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@JaredBusch said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@IRJ did you end up with a deal?
The one we offered on 2 weeks ago fell through.
We made an offer this morning and just accepted at $228,000 after counters on this house.
That's really nice. I like the back yard and porch area. What is that dome in the back? Is that some sort of greenhouse?
Yeah, it is some kind of plastic green house. A place for me to kill plants.
We have banana trees on our property. The bananas should be ripe in a couple weeks . I counted about 200 bananas on the trees so far so I guess we will be giving some away soon.
Do you know what kind of bananas?
Cavendish, I would imagine.
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What else do people grow?
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@scottalanmiller said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@coliver said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@IRJ said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@JaredBusch said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@IRJ said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@JaredBusch said in Welp.. I put on offer on a house:
@IRJ did you end up with a deal?
The one we offered on 2 weeks ago fell through.
We made an offer this morning and just accepted at $228,000 after counters on this house.
That's really nice. I like the back yard and porch area. What is that dome in the back? Is that some sort of greenhouse?
Yeah, it is some kind of plastic green house. A place for me to kill plants.
We have banana trees on our property. The bananas should be ripe in a couple weeks . I counted about 200 bananas on the trees so far so I guess we will be giving some away soon.
Do you know what kind of bananas?
Cavendish, I would imagine.
Dwarf Cavendish is what we have.
