View Full Version : OMFG - They accepted our offer on the house!
pr_capone
09-07-2007, 06:37 PM
Ok, so... we have been looking at this house for the past week or so and decided to make a move on it.
Original asking price was 108k and our low ball offer was 85k. After much haggling, a price of 95k was set on this house. Our ceiling was 93k but our realtor (my mom) offered to waive her commision on the sale of our house AND the purchase of the new one so we could make this happen.
If we pull the trigger we will be making payments of $100 or so less per month but that will be on a 15 year term instead of the 30 year term we are currently under with this house that we are living in right now. Since we will no longer be making payments to the CCs, we should be able to make a substancial additional payment per month which should have this house paid off in 7 years or so.
With the sale of our current home we stand to make 20k or so that will go towards the down payment of the new home as well as paying off ALL credit card debt, putting a fence up and a circle drive (driveway currently runs out to a main street) in the new house.
As long as the house appraises for 95k, and it should, we are GOLD!
I am so worked up about this right now that I cant see straight. LMFAO
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Nice man...
How many Square Feet is that.
From the looks of it, that house would cost at least $500K out here.
That's a nice place. Good idea to get it paid off quick.
CupidStunt
09-07-2007, 06:40 PM
Nice man...
How many Square Feet is that.
From the looks of it, that house would cost at least $500K out here.
No shit.
I live in the UK and a detached 2 bed property would set me back about £250,000, or half a mil US.
What a joke.
JohninGpt
09-07-2007, 06:45 PM
I like the molding and hardwood inside, and it looks like a nice big yard, congrats.
Here in Virginia you could buy a cardboard box under a bridge for $95k.
pr_capone
09-07-2007, 06:46 PM
Nice man...
How many Square Feet is that.
From the looks of it, that house would cost at least $500K out here.
It is a pretty small house at 1024sqft. Two bedroom and one bath... BUT, it is on a HUGE lot... nearly 11k sqft.
Even if we have a kid... we will easily fit in that house. As is, our upstairs is 918sqft and we HARDLY use our basement so size wise it really is a push.
The benefits are that the missus will be only 1 minute (literally) from work, and we get the big ass back yard we always wanted. My dog should be loving that as well. lol
DeezNutz
09-07-2007, 06:54 PM
Good looking place, man. Congrats. That front porch looks like a nice place for a :BLVD:
DaKCMan AP
09-07-2007, 07:05 PM
Congrats!
Mr. Plow
09-07-2007, 07:56 PM
That looks very similar to the house I rented here in Hutch 4 years ago, but your's has a much nicer look to it, and yours looks a lot bigger.
Nice place man. Congrats!
Mosbonian
09-08-2007, 12:56 AM
Nice man...
How many Square Feet is that.
From the looks of it, that house would cost at least $500K out here.
A Sear's tool shed on a postage stamp lawn costs $500k in California...
A buddy of mine outside of San Francisco bought his house 25 years ago for $145k. It's 1000 sq feet and a lawn about the size of my Master Bedroom. He recently lost his job when the company he worked for all that time closed down. They are selling their house to move to the Midwest to be closer to his wife's family, and for him to accept a job being the Office Manager of a small company in the same industry he was in with his now defunct company.
They put their house on the market and it sold in 2 hours! Their asking price: $435k.
mmaddog
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Mosbonian
09-08-2007, 12:56 AM
Congratulation capone....it looks like a very nice house. And your payoff plan is very sound.
mmaddog
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blueballs
09-08-2007, 12:59 AM
they have really fixed the place up
since they ran Redrum's mom out of the neighborhood
hope the johns knocking all hours of the night isn't a problem
BigMeatballDave
09-08-2007, 01:18 AM
Congrats, dude, Great looking place!
ChiefaRoo
09-08-2007, 01:34 AM
Sorry PR. I called after your post. I'm offering $100K. You can rent from me if you like. :) :)
pr_capone
09-08-2007, 01:36 AM
Sorry PR. I called after your post. I'm offering $100K. You can rent from me if you like. :) :)
:(
Phobia
09-08-2007, 01:36 AM
Do you have any pictures of your wife in the bedroom?
ChiefaRoo
09-08-2007, 01:38 AM
:(
heh. Enjoy the house.
pr_capone
09-08-2007, 01:39 AM
Do you have any pictures of your wife in the bedroom?
Actually.... yes I do.
:drool:
Phobia
09-08-2007, 01:48 AM
Actually.... yes I do.
:drool:
No doubt dude. Those are fantastic. Thanks for sending them.
Valiant
09-08-2007, 02:21 AM
A Sear's tool shed on a postage stamp lawn costs $500k in California...
A buddy of mine outside of San Francisco bought his house 25 years ago for $145k. It's 1000 sq feet and a lawn about the size of my Master Bedroom. He recently lost his job when the company he worked for all that time closed down. They are selling their house to move to the Midwest to be closer to his wife's family, and for him to accept a job being the Office Manager of a small company in the same industry he was in with his now defunct company.
They put their house on the market and it sold in 2 hours! Their asking price: $435k.
mmaddog
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I always see that houses are super expensive over in Cali.. Does everybody make 80k+ a year.. Like taco bell people make 50k+???
Al Bundy
09-08-2007, 04:15 AM
pr, good lookin stuff there man. Houses are a little more expensive here but not bad compared to Florida.
StcChief
09-08-2007, 04:48 AM
Nice starter...
Lot Might be big enough to add on back if needed....
cdcox
09-08-2007, 06:59 AM
Glad it worked out for you.
thehead
09-08-2007, 07:07 AM
Great # on the house , SW Arkansas that house would have sold for $120.000 easy , the housing market is out of hand & change is right around the corner that said I will wait another year to buy :clap:
Dartgod
09-08-2007, 07:13 AM
What a dump.
j/k, it looks like a nice place. Congrats!
Congrats. Always great to hear about somebody getting ahead. Enjoy your new home.
wutamess
09-08-2007, 07:36 AM
If we pull the trigger we will be making payments of $100 or so less per month but that will be on a 15 year term instead of the 30 year term we are currently under with this house that we are living in right now. Since we will no longer be making payments to the CCs, we should be able to make a substancial additional payment per month which should have this house paid off in 7 years or so.
Another Dave Ramsey "follower" I see.
Dave teaches us good.
Jilly
09-08-2007, 08:23 AM
Congratulations, will you now pray for mine to sell too?
:sulk:
Iowanian
09-08-2007, 08:39 AM
Congratulations.
Now, wait for the plumbing in the ceiling to explode 3 days after you get possession.
pr_capone
09-08-2007, 09:21 AM
Another Dave Ramsey "follower" I see.
Dave teaches us good.
:spock:
who?
Mosbonian
09-08-2007, 09:25 AM
Congratulations, will you now pray for mine to sell too?
:sulk:
How long has yours been on the market?
mmaddog
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Jilly
09-08-2007, 09:38 AM
How long has yours been on the market?
mmaddog
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Since May, we're so ready to find a new house, but don't want to look until the condo sells. :(
Mosbonian
09-08-2007, 12:56 PM
Since May, we're so ready to find a new house, but don't want to look until the condo sells. :(
I wouldn't fret....the average sale time nationally is 90 to 120 days....hey i actually took 18 months one time to sell a house.
mmaddog
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