Buying a house ****ing sucks.

[George Liquor]

My wife and I are trying to buy a house. We've looked at several. Seven so far to be exact. We have put in offers on five. The last one we offered 5,000 dollars over their asking price. We still don't have a house.

What. The. ****?

This is truly an awful experience. Has anyone else ever had to deal with this kind of nightmare?

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by MahiMike

Get a 15 year loan.

This. Definitely.

[lewdog]

Houses under 200k and not in the ghetto?

Is this even real life?

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by lewdog

Houses under 200k and not in the ghetto?

Is this even real life?

When I bought it it was $160,000 and I thought that was a great deal.

Don't you live in Phoenix? This cost of living calculator says houses are 9.4% more in Olathe than Phx? Couldn't imagine that is true, but thats what it says.
https://www.bestplaces.net/cost-of-l...athe-ks/200000

[displacedinMN]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Sounds like I need to sell my rentals. Good to hear the market is good!

I cant see why would want to have a rental in a city right now. Prices are good, free up some cash. Invest.

We are renting out the farm house. Pain in the ass.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by displacedinMN

I cant see why would want to have a rental in a city right now. Prices are good, free up some cash. Invest.

We are renting out the farm house. Pain in the ass.

Yeah I'm about ready to do that. Get out of the game, lay low. But what to invest in that I can beat 8-10%?

[displacedinMN]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Yeah I'm about ready to do that. Get out of the game, lay low. But what to invest in that I can beat 8-10%?

Ask Lewdog. He may be able to lead you into something good.

Also talk to the accountant on rules-you prob knew that.

[Coach]

Amazing, already 8 pages, and still not an Bugeater post.

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

Actually the buying process went exponentially better for us than the selling process did. 007 and I are hanging out in the awesome sun room on the deck of our new place as i type this.

Originally Posted by Coach

Amazing, already 8 pages, and still not an Bugeater post.

Only because you missed it.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by The Franchise

Only because you missed it.

Good find. I missed it.

[Bowser]

Honestly, I may just rent the rest of my life. Buying a house DOES suck, as does the upkeep and repairs.

via GIPHY

(doesn't help my state of mind that I'm usually gone 11-13 hours a day with work, but still)

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Honestly, I may just rent the rest of my life. Buying a house DOES suck, as does the upkeep and repairs.

via GIPHY

(doesn't help my state of mind that I'm usually gone 11-13 hours a day with work, but still)

Same here. Me and the wife live in the northland by Tiffany Springs area, and it's a nice area.

We have talked about a house, but at the end, it just wasn't worth the investment for us since we're pretty much gone half of the day due to work or events anyways.

Plus, most houses around here is going for $300,000 at the minimum.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by Coach

Same here. Me and the wife live in the northland by Tiffany Springs area, and it's a nice area.

We have talked about a house, but at the end, it just wasn't worth the investment for us since we're pretty much gone half of the day due to work or events anyways.

Plus, most houses around here is going for $300,000 at the minimum.

Right. I moved up that way as well, I'm 4 minutes away from Zona. Love it up here.

It's definitely a sellers market right now, so that doesn't help anything. I'm not ruling out one day diving back into house ownership, but right now I'm just fine.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Right. I moved up that way as well, I'm 4 minutes away from Zona. Love it up here.

It's definitely a sellers market right now, so that doesn't help anything. I'm not ruling out one day diving back into house ownership, but right now I'm just fine.

Huh, you're not too far off from where I am then.

[George Liquor]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Honestly, I may just rent the rest of my life. Buying a house DOES suck, as does the upkeep and repairs.

via GIPHY

(doesn't help my state of mind that I'm usually gone 11-13 hours a day with work, but still)

I'm tired of living around unemployed crackheads and renting from slum lords who refuse put any of those thousands of dollars I give them back into their properties.

Plus I ain't getting any younger, I'd like to have start a family soon.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by BDj23

I'm tired of living around unemployed crackheads and renting from slum lords who to put any of those thousands of dollars I give them back into their properties.

Well, I can't speak for your experience, but there are good apartment complexes that does care, just have to do some hard and time consuming research.

What I find the best way to do is just scout the area, then just talk to the property managers/leasing agent, and equally important, just walk around the apartment complex without the property managers/leasing agent and see if there are any people outside that potentially lives there, and talk to them face to face.