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I just caught up with the thread and now really appreciate my girlfriend and I's housing situation. Her grandparents were moving in with her relatives from the house my girlfriend's great-grandfather had built and my girlfriend's father bought it for us so that it would stay in the family for a relatively low amount of money. Though it has it's problems, we're putting a little bit of money into it to make it last us 5 years, and the property is great (across the street from the ocean (Maritimes), has a nice little brook running beside it, lots of yard/ gardening space). Our plan once we establish ourselves is to buy a house kit for ~$200,000 after 1) paying her father (the cost of a new 4 Wheeler) and 2) putting down a foundation. Would house kits go down in price after a housing bubble crashes?
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My girlfriend's father is working out West and has mentioned that he has a few friends that are buying houses to live in while they're living out there with the intention of selling them "when they're done", aka when the oil runs out, because from my experience Maritimers that go West to work for a few years rarely return when they plan to, often because they didn't save anywhere near the amount of money they planned on. When I pointed out the enormous risk they took given that the price of their houses is completely dependent on Albertan oil I got a smile, slow head shake, "you don't understand" response. I guess when you're in Alberta there is an overwhelming sense of abundance and feeling that things will go on forever, because I think he (and my girlfriend and her family) see my "the market could crash" rhetoric as naive "the sky is falling" nonsense.
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Apr 7, 2014 10:36
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One of my friends was telling me that years ago a couple she knew was actually angry at her for not buying a house instead of paying rent. Young people have been brainwashed by their parents who played a different game than today.
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Apr 11, 2014 00:17
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Pixelboy posted:What policy changed in 2010? I'm wondering that myself- that's a huge jump in the chart over two years
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Apr 12, 2014 11:53
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Bleu posted:CPC staffers apparently need more work to do in between icing each other in the elevators. May he rest in peace, but the man was a disaster of a Finance Minister. I just wish I could find the 22 Minutes clip of Crazy Jim's Housing Tonic, because that's how I'll always remember him. gently caress you you loving oval office. Even if you didn't like the man's politics you have to admit he was a good Finance Minister and a good guy, you loving Socialist flake! If you would care to convey a rebuttal I calmly and respectfully put forth that you utilize the websites privatized messaging system. Edit: ^^^This is a reference to the Canadian Politics Thread btw; I got worried that Bleu would think I was being serious 
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Apr 14, 2014 09:46
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Soon no one will be able to afford condos 
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Apr 21, 2014 23:12
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God it feels good for someone to tell me that, between the two of us, my girlfriend and I are rich  I've finally made it...
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Apr 23, 2014 22:47
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Cultural Imperial posted:http://www.macleans.ca/society/life/condo-hell/ Owning a condo sounds a lot like living in residence, only the Resident Advisors are bigger assholes...
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Apr 26, 2014 00:29
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ocrumsprug posted:It is probably not that interesting of a story, and I found being on the strata board of another smaller building to be a much better experience. This all sounds like Hell. Who would want to live in this?
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Apr 26, 2014 20:24
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El Scotch posted:I just wanted to drop by to check if things have crashed yet? I didn't hear anything, but my windows aren't open.
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May 7, 2014 18:51
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Those comments are awesome- one guy is off his meds raging about Canada being controlled by our Capitalist Overlords (only in crazy talk) and something about Isreal, and another guy is blowing off the idea of a bubble as "the sky is falling!".
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May 14, 2014 00:02
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Rime posted:It's worth noting that the same applies to student loan debt: completely unaffected by bankruptcy and your wages will be garnisheed after too long in arrears.  But preferably a change in government policy or something.
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Jun 5, 2014 18:52
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Lexicon posted:this is how forecasting works we even used the word extrapolate Works for Bitcoin! If trends continue, in 50 years houses will cost  $65 million!
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Jun 6, 2014 11:37
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FrozenVent posted:And now poo poo gets really funny. That's not very funny 
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Jun 12, 2014 00:55
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PT6A posted:But when you suggest they need fixing, you get big, red titles like mine. You're right we should talk about you again
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Jun 15, 2014 02:43
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Canada Post v Fed Ex, Purolator, UPS Battle II
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Jun 16, 2014 09:40
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Our Fascist Socialist Communist Healthcare is pretty good.
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Jun 16, 2014 09:56
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Kalenn Istarion posted:Don't put words in my mouth thanks. I don't think I said 'why can't it be the same'. Having lived in both cities I'm well aware of the differences in population density. I said one is well run and profitable and the other is a badly run piece of poo poo. Unfavourable markets don't excuse poor management dominated by retarded city politics. Please address this post: Baronjutter posted:The key to an efficient well run private system is to have the government build it and do all the hard work, establish an efficient management and years of profitability, then give it away to some well connected friends who can then hold it up as an example of "private does it better".
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Jun 16, 2014 19:54
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So did Mulcair. "I'll change what Harper did back" has been the go-to strategy for both parties it seems for a number of issues.
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Jun 18, 2014 21:15
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Bleu posted:Was this supposed to be in Canpol? That's where I thought I was... the lines seem to get blurred sometimes. PT6A posted:Well, good to see I'll be more or less coerced into voting for loving Harper again, because every other party has clearly indicated they don't want my vote. I was looking forward to being able to vote Liberal, too... You should write them a letter so that they can get in on the joy of reading your posts. Professor Shark fucked around with this message at 22:05 on Jun 18, 2014 |
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Jun 18, 2014 22:01
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My sister spent an evening (at a banquet, though the way I wrote it at first would be a good news story) with Peter Mansbridge and said that he's pretty nice, in a very bumbling grandfather confused what is happening around him kind of way. Disappointed to hear Suzuki isn't a nice man.
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Jun 19, 2014 10:10
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I'm doing pretty good, at 2001 level  Except my girlfriend is definitely at the 2014 level 
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Jun 20, 2014 20:24
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Please don't take the bait.
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Jun 22, 2014 19:56
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PT6A posted:If we follow this train of thought too far, we have to address the question of "was it okay to hate Jews because they had money?" But what you said is ridiculous so why would talk about it? What is your political stance btw? You don't like Socialists, don't like Leftists because of "what they could do" or something dumb, and you say you only vote Right because you don't have any other option.
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Jun 27, 2014 10:58
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Rime posted:Actually he admitted he only votes Con because he has money tied up in Northern Gateway and other projects. FYGM, if you will. That actually makes a lot of sense. I guess we're all flakes for not understanding why the government is so great despite all the horrible poo poo they do, including giving him money.
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Jun 27, 2014 16:32
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Cultural Imperial posted:
Flake. Try working for your money.
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Jun 27, 2014 16:41
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PT6A posted:This, but unironically. How long would you be able to live if your contract-by-contract work dried up?
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Jun 27, 2014 16:51
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PT6A posted:Depends how much I cut my spending, and how quickly I got another job. I don't know what you're talking about, everyone uses the word "flake", but assuming you couldn't find work you wouldn't apply for EI, right?
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Jun 27, 2014 17:17
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PT6A posted:I'm not eligible for EI as a result of not being an "employee", so, uh, no, I would not apply for EI. drat, that must be terrifying. Welfare, then?
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Jun 27, 2014 21:26
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I have no idea what you're talking about in your second paragraph but the first one had p much what I was looking for thanks.
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Jun 27, 2014 21:37
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I was just interested in what Pt6a would do if times got rough, particularly given his political views and job. Sell my poo poo basically, which to be fair would be most people's plan. Edit: Personally mine would be sell my house to someone else Professor Shark fucked around with this message at 22:25 on Jun 27, 2014 |
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Jun 27, 2014 22:16
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Kafka Esq. posted:One to show and one to go, we used to call it. People put money into kitchens that they don't use other than to show off? 
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Jul 2, 2014 12:52
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Cultural Imperial posted:This is literally what architects think http://www.archdaily.com/480990/zaha-hadid-on-worker-deaths-in-qatar-it-s-not-my-duty-as-an-architect/ "When The Guardian recently asked Zaha Hadid about the 500 Indians and 382 Nepalese migrant workers who have reportedly died in preparations for the 2022 World Cup..." How do almost 900 people die to make a bunch of stadiums?
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Jul 5, 2014 11:53
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Isentropy posted:Just gonna leave this bad boy here: This picture is development in Halifax in a nutshell: (literally) building ugly poo poo around older, nicer buildings in the name of Hey American Tourists We're A City Too! Bring Money, Why Not?!. I would be totally fine with newer buildings if they emulated the older Historical buildings. At least the cloaking field buildings are a good start I guess.
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Jul 6, 2014 21:17
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Baronjutter posted:This is what a really really good inspection is for. Good inspectors are rare. I feel like you should be able to hire a home inspector inspector who inspects home inspectors to find out if they're lazy or on the REALTOR's take. Also don't be a stupid poo poo head and sign away your legal rights and buy a house "as is" ever ever ever. This is a very worthy read. I suspect that he's right when he states that the Realtor is in on the scheme too.
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Jul 12, 2014 16:54
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Also he tried to call the police when he found a missing beam... seriously read this through, it just gets worse and worse for him.
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EngineerJoe posted:I feel bad for him but I don't understand why he's doing so much work on the basement when he has so many other issues to deal with. He doesn't even have all his eavestroughs up and he's putting down carpetting, doors and levelling out the floor. He had to throw out that carpet after he dropped the can of insulation stuff on it, but it wouldn't have mattered bc the basement flooded 
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Jul 12, 2014 18:30
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How the housing market has cooled in most of Canada quote:"It’s not a disaster by any means, but we’re very much back to a normal or a soft market in a lot of parts of Canada," said housing analyst Ben Rabidoux, president of North Cove Advisors,
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Jul 16, 2014 12:29
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I'm surprised to hear the reactions to greenbins here; in the Maritimes we've had them for as long as I can remember. Greenbins get the meat or anything that's come in contact with it, my compost bin gets vegetable, grain, etc stuff, garbage is anything goes, recycling is broken up into cardboard and jars, jugs, etc. Returnables goes towards more beer money 
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Jul 24, 2014 12:39
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Kalenn Istarion posted:Are you sure you're not actually going crazy? He seems to have been losing it a bit in Can Pol, maybe Drunk/ High Posting?
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So the entire idea behind adding $6,000 in kitchen renovations increasing your Home Value by $10,000 is that you do it yourself, right? or is it just magic?
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