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I own a house in a bad area of the Atlanta suburbs, I bought it cheap as a fixer-upper and I'm pouring sweat equity into it as we speak. Owning my own house was a dream I've had all my life, so I'm pretty happy. I've seen a lot of posts about how hard it is to buy a house these days, so now I'm curious as to how many goons here rent vs. own their homes, and whether the goal for most is long-term home ownership. Do you own a house? Do you ever want to own one, or do you plan to just rent? Why, and how old are you\where do you live?
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Mar 25, 2018 00:47
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nope 
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Mar 25, 2018 00:48
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gently caress owning houses, own people instead Wait, I mean
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Mar 25, 2018 00:49
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We own a house and just finished renovating the bathrooms. A new patio is next.
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Mar 25, 2018 00:51
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I own but I'm in Detroit so I was able to buy in a quiet neighborhood for less than 30k and get a nice 3 bedroom 2 story brick house with a finished basement, new roof, new furnace & central air, a fireplace and all new high end appliances including dishwasher, washer and dryer. Renting would be stupid
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Mar 25, 2018 00:53
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I have a wonderful, exciting, thrilling mortgage and the suburban middle-class lifestyle of my dreams
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Mar 25, 2018 00:54
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I rent in northern virginia
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Mar 25, 2018 00:54
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On our second house, saddled with crippling mortgage debt for the rest of our lives together 
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Mar 25, 2018 00:54
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I own but want to rent plz don't ignore the plight of my people
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Mar 25, 2018 00:56
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i currently rent but am looking to buy my first property hopefully soon. i've identified a nice fixer-upper condo that has a fantastic view that i'm pretty sure i'm gonna fire on. if it doesn't work out i'm gonna renew my lease and wait another year for another go.
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Mar 25, 2018 00:57
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criscodisco posted:I own but I'm in Detroit so I was able to buy in a quiet neighborhood for less than 30k and get a nice 3 bedroom 2 story brick house with a finished basement, new roof, new furnace & central air, a fireplace and all new high end appliances including dishwasher, washer and dryer. Renting would be stupid It's incredible what you can buy in Detroit, I browse the under-100k ads on Curbed and drool
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Mar 25, 2018 00:59
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My mortgage is $700, so "own" b/c it's a loving sweet rear end deal imo.
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Mar 25, 2018 01:00
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Mine is $0, which is even better
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Mar 25, 2018 01:03
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yes, OP
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Mar 25, 2018 01:03
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I'm in the Seattle area so I have to rent because it's nearly impossible to find anything to buy below half a million dollars at this point. Literally have seen a 400,000 dollar one bedroom one bath shack.
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Mar 25, 2018 01:04
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I don’t feel secure enough at my job to buy. So I rent.
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Mar 25, 2018 01:07
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I own my home, op. Just got central air installed this past Monday. 
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Mar 25, 2018 01:08
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i put up a hammock at work 
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Mar 25, 2018 01:11
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bradzilla posted:I own my home, op. Just got central air installed this past Monday. Can I have your autograph
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Mar 25, 2018 01:11
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I own a house that I rent out, I also own a condo that has sat empty for months but I'm planning on renting it out, I live in a 3rd house that my partner owns. In the next couple of years I think we will buy a 4th house together and keep the other ones as investments.
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Mar 25, 2018 01:13
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Three Olives posted:I own a house that I rent out, I also own a condo that has sat empty for months but I'm planning on renting it out, I live in a 3rd house that my partner owns. In the next couple of years I think we will buy a 4th house together and keep the other ones as investments. Real houses, not Barbie dream houses.
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Mar 25, 2018 01:20
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I pwn, op. 
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Mar 25, 2018 01:23
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Three Olives posted:I live in a 3rd house that my partner owns. How's your task of getting all the minorities to move out of the neighborhood going?
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Mar 25, 2018 01:30
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criscodisco posted:I own but I'm in Detroit so I was able to buy in a quiet neighborhood for less than 30k and get a nice 3 bedroom 2 story brick house with a finished basement, new roof, new furnace & central air, a fireplace and all new high end appliances including dishwasher, washer and dryer. Renting would be stupid would you say this was actually a good idea or do you have to deal with roaming bands of murderers at night or your water constantly being full of lead or something?
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Mar 25, 2018 01:33
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We own and seriously lucked out, buying for a reasonable (for the area) price three years ago and now all the comps in our neighborhood are up 80k It's great but a bit hosed up that a difference of 3 years would've left us renting if we tried to buy now, and all I can think of when it comes to the real estate market is that South Park episode when Stan tried to return the Margaritaville blender and discovers the US economy is driven by a headless chicken running around on a wheel of fortune e: I'm also keenly aware the bank technically owns any house until the mortgage is paid off, slave to debt, etc etc but it's nice to not have a landlord ElectricSheep fucked around with this message at 01:36 on Mar 25, 2018 |
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Mar 25, 2018 01:34
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Shadow Valley Clowndominiums overlooking the radioactive slag heap and just a stone's throw from the tomb of the unregistered voter.
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Mar 25, 2018 01:35
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I own a tiny little house and it's kinda neat sometimes but also kinda annoying. In the end it's costing us a little less than renting an equivalent place but we're building equity so whatever. The nice thing is there's no landlord to freak out when we do poo poo like decide to remove entire walls, like we did our first night owning the place. This whole situation would probably cost a shitload more if my wife wasn't a tradesperson though. We can do weekend jobs for the cost of materials that would cost normal people thousands.
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Mar 25, 2018 01:37
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I want a house but I live in a expensive city and I'm poor so I will never have a house
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Mar 25, 2018 01:37
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Owning is nice but I miss never having to deal with landscaping and having handymen to call for minor repairs.
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Mar 25, 2018 01:43
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Who What Now posted:Owning is nice but I miss never having to deal with landscaping and having handymen to call for minor repairs. You know you can still pay people to do stuff for you, right?
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Mar 25, 2018 01:45
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Three Olives posted:You know you can still pay people to do stuff for you, right? yeah but when you rent you're already paying for that stuff so it's like you can call someone to come fix something and have them never show up and keep making excuses for free.
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Mar 25, 2018 01:47
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I rent, but wish I had some nice land out on the edge of town so I could do stupid poo poo on without getting the cops called.
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Mar 25, 2018 01:49
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I own a home. From a financial perspective it is nice cuz we got absolute rock bottom fixed rate and housing prices are up probably ~30% in my area over the past couple of years. so we've made out well. The relative permanency kinda stinks because I'm a bit further from a metro-area than I'd like, so job hunting is kind of a pain. It is, however, amazing to be able to come back from work to a place that is all mine.
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Mar 25, 2018 01:56
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I paid for my house in cash
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Mar 25, 2018 01:57
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Own a townhouse in Greater Vancouver and would not be able to afford to buy it today. Real-estate here is loving insane.
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Mar 25, 2018 02:01
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one day i plan to own a small productive fruit orchard. i will grow apples, strawberries, black berries, and blueberries. also a small shed for growing edible mushrooms in wood. i won't sell these fruits directly, instead i will make artisan jams and pies to sell at farmers markets. in addition i will have a big green house to experiment with growing more tropical plants like bananas. i will also grow weed in the greenhouse
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Mar 25, 2018 02:13
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van by the river
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Mar 25, 2018 02:16
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mikerock posted:Own a townhouse in Greater Vancouver and would not be able to afford to buy it today. Real-estate here is loving insane. Yep. Renting forever.
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Mar 25, 2018 02:18
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Own a small lovely late-70’s era house in a subdivision in typical town in Ontario, Canada. Costs me the same as what my last apartment cost roughly a month. I’d assume I’m better off in the long run owning but meh.
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Mar 25, 2018 02:18
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I rent right now but I think there will be a downturn in the housing market here soon and then I might buy. Probably not though honestly.
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