House hunting
This is how it's progressing:
I find a house online using www.grar.com
Me: Look at this one honey, its below market value and we can fix it up and sell it.
Him: It's too far south.
Me: How about this one, it looks nice.
Him: It's too far from the high way.
Me: This one has a nice interior.
Him: I don't like the yard.
Him: Look for something north or towards the lake.
Me: There are exactly two houses in our price range in the next county over. Which one do you want.
At this rate, we'll be getting a house in about 5 years... I'm not sure we can find one we agree on before that.
posted by Chrys @ 3:31 PM
5 Comments:
Well, at least you know you wont have to "settle" for something one of you wont like! Besides, maybe if it takes 5 years, you can have save up a bigger down payment so you'll pay less on the mortgage :)
Joe's got a good point. Or maybe you should just look for some land and build your own house?
We don't have that much money to buy land and then pay to build a house too. Building a house is something that's on, oh say, the 20 year plan. Much more economical right now to find a house we can both agree on, maybe fix it up, and resell it in a few years or maybe rent it out and buy a different house.
money schmoney... just take all those pennies your Money Fairy leaves lying around your house and you'll have enough saved up to build a house in what, 50 years?
Or my money fairy could just kick it up a notch and start leaving me quarters! Or better yet, those gold dollar coins! That would be nice. Then we could build a house in maybe 30 years! ;)
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