After the hot water heater incident and the subsequent fallout of said event. I have decided to move.

The real catalyst was the fact that my building owner was going to simply dry-out the carpet and reinstall, rather than install new. Also, he was not going to do anything to address the water damaged walls.

I was already planning on moving-in with my GF at the end of August, so on a whim I called the manager of the building I was hoping to get into in August. It was my lucky day! They had one of the exact units that I wanted available 8/4. 2 bed, 2 bath, 6th (top) floor, view, secured parking, and all for a very fair price. We are signing the paperwork today.

So, I made a deal with my building owner that I would be out by Sunday night, and get back a week's rent. Only thing that sucks is the 10 days of being a nomad. Oh well, I can live in the M if I have to . . .

Jew gonna rent the new place or buy?

Jew gonna rent the new place or buy?

No, I'm pretty sure he's going to have to pay full price.

No, I'm pretty sure he's going to have to pay full price.

:rofl:

No, I'm pretty sure he's going to have to pay full price.

Hahaha, that was a good one

oh, jeez . . .

unfortunatley, renting :(

This will be our first step towards bigger and better things. We will be saving almost 600 a month that we plan on putting into a joint account so we can buy within one year.

Hurry up, before interest rates get much higher than they are right now.

I know, I know :(

Joint acct???

:confused:

ummm...

:nono

I thought you liked joints?


Probably won't actually get a joint account. but, we intend to save-up for a house together. Yikes.

Probably won't actually get a joint account. but, we intend to save-up for a house together. Yikes.

<--same boat here. I just signed the lease on my new house (rental), 3br, 2.5ba and 2car $1090. I plan on buying before my 1yr lease is up.

Don't worry too much about interest rates....they're still lower than a few years ago and I don't see them jumping that much in a year. Granted it won't be as good as 6 months ago, but still not bad (15 year low maybe).

Congrats.

good luck

Good luck, sport. I gotta say though, if you look in the right places, and if your credit isn't entirely in the can, you can buy a house for basically what you're paying in rent. Don't be afraid to jump in and start looking.

Loan apps tend to like it a little better if you're married, though...

But good luck, in any case!

DW

maybe just break up and consider yourself a lucky man

My credit is far from the best and I got a 100% loan at 6.125% (fixed rate) last May.

Look around. It might surprise you.

Carter

thanks for the words of wisdom guys. I have looked around and am aware of the good deals that are out there right now. We want to live together for a little while before we make that committment.

The only other problem, is that round my parts, you can't get anything good for under 300k :(

12:03 has forbidden me to get married, so that is out of the question . . .

And if she ever sleeps with your boss:

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/index.php?e=homebase.asf

damn, site blocked :(

Anything below 7% is awesome. Wasn't that many years ago that 12-14% was the norm.. (or maybe it was and I'm just getting old)

I got in at 6.25 on ours, just 2 days before it went to 6.5.. (whew)

Closing next Wednesday, glad to finally pay for my own lodging, instead of forking it over to someone else.