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re: Troubles buying a home.
Posted on 3/14/25 at 3:40 pm to crazy4lsu
Posted on 3/14/25 at 3:40 pm to crazy4lsu
quote:He's got nothing to do with this. Leave God out of it. The person I responded to said that they couldn't find starter homes in their area less than 3000 sq ft. I'm simply saying buy the lot, hire a contractor to dry it in (foundation, floor, walls, roof, windows etc). Cost would be considerably less than complete house. Then over time finish the interior. You'd save money while learning a valuable skill.
Dear god what are you talking about?
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Posted on 3/14/25 at 3:43 pm to Harry Boutte
Generously shared by my parents across 3 generations: 3 of us - our 7 children in total - and their children/19 in total ... their estate was spread among 29children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren
Mom and Dad were only children and their inheritances has benefitted all of us...
Mom and Dad were only children and their inheritances has benefitted all of us...
Posted on 3/14/25 at 3:46 pm to RollTide4547
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He's got nothing to do with this. Leave God out of it.
Ahahahaha
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The person I responded to said that they couldn't find starter homes in their area less than 3000 sq ft. I'm simply saying buy the lot, hire a contractor to dry it in (foundation, floor, walls, roof, windows etc).
What is the price of the lot? If land was cheaper (again, in areas where people have jobs), modular and prefabricated homes could be an option but I’m skeptical that everything, materials, labor, land, permits, etc. would be cheaper than just buying an already existing home. Again, most people are going to live where they have work.
Posted on 3/14/25 at 3:51 pm to RollTide4547
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Then why are you here? No one is forcing you are they? Go on, feel sorry for yourself and play a video game.
Yawn. I feel sorry for you, man. Why are YOU here? All I've seen you do is ignore mountains of data & arguments to spout back "it's so simple just buy a farm (that now costs $1M) an hour away."
It's like you're playing every bad boomer stereotype and you're not even a boomer. Why are you so invested in poor arguments?? It's not even trolling it's just obstinance
This post was edited on 3/14/25 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 3/14/25 at 3:56 pm to crazy4lsu
quote:Depend on the location. I can pretty much guarantee that the price of the lot will be less than the price of a lot with a 3000 sq ft home on it.
What is the price of the lot?
quote:Who's talking about that? I'm talking about building a "starter size" home, just like any other home but smaller sq footage. Then the home owner finishing the interior.
modular and prefabricated homes
quote:I assume he's talking about the area where he works. Surely there are lots for sale.
Again, most people are going to live where they have work.
Posted on 3/14/25 at 4:00 pm to RollTide4547
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Who's talking about that? I'm talking about building a "starter size" home, just like any other home but smaller sq footage. Then the home owner finishing the interior.
That’s exactly what modular and prefabricated homes are man.
Posted on 3/14/25 at 4:04 pm to crazy4lsu
quote:Not what I mean. Modular/prefabbed come as pieces that have been built in a factory. Walls come prebuilt and then they are put up on a foundation. I'm talking about taking lumber and building the walls, just like every other house in the neighborhood just smaller and not completing the interior. Essentially stopping after the dry in.
That’s exactly what modular and prefabricated homes are man.
Posted on 3/14/25 at 4:07 pm to RollTide4547
Oh I gotchu. I’m saying if a starter home is what he wants, then the modular and prefabricated homes are great options. I guess at one point in time, those Craftsmen homes were available in a similar fashion from the Sears catalog, although I don’t know how they were put together.
Posted on 3/14/25 at 4:08 pm to crazy4lsu
Modular could be the solution for the crisis if building codes are updated and people embrace the new versions of these homes. Cuts costs by a ton and the homes look modern and not like the manufactured housing of previous generations.
Posted on 3/14/25 at 4:11 pm to Ham Malone
Yeah I like the look of some of them. It would be very cool to see some Toyota modular homes, as they have a division in Japan and Indonesia which builds earthquake-proof homes.
Posted on 3/14/25 at 4:18 pm to crazy4lsu
In NE Alabama, NW Georgia and Chattanooga Tn area there was a company called Jim Walter Homes. They brought out the walls on a flatbed and set them with a crane. Almost bought one of the old Sears and Roebuck wood frame homes from the 50's with multiple fireplaces/chimneys and a porch all the way around. Needed lots of work. Sadly, someone else got it before me. Is beautiful today.
Posted on 3/14/25 at 4:21 pm to crazy4lsu
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earthquake-proof homes.
We would love to see hurricane-proof homes.
Posted on 3/14/25 at 4:23 pm to 4cubbies
There was that guy on the beach a few years ago who had a circular home that survived a hurricane.
Posted on 3/14/25 at 4:27 pm to crazy4lsu
Posted on 3/14/25 at 4:47 pm to Bigdawgb
quote:Never once said that. Buy what you can out. Work on it, improve it. Who knows, you may just be happy there. If not, sell it after the improvements. Renting is just throwing money down the drain. Listen, don't listen. Doesn't matter to me, you have the information if you don't use its not my problem. Later on, you'll likely wish you did.
All I've seen you do is ignore mountains of data & arguments to spout back "it's so simple just buy a farm (that now costs $1M) an hour away."
You'll make fun of this, but that's ok. My late father had an opportunity to buy 40 acres of pasture behind his 20 acres around 85 or 86. He didn't need the land, but told me that he'd buy it if I'd plant it with black walnut trees. We had several on his 20 acres and I could have grown the new trees from black walnut nuts. Costing nothing other than time and energy. Those trees would need to be 30 to 40 feet apart and 40 acres is essentially 1300 ft by 1300 ft. I could have planted 35 rows of 35 trees. That's 1200 trees or so. 40 years later they would be about ready to harvest for lumber and likely be worth 10-11 dollars a board foot. Probably close to $1000 a tree. Around a million bucks for some labor when i was a kid. Sadly, I was too lazy to do it.
This post was edited on 3/14/25 at 4:51 pm
Posted on 3/14/25 at 4:50 pm to RollTide4547
Can’t wait for boomers to die off, lord what a trash generation.
Posted on 3/14/25 at 4:52 pm to RollTide4547
quote:This is the really shocking part from 2019 until now.
2019 68703 258000 4.13 1251.15 21.85%
2023 80610 419200 6.81 2735.66 40.72%
2025 75580 396900 6.72 2566.38 40.75%
Home prices have gone nuts since then plus a rise in interest rates. Thanks Biden.
Posted on 3/14/25 at 5:08 pm to POTUS2024
quote:That’s insane. Why? Supply?
Saw a video showing that home prices have gone up 47% since 2020.
My home has appreciated by maybe 20% since then. (Lafayette)
Posted on 3/14/25 at 5:12 pm to AubieinNC2009
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well one problem is no one wants a "starter home" or fixer up anymore because it doesn't look good on instagram and YouTube.
I bought my first house in my late 20s in 2002 and was very house poor but it was the cheapest house on the street and had never been remodeled since it was built in 1936 and bought the adjoining lot. In the last neighborhood Olmsted designed. I had a roommate for the first year or so and always had tenants in the in-law suites, until shortly before having first kid.
People seem generally unimaginative these days when it comes to buying a house and expectations re: same.
Posted on 3/14/25 at 5:32 pm to pauer9
quote:Need some safe space time do ya?
Can’t wait for boomers to die off, lord what a trash generation.
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