wacky1980 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 sold my old house this morning. i bought it 10 years ago in october, my first home purchase. been on the market for over a year. later, bitch! then made a deal over the phone to sell an old car. that sale, i'm kinda sad about. i loved that old car, but i don't really need it anymore. also, gonna have an extra spot in the driveway again, so that's pretty sweet. now i'm looking around, trying to see what else i can unload... kids? eh, probably shouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillies Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I slept on the couch the whole day and accomplished nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacky1980 Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 i also put in a full day at the bank (skipped out for 30 minutes for the house closing but otherwise), and put together some xmas beer orders from one of my craft distributors. i'm bein a busy boy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginguy Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Adulting for America..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 7 minutes ago, wacky1980 said: i also put in a full day at the bank (skipped out for 30 minutes for the house closing but otherwise), and put together some xmas beer orders from one of my craft distributors. i'm bein a busy boy! These will be the good old days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacky1980 Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 2 hours ago, scoobdog said: These will be the good old days. being rid of the old house is the last step of getting around the bs i put myself through with the almost-first wife. so that sale was a little extra sweet for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 No doubt. Selling a house is stressful even in the best of circumstances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuggnificent Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 i got 110% on my exam today... i also feel accomplished! but back to you.. damn a year? thats a long time... wtf.. i bet youre glad that its over my brother recently sold his first home... did all the maintanence himself on this huge 3 level townhouse...it didnt take that long but boi was he glad when it sold and he had all this money left over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacky1980 Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 12 minutes ago, mthor said: So now that you've got all these bucks, what are you getting us for Xmas? i had considered sending you all big prints of my lily-white ass, but the post office said delivering them to people's places of work would constitute sexual harassment. can't be too careful these days, so that idea's out. sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1938 Packard Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 2 hours ago, wacky1980 said: sold my old house this morning. i bought it 10 years ago in october, my first home purchase. been on the market for over a year. later, bitch! then made a deal over the phone to sell an old car. that sale, i'm kinda sad about. i loved that old car, but i don't really need it anymore. also, gonna have an extra spot in the driveway again, so that's pretty sweet. now i'm looking around, trying to see what else i can unload... kids? eh, probably shouldn't. Congratulations on getting a house sold. A year on the market is actually pretty fast, compared to certain other markets. I knew a lady who spent four years trying to sell her Margate town house. That was despite having spent thirty grand on updates and improvements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacky1980 Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 15 minutes ago, scoobdog said: No doubt. Selling a house is stressful even in the best of circumstances. the sale process was stressful enough (buyer used usda program, ugh). but having it sit on the market for over a year, dealing with shitty tenants, and paying two mortgages was just the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacky1980 Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 1 minute ago, 1938 Packard said: Congratulations on getting a house sold. A year on the market is actually pretty fast, compared to certain other markets. I knew a lady who spent four years trying to sell her Margate town house. That was despite having spent thirty grand on updates and improvements. a year (actually about 15 months) was pretty long for this area. i think the average for this zip code is like 4 months. i had it priced a little high because i was confident the market was stronger than it turned out to be, and i had tenants for a portion of the time so i didn't push too hard for a sale. it appraised up about 25% from when i bought it 10 years ago, which i figured wasn't terrible considering i didn't make any improvements with the exception of a new roof and some cosmetic stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 How much below list did you get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacky1980 Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 Just now, scoobdog said: How much below list did you get? i started at 97,500 and had dropped to 88 by time the buyer came along. we closed at 82. i bought it for 68 in october 2007, right before the bubble burst. yeah, yeah, i know that's peanuts for a house. one of the advantages of living in the middle of nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacky1980 Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 1 minute ago, mthor said: Too bad - I have a space right between the Velvet Elvis and the Dogs Playing Poker where it would have looked perfect. i mean, if you insist. i can still send to your home address. or i can just come on up there and have someone paint you an original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 3 minutes ago, wacky1980 said: i started at 97,500 and had dropped to 88 by time the buyer came along. we closed at 82. i bought it for 68 in october 2007, right before the bubble burst. yeah, yeah, i know that's peanuts for a house. one of the advantages of living in the middle of nowhere. As long as you cover your costs plus whatever you paid out in loan interest, it's hard to complain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacky1980 Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 1 minute ago, scoobdog said: As long as you cover your costs plus whatever you paid out in loan interest, it's hard to complain. i didn't have it paid down as low as i should have because i had to refinance two years in (getting rid of that ex was expensive) but we made enough on the sale (after loan payoff and closing costs) to put a new roof on our new house. i'm good with the outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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