Even if your first house is smaller than what you really need, you will always be building equity. It takes awhile, but real estate typically increases in value and you can use the equity you have in your first home to help pay for the next home.
Oh yeah.
If we find a house that is just 'liveable' and not 200% love-able, our plan is to spend 7 years and build it up, then shop for what we want.
thank goodness for equity.
I only just saw this. Yee-haw!
shewolfnm wrote:Oh yeah.
If we find a house that is just 'liveable' and not 200% love-able, our plan is to spend 7 years and build it up, then shop for what we want.
thank goodness for equity.
Yeah, and the great thing is that whatever $ you put into the house, you'll get back and then some when it comes time to sell :-D
WONDERFUL news, Shewolf!
If you spend 7 years building it up, though, you WILL be in love with it! You will have made it your own.
TIP: Paint is not very expensive, and it can make more of a difference than just about anything. Remember: latex for walls and ceilings, oil-based for all trim. (Latex paint stains easily, peels off easily when you nick it, and it never, ever hardens.)
Wooohoooo! congrats on the gonna-buy-a-home thing, shewolf!
Hey Shewolf, congratulations! Very cool.
shewolfnm wrote:I have busted my behind for this day.
Oh,
well done, shewolf!
I'm absolutely delighted for you! Free at last (soon!)
Congrats, shewolf !
Eva is right about paint... Another tip for paint, if you're not super picky about the colors, is to go to Sherwin Williams or one of the other large paint places and ask to look in the back room at their mis-mixed paints. Generally they have a bunch of it , and it's really cheap. We painted our last house for under $40.
ohh thats a great tip. Thanks.
I am NOT picky at all about color.. but I absolutly hate white walls.
Wont have them. Not even a white ceiling unless it is an accent ceiling in a very light colored room..
but that is a big if
Just saw this. Congratulations shewolf!
Remember, the most important thing in the house is a loud stereo.
... & the complete absence of mothers-in-law!
THAT fact alone makes me do a jig in my underpants..
Congrats. I'm very happy for you. Even though we don't know each other very well, I have read a lot about your life. It does my heart good to hear that good things are happening for you and your family.
Enjoy!
msolga wrote:... & the complete absence of mothers-in-law!
Yup yup, my thoughts exactly
shewolfnm wrote:THAT fact alone makes me do a jig in my underpants..
I was flumoxed for a moment until I realized you meant you were dancing while WEARING your underpants. Okay, it's all good now. Carry on ...
with out MIL
i can dance ON my under-britches too
