US Housing Market Faggotry

[dorian gray]

Seriously. It would be funny just to go visit it.

 

[neal]

LaWanda Flake

this can not be a real name, its just too perfect for the story

 

[lurch70]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012...rl-just-bought-a-house-in-florida?sc=fb&cc=fp

this story reminds me ... parents of a friend of mine recently bought a 2 bedroom in West Palm Beach, Florida with Pool, amenities all the good stuff ... for $18K

 

[dorian gray]

that is awesome

 

[General Zod]

I was just watching a video online about Foreclosures in Plainfield, NJ and how it's one of the biggest towns in the US with them.

Plainfield is where I use to go to buy pot as a kid. If I was to drive through there now, I would treat red lights like stop signs.

 

[NAD]

Meeting a realtor on Saturday. First time since maybe 2004. I've spent like $100,000 in rent since then. Kaboom.

 

[dorian gray]

Renting is for suckers
so is buying.

 

[lurch70]

living with your parents is where it's at.

those of you that still do ... stay put.

 

[KILL TULLY]

As a general rule of thumb, just to get in the ballpark, how much should you spend on a house in relation to your salary?

 

[Furious B]

my understanding is if you're doing an FHA loan, your mortgage payment can't exceed 1/3 your income.

if you're doing a different type of loan i'm not sure but that's probably not a bad rule of thumb to keep yourself safe.

 

[dorian gray]

As a general rule of thumb, just to get in the ballpark, how much should you spend on a house in relation to your salary?

whatever it takes to get the nicest place that's farthest away from minorities

 

[NAD]

whatever it takes to get the nicest place that's farthest away from minorities

We're scopin' out places in the mountains. It would involve lengthening our commute (I'm currently 7 minutes between work and home), but it would be living on a god damn mountain for pretty cheap.

Might not be worth the gas/stress, we'll see. I actually wouldn't mind buying a house in our current suburban neighboUrhood but I haven't found something cheap enough yet.

Plus I really don't want to "own" a crackerjack box. I'd rather have something cool like a cabin or yurt if I'm going to attach my name/wallet/life to it.

 

[dorian gray]

I vote for the mountains. Unless it's insanely far away from work

 

[lurch70]

whatever it takes to get the nicest place that's farthest away from minorities

i would have to move to ... i don't even know.

 

[dorian gray]

I hope everyone knows I was jus' kiddin'
but really, most American cities are highly segregated. Unless you deliberately move to an area of town that is predominantly Black or Hispanic or whatever, you're going to be totally homogenous - which is just plain boring.

 

[lurch70]

yeah .. it would freak me out now if my daily encounters would only be white people.

 

[dorian gray]

yeah, it's pretty bad that I'm the Blackest person in the neighborhood

 

[neal]

yeah .. it would freak me out now if my daily encounters would only be white people.

after 7 years of working in Sacramento i can safely say that encounters with minorities are highly overrated

 

[NAD]

Minorities make some of the best food ever so we're cool.

 

[dorian gray]

after 7 years of working in Sacramento i can safely say that encounters with minorities are highly overrated