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We thought about it for about 5 minutes when we saw the house we sold in 2009 for $850K go on the market in 2011 for $750K with at least $100K in improvements!
I haven't, but my cousin and his wife did. They were transferred back to their old city and the house happened to be on market. They loved it so much, they bought it back.
Nope. First house neighborhood is now a crime-ridden slum full of foreigners and second house is the big two story house we sold when we retired. Still have third and fourth houses.
A friend did. She owned it when she was single. She then married, then sold and lived in two other houses in town, moved to another state, divorced, and when she moved back, bought her little house again. It was probably 10 years between her spells in the house.
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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No, our first was only 1100 sf, the second 1400. The current house is 3000 sf, and when we retire and downsize it will still have to be at least 2000. Besides that, the first is now worth 700k, the second 900k, in the SF Bay Area. We wouldnt want that big a mortgage even on our current double income with the kids gone.
A home I built in 2008 and sold in 2010 is back on the market. We sold and in a mistake moved to be near family. That did not work out. Was not a waste we invested in homes cheap in Fla and they have doubled in price. But now my old home is back on the market and we just sold our condo rental in Fla and will be looking to move back soon. In fact we are looking at property in a couple of weeks. The home was not built in the sense I hired it built, I did about 25 percent of the work and made sure everything was done well. The basement was finished from the concrete every nail every stud every piece of drywall was put up myself no help. I did 6 mill plastic behind the stud walls, then insinuation in plastic bag rolls, and dry walled it with glue and screws. Bedded the tape in durabond ect. The people who bought it lost it and while it was being foreclosed on rented it to scum who did a number on it. The people who bought it in foreclosure repainted, new lights and carpet where it had it. Looks good in the photos. It is on several acres and in a nice sub.
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