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Uh, so I should just throw away my career and last 6 years of life ???
Whatever works for you, I bought a 2 bedroom, 1,000 sq ft 1930 farm house with full basement, city gas water and sewer on 1/2 acre of rural land for $7,900, my mortgage was about $89 a month, I paid it off in 5 years real easy.
I'd rather buy a $7,900 house and live easy than live in a place like you do in a house that costs say $375,000 for a starter home and then NEED a career or high paying job just to make the $3,000 a month mortgage payements for the next 20-30 years!
It all depends on your priorities, me, I don't want to buy a $375,000 house in the subburbs with a neighbors' house 15 feet away from mine on either side- so close I can hear their toilet flush, and have to make payments on it for 30 years!
I've done the "tiny house" thing for ten years- living in a converted 70 passenger school bus and it was a pain in the neck, the ceiling was low, very little storage space, frankly I'm glad I got rid of it when I bought my house. The only good part about it was the land I was living on owned by a friend was free for me to be there and included a hookup to his water and electric which he never charged me a cent for.
Whatever works for you, I bought a 2 bedroom, 1,000 sq ft 1930 farm house with full basement, city gas water and sewer on 1/2 acre of rural land for $7,900,
This is exactly what I am looking for. The problem for me is most of the areas where I am interested in buying don't offer city water. I refuse to live in a house with a well again.
Whatever works for you, I bought a 2 bedroom, 1,000 sq ft 1930 farm house with full basement, city gas water and sewer on 1/2 acre of rural land for $7,900, my mortgage was about $89 a month, I paid it off in 5 years real easy.
I'd rather buy a $7,900 house and live easy than live in a place like you do in a house that costs say $375,000 for a starter home and then NEED a career or high paying job just to make the $3,000 a month mortgage payements for the next 20-30 years!
It all depends on your priorities, me, I don't want to buy a $375,000 house in the subburbs with a neighbors' house 15 feet away from mine on either side- so close I can hear their toilet flush, and have to make payments on it for 30 years!
I like this post. I see some logic here. This is exactly my reasoning and opinion concerning homes (along with other reasons).
Don't get me wrong, if a person WANTS the half-million dollar palace, that's fine by me. If that's what they are into and they want to spend 30 years paying on it and funding all that it needs... cool. BUT, to force everyone into that sort of "slavery" (it is slavery if it's against your will) with codes and zoning and rules that allow for no acceptable alternative... well, that's where I get all worked up over it. If I want a 500 sq ft home that is built well, kept up well, built safely, etc, there is no legitimate reason (other than where there would be safety concerns for ANY house) for me to not be able to have one in a typical rural or urban setting of my choice. Not everyone wants a "Cadillac." Some of us would rather have the old Ford. And in many cases, it has nothing to do with economic means. It is a matter of preference. If I had 100 million dollars in the bank, I would not live in a large house. If I had a large house given to me free, I would not live in it. I'd sell it and buy something smaller. As I said, it's a matter of preference... preference that is often not allowed here in the "land of the free."
In which case, go live with the rest of us who drive old Fords and quit kvetching about those who want their communities to remain Cadillac-worthy.
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This is exactly what I am looking for. The problem for me is most of the areas where I am interested in buying don't offer city water. I refuse to live in a house with a well again.
Don't you usually have to live IN town, to be on town-water?? I've lived in about a dozen rural homes, granted only in the high plains states (maybe they do things differently elsewhere), but town-water was never an option. It was always well...
That is exact reason HOA's came about. Ordinances not being enforced. Many cities are overwhelmed trying to enforce so many on so many; plain and simple.
Whatever works for you, I bought a 2 bedroom, 1,000 sq ft 1930 farm house with full basement, city gas water and sewer on 1/2 acre of rural land for $7,900, my mortgage was about $89 a month, I paid it off in 5 years real easy.
I'd rather buy a $7,900 house and live easy than live in a place like you do in a house that costs say $375,000 for a starter home and then NEED a career or high paying job just to make the $3,000 a month mortgage payements for the next 20-30 years!
It all depends on your priorities, me, I don't want to buy a $375,000 house in the subburbs with a neighbors' house 15 feet away from mine on either side- so close I can hear their toilet flush, and have to make payments on it for 30 years!
I've done the "tiny house" thing for ten years- living in a converted 70 passenger school bus and it was a pain in the neck, the ceiling was low, very little storage space, frankly I'm glad I got rid of it when I bought my house. The only good part about it was the land I was living on owned by a friend was free for me to be there and included a hookup to his water and electric which he never charged me a cent for.
I wouldn't have a mortgage at any rate, but I find it really annoying that the prices are legislated into the sky by zoning laws. I should not have to give up my career to live in a house I own without going into debt and without taking 20+ years to save for the stupid thing!
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