The Official Homeowners Thread

[beenz]

Na I understand that, I've done very few if any upgrades to my house and I just found it interesting that the zillow price has gone up $10k

zillow is just an estimate, so take it with a grain of salt. the house is ONLY worth what you can get someone to pay for it.

 

[McTwerk]

Just put in an offer on a place, no pool but there is a decent size creek running behind the house. Property line extends halfway into the creek where there is a little island.

Sterling credit btwn wife and I (me: 800, her: 780), got preapproved for $1M loan. House don't even cost half that but nice to know.

Seller has an existing Hubbard agreement with a potential buyer, but hoping our offer tosses that in the bushes.

Good luck breh. Just put in an offer myself on a 2600 sq ft, 4 finished floors house and waiting to either hear them accept or counter. Like you, I got sterling cred and my single income pre-approval was for over 500K, but I am looking to spend that much and be house poor.

 

[PrnzHakeem]

Good luck breh. Just put in an offer myself on a 2600 sq ft, 4 finished floors house and waiting to either hear them accept or counter. Like you, I got sterling cred and my single income pre-approval was for over 500K, but I am looking to spend that much and be house poor.

Thanks. Good luck to you too.

Hopefully you hear good news soon.

 

[Donald J Trump]

North where? In Briarwood?

You trying to get away from black folk, you on wrong side of the 10 Fwy. Check Windsor Hills tho, some gems there.

Don't mind being close Slauson & Crenshaw. I hear the Rolling 60s aren't bad neighbors

listen as a black man from louisiana, im not tryna live by no cali gangs lol

just want property i kno i 3 years time will go up alot

 

[PrnzHakeem]

listen as a black man from louisiana, im not tryna live by no cali gangs lol

just want property i kno i 3 years time will go up alot

Avoiding living near gangs in Inglewood? LA?

You gotta spend millions

 

[Donald J Trump]

Avoiding living near gangs in Inglewood? LA?

You gotta spend millions

i know

 

[beenz]

Good luck breh. Just put in an offer myself on a 2600 sq ft, 4 finished floors house and waiting to either hear them accept or counter. Like you, I got sterling cred and my single income pre-approval was for over 500K, but I am looking to spend that much and be house poor.

you on the west coast? 500K can buy you a house in pretty much most good areas out here.

 

[Dolla$]

I know I just bought my first home but I'm already thinking about a second one strictly as an investment property. Does anyone have any experience doing something similar? Wondering how much money I should have on deck without really having a specific property in mind.

 

[Dolla$]

Bout 4, 8 channel Amcrest 720p security cameras off Amazon. Getting them hooked up right now

Just recently got some living room furniture and getting my tv soon so got to protect my investments. Don't live too far from the hood

All I need is a strap and I'm set

 

[PrnzHakeem]

Good luck breh. Just put in an offer myself on a 2600 sq ft, 4 finished floors house and waiting to either hear them accept or counter.

Any luck on your end?

I aint heard shyt from the seller on my offer. Back to drawing board on looking at houses. Smh. Did see one in my price range w an indoor pool tho.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Any luck on your end?

I aint heard shyt from the seller on my offer. Back to drawing board on looking at houses. Smh. Did see one in my price range w an indoor pool tho.

Those water bills though

If we ever move out of this house it will be to one in the neighborhood with a basement for that exact reason. Wifey wants to swim year round.... we could have a full sized gym

Good luck on your search. Market is crazy. We got lucky. Our transaction was painless AF

 

[PrnzHakeem]

Those water bills though

If we ever move out of this house it will be to one in the neighborhood with a basement for that exact reason. Wifey wants to swim year round.... we could have a full sized gym

Good luck on your search. Market is crazy. We got lucky. Our transaction was painless AF

Yeah, those water bills will be beastly. But an indoor pool tho? Gotta have something to entice my NY peeps to come visit.

Our search is going great, it's just these bytch ass Daisy chained Hubbard agreements. So much supply out here in CT, homes on MKT for 300 days w mtiple price drops.

 

[Mr210]

I hope to buy a house in the next 2-3 yrs...right now the amount I pay in rent is more than a lot of people mortgage...but I need to save up more to make me feel comfortable

 

[BezO]

Brehs, the inside of my door frame to my front door got cracked due to my crazy ass ex tryna kick my door in. I originally booked an appt with a contracting company through Homeadvisor to get it fixed but they just quoted me a price of $500 which seems absurd in my opinion. Need to find somewhere that dosent charge as much. Wish I knew how to post pics so I can get your opinion on how much you think it really cost

Go direct. Contractors add their fee to what they pay people who do the actual work. Call a carpenter.

For those whose homes went up greatly in value, did u have a feeling when buying the home that it would do so?

im trying to buy something in cali, but inglewood still looks a bit unsafe in my opinion

Yes. There was development in and around my neighborhood. And a friend of mine worked for City Planning and confirmed other ongoin' projects.

I know I just bought my first home but I'm already thinking about a second one strictly as an investment property. Does anyone have any experience doing something similar? Wondering how much money I should have on deck without really having a specific property in mind.

Banks typically ask for much more down on investment property. Plan on havin' 20% to put down.

Also keep several month's mortgage in the stash to offset vacancies.

I've only done minimal research on rental property, but do a quick net search to see how much you should have in the stash for repairs as well.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Yeah, those water bills will be beastly. But an indoor pool tho? Gotta have something to entice my NY peeps to come visit.

Our search is going great, it's just these bytch ass Daisy chained Hubbard agreements. So much supply out here in CT, homes on MKT for 300 days w mtiple price drops.

I didn't know you were in CT. I am more surprised that the market is so good out there. Looking at the map though I guess outside of the south there's not much going on. Everything else is too far from anything big. Yall can work anywhere though so a big crib in the middle of nowhere is definitely doable. shyt is hot down here (dont ask me how). Home prices went up 6% over the last 12 months