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It's been a struggle with life, the economy, and the pandemic but my wife and I just purchased our first home.
Mar 19, 2021 6:11 PM
LearnSomethingNew
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It's been a struggle with life, the economy, and the pandemic but my wife and I just purchased our first home.
brocolicheddar
Richer
Vasnivy
It’s not “nothing much”! It is huge! It is shelter, it will be a home and memories in the making. Congrats to you and yours.
bluejitzu127001
Not much? OP it's nice af.
soulman901
Congrats and good job hiding that key. I see so many bad posts with people exposing the key
Markamanic
'not much' Says Mister moneybags over here buying an entire house.
callmesmitten
Congrats !!
bigblackkitty
In this economy?
imonsei
not much? it's a friggin house dude!!
Zeusifer6
Congrats! Thats my number one goal right now.
star1022
Honestly thank you so much for not posting “I did a thing!”
wolmarans822718
Well done
TheSmileOnADog
It’s much.
TheCrazyGerman
StubbDubya
Not sure why, but seems to be the perfect give here.
LongtimeLurkerFirsTimePoster
You bought IT, now it owns YOU. Go ahead and buy a shop vac now, before you need it.
NarcosisIntoTheDeep
“It’s nothing much” what do you mean?! Looks great to me! Congrats friend!
youlikehueylewisandthenews
Very nice looking house bro. I'm super jelly.
Bagjuice
"nothing much" to some people means fucking huge to me
TargaX
Congrats!
Vinhead
Welcome to being an adult. Don’t think of it as a mortgage. Forget about it and 15 years later look at its value. Voila, you won’t regret
ShadyPines12
Nice! We're trying to buy now, but the AZ market is effing knackered and we keep getting outbid by rich California assholes with cash
MishiMoshiSquishyToesies
Seriously. We thought about buying a house, but everything listed that's decent and reasonable gets bid to high heaven. It's nuts.
RogueMachinae
Same thing happening here in Texas ☹️
happyrabbitzz
It is something much! Welcome to the world of "I just mowed the fucking lawn (or, cleared the fucking drive [in winter])".
Vinhead
Mowing the lawn could be the best part of your day. It’s up to you how good it comes out.
happyrabbitzz
My view is that people who enjoy lawn-work lack meaningful interactions/achievements in the rest of their life. Maybe me on occasion...
Vinhead
I am not lacking. I was saying no matter how bad a day may go, I can always find reward in a fresh cut lawn. Nice lines and green peace.
happyrabbitzz
You sound similar to a friend of mine who had to verify his children's competence in lawn-mowing before he would "allow" them to mow the 1/?
happyrabbitzz
lawn. As I am not a fan of lawn-work I never understood why one or more did not feign incompetence. I don't like lawn-work but have no 2/?
TyrCarter
Congrats, jealous. Since covid came I can't even keep up with vet bills...
MajikMessiah
Fuckin' A, congrats
Noctourn
That's at least a $400k house here
Stratego89
My thoughts exactly. "Nothing much" my ass. I'd kill to live in a place like that and OWN it.
BanaCakeTaker
Woah that’s cheap... this house would be $700k where I live.
AccountCreatedToUpvoteDogs
Sounds like you might be in the Seattle area like me.
Noctourn
$400k minimum, in the more ghetto areas. In some neighborhoods that house would be over $1m
DustyMcKnuckles
Congrats @OP! And way to hide the key teeth too!!
NoClueII
Why do day that? Could someone actually forge the key? There's no address?
zaoo
Punching a key from a photo is quite doable as long as you can get a blank. It's good to be aware of what can be done.
NopeNopedyNopeNope
People found a fucking flag solely based on flight paths, so this house would be a piece of cake.
mikekearn
To answer your other question, yes, you can easily forge a key if you have access to a file and the correct blank. Keys are standardized.
LearnSomethingNew
There's been two people correctly guess the state in the comments. It's honestly shockingly easy to track stuff down
mucotevoli
I pay 1600 in rent a month because the bank said can't afford 980 a month to buy a House. :)
wossie
A friend was turned down for a car loan. He went up to his neck for a mortgage, they offered a car loan as he was a property owner. WTF?
LearnSomethingNew
Beware, the mortgage may be 980 but there's so much other stuff to pay on top of it. Our 1100/mo mortgage + extras will be about 1800/mo
KillerTofu615
look into FHA loans, don't go through your bank. Shop for "diversified" lenders. Something not the standard.
Emmaaaaaaaa
USDA rural loans too! A lot more places count as rural than you would think. Most towns still qualify, only large cities don't.
mucotevoli
Actually ...this may work for me... Thank you ?
KillerTofu615
Not a problem, if you have any questions feel free to ask. I just bought my first house 1.5 years ago.
txronin55
I'm getting Texas vibes.
LearnSomethingNew
Your vibes are correct
txronin55
Congratulations!
NinjaGrizzlyBear
Lol my parents are around the 380 area and your number placard literally has the same font as theirs
RogueMachinae
Where did you buy? I'm having such a hard time looking for houses that are affordable now.
LearnSomethingNew
I'm in the DFW area
RogueMachinae
Same! Ive been keeping an eye on places like Sanger, Denton, Aubrey, and Pilot Point but the prices have shot up by 20-30k in the past year.
txronin55
I'm in Denton. Houses in my neighborhood sell within a week. It's crazy. Our house value has gone up by, no joke, $125k since we bought >
LearnSomethingNew
I messaged you. Sounds like we could be neighbors!
benbernards
Congrats! Pro-tip: **BUY A PLUNGER BEFORE YOU NEED A PLUNGER**
darksideofthemoonmoon
And a fire extinguisher
FoggyNights
Have always gad one. 12 years on and it's never been used. I would STILL give this advice
boojay
Bruh. Always keep a "One Second Plumber". ALWAYS. This shit is fucking magic!
DontVoteForStupid
Know where your water and gas (if applicable) shut off valve is. Day one.
thedevil
I have given this tip to all 3 of my younger siblings. Two thanked me for it later. One said “I should have listened”.
jamroc2017
Don’t forget the poop knife
benbernards
umbrellamaker
GammonFaceMcFuckNips
That's a good fucking tip
justsomeyahoo
Do... do people not make sure to have plungers in their bathrooms? We’re about to move into a home with 3 more toilets than we have now and
justsomeyahoo
That was one of the first things we discussed needing to get
BetterCakeFarts
Put one in every bathroom, along with a toilet brush.
secretdpp
Spare or two in garage/laundry room.
LearnSomethingNew
And toiletpaper. Found that one out the hard way
OneZebraInAHerdOfWildebeests
Just get you 3 shells. It's more eco friendly.
DewiMorgan
Grats. Right now that's a hell of a challenge, the market is freaking INSANE.
WolfFromTheTVShowFutureMan
Just landed a house myself in Charlotte after submitting offers on 6 different houses at list price or above.
DewiMorgan
Wayttago! :D
LearnSomethingNew
Houses in our price range we're selling literally the day they were posted. That's how insane it is here.
DewiMorgan
Exactly! Here in Austin you basically have no chance unless you can buy a house in cash. They're calling it the "Zoom Boom", the WFH effect.
LearnSomethingNew
Our saving grace on this was it was new construction and the builder sets the price so there's no bidding war.
DewiMorgan
Cunning! I looked into that, but sadly, there's no new construction in my price range within commute distance from my work :( Ah, well.
positiveleroy
My house that I bought in March of last year is valued $70-$80k over what I paid for it already. It’s a sellers market for sure.
KillerTofu615
I bought mine 2 years ago in a pretty low cost area. Its now estimated at 65k over my purchase which was 7k over list.
njessup1992
prices here are going up $50k per month
MrNohbdy
Now mow your yard. Once you start, you can never stop. You must always mow. Every week while it's green. Forever.
causality
Dude he could cut that yard with a set of pube trimmers.
mannyandsalena8
And buy new new balance to do it in
Roachloft
Cover it all with gravel and salt the ground so nothing grows. Grats, you no longer have a second job of endless green bullshit at home!
hunnycat
Naw dude native wildflowers, try clover!
Yourname942
Not unless you buy fake grass :)
ishouldprobablybeplayingpokemonATM
once a week, pffff
DewiMorgan
Zeroscape the fucker before you buy a mower, or you're doomed.
pyrakitty
Xeriscape, lol
DewiMorgan
Xeriscaping's similar to zeroscaping, but still uses SOME plants. Zeroscaping is just pebbles, boulders, sand, gravel, dirt... no plants.
ThePunishersVengefulBrother
I looked it up "Zeroscape is a Canadian four piece reggae metal band based in Toronto" Do they do lawns?
DewiMorgan
Exactly, yes! Unrelated to the "replace plants w. gravel and rocks" landscaping approach. And not to be confused with similar "Xeriscaping".
DewiMorgan
(https://medium.com/@mellcolandscapingassets/the-difference-between-xeriscape-and-zeroscape-d4f4e20c6000 is a good summary for realzies tho)
Imnothereformath
Thank God, someone did the googling for me. I'm off to hire a band for my lawn byeeeeeeeeee
BobbyBoogie
Go get a floor company for your stairs while you're at it
ThePunishersVengefulBrother
This week turned my brain to mush at work so I'm just killing time until quitting time. Glad to help.
ForrestDwellingDonkey
Goats, mother fucker!!
forgetthisnoise
Hubby is still mad about this fact. Every week all summer long we discuss why we aren't going to cement over the entire yard lol
deadpandas
Plant clover and move on with your life!
eastend666
What are we talking about here, 10 acres? Grow a garden and do a little mowing. It'll come to you.
X0DUS35
And early in the morning as possible
spattr
Or pay others to do it.
HeWhoMustNotBeBlamed
Get a robotic mower and be done with it. Best garden tool I ever bought.
InboxMeYourHDGIFs
Mow it with scythe
PorcupineMilkshake
While wearing a long black hooded robe.
finnsto
Or your HOA will get mean.
haitamimama
I can recommend a really good organic fertilizer thats natural. www.gardensalive.com . Its a bit expensive but so very worth it.
starsinspace15
I got really light electric mower &I really enjoy mowing. Im a smol lady so this works out well. The battery works for the grass trimmer too
Harryteeters
Why do drugs when you could mow a lawn?
BronzeOnion
JuggernaughtJoe
SnossedAndLost
When I had a lawn to mow I loved smokin the weeds before whackin em.
programmar27
Sizzlord
Both actually makes it more enjoyable. And take slightly longer. And maybe...not do so good a job. BUT FUNNER
SoapyWandKenobi
cozynester
Ooooor, don't perpetuate the environmentally taxing practice of having a grass lawn. Get some native plants or maybe raised garden beds
SergeantTerryJeffords
Still need to mow to prevent rats and other vermin living there. Too many of those cause disease
slack3rdav3
in FL, there's native substitutes that dont get more than an inch or so high.
famousfornow
You ever hear of HOAs????? The love the grass! Some say they invented grass. I once saw a grass and then it became a lawn. Trees too. HOA
BoozyPopscicle
Native plants are the way to go! Yards don't have to be all gravel...
finnsto
Gravel? What state do you live in where yards are gravel?
Ilikerandomgifs
Happens in parts of California.
BoozyPopscicle
I'm in Southern California, specifically San Diego. Folks go straight to gravel & succulents when there are a lot of low water natives.
xRHIN0x
In southwestern states like Nevada and Arizona most people don't have "normal" grass lawns, just rock.
myhousesmellsliketuna
Can confirm. Zero scaping is very popular due to the fact that the color of grass is brown.
itrhymeswithshells
Can confirm, all rock out here
illvane
If only there was someone else you could pay to do it for you.. that would be so cool!
OmegaZen
If you have money to throw around I guess?
mirrelle
I had a neighbour who was real OCD about lawns so he mowed ours without asking because we were slow. All he wanted was a chat. I miss him
mirrelle
Then i had another neighbour who tried to get me to do the gardens between our properties (not my issue). And would sit, staring at my lawn
mirrelle
From her chair inside. Then complained once when it didn't get mowed for two weeks bc we were sick.
mirrelle
Currently we just have so many wallbies in our yard it doesn't need doing. Lots of poop though.