Batman June 22, 2007 Share Batman Member June 22, 2007 After renting for 15 years, and 8 years in the same rented house I bought a house!!! It took about 4 months and 5 offers on 5 different forclosed houses. Every house I put an offer in on needed alot of work, and the first 4 were about 10-12 yrs old. All were nice big houses, and being bank owned the price was right for what I could afford. But the first 4 houses all ignored my offers, I don't know if banks are being over run with property or they just like ignoring offers on property they dont really want to own.. (really ticked me off, every offer we had) We finally found a house that Fanny Mae bought from a bank, Fanny Mae was very easy to work with and after 3 counter offers we agreed on a price and 28 days later we moved in!! The house is incredible, its a 3 year old two story four bedroom full basement nice corner lot and I got it for about $28,000 less that it was built for 3 years ago!!! We didnt have to pay a penny at closing, through FHA Fanny Mae paid everything and I got what was left over at closing (around $2,000).. Talk about a sweet deal!! I'll post pics later when I get them off the camera.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo June 22, 2007 Share anonymo Member June 22, 2007 When do we move in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaM2 June 22, 2007 Share akaM2 Member June 22, 2007 congrats batty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gond June 22, 2007 Share Gond Member June 22, 2007 Don't let him fool ya...he just wanted to live closer to me Tis a very nice house though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX June 22, 2007 Share NOFX Member June 22, 2007 nice batman.. I guess thats where you have been hiding... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieChan June 22, 2007 Share JackieChan GC Alumni June 22, 2007 Congrats, batty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristan June 22, 2007 Share Tristan Member June 22, 2007 Party at Bat's house!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingy June 22, 2007 Share Dingy Member June 22, 2007 I bought a house!!! Congrats Bats! Have fun in your new money pit abode. Let the list of projects begin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman June 23, 2007 Author Share Batman Member June 23, 2007 Thanks guys, and yes NOFX Ive been busy with that.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerisme June 23, 2007 Share farmerisme Member June 23, 2007 Awesome to hear batty. Good to hear good things from you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duma June 23, 2007 Share duma Member June 23, 2007 Where abouts Bat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brew June 23, 2007 Share Brew Member June 23, 2007 congrats! thats what im aiming at right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher June 23, 2007 Share Preacher Member June 23, 2007 Always good to see your monthly payment come back as an investment instead of circling the bowl like when you rent. I bought my house 3 years ago for $27,900 and am listing it next month for $110,000 and will end up with 95-100k. Realestate is the best and safest investment because over time it always ends up worth more than you paid for it(unless it slides off into the ocean like in California lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracid June 23, 2007 Share Tracid Member June 23, 2007 Basement = Bat Cave? hehe, grats on new house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfsblood June 24, 2007 Share Wolfsblood Member June 24, 2007 Grats Batty, my wife and I bought our first house almost 11 months ago, and absolutely love it. Sure, there are always things that need to be done, or that you want to do to it, but it's yours, not someone else's. That makes a huge difference in the mindset of the projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoMamma June 24, 2007 Share YoMamma Member June 24, 2007 Realestate is the best and safest investment because over time it always ends up worth more than you paid for it(unless it slides off into the ocean like in California lol) This is true in the midwest. Both coasts deal with major price fluctuations. Congratz on the house Batty. That must be very exciting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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