Home buying thread
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Sanrith Descartes
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I look for smaller sq ft single family homes in places that are nice and crime-free, but not in really nice areas. The rents are comparable but the house prices are much better. Also, the number of potential renters in the areas that surround the nicest ones is much higher since they want to be as close as they can to the upper class, but they can't afford to actually buy a home there.
Lanx
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isn't it also about school zoning, they'll rent a home for a few years in a good zoned area?
Sanrith Descartes
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Yeah thats one of my major considerations, can i increase rents enough in "A" rated school zones to justify the increased cost of the purchase.
LiquidDeath
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That mostly applies to highschools here, and those are all highly rated in the suburbs that I look in.
I think the cost of property is too high to turn good profits now. Bought a single family residence for STR in Florida, about 10 minutes to the beaches, and the market is so saturated that it hasn’t been very profitable. Had i purchased the property five years ago, it would be a different story.
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Im not looking to buy yet, just beginning the analysis and evaluation portion.
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So my ac decided to shit the bed. Blower motor is just about dead and so practically no air is coming out of the vents.
With it being 25ish years old Im thinking it's probably best to just replace the thing instead of get it repaired. Anyone have an ac installed in the past year or two? How much did you end up paying?
With it being 25ish years old Im thinking it's probably best to just replace the thing instead of get it repaired. Anyone have an ac installed in the past year or two? How much did you end up paying?
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Big Phoenix
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Yeah reading up it very well could be that(though if thats the case the tech missing that is gonna be pretty jimmy rustling) so Ill pick one up tomorrow morning and swap it out.
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Kriptini
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2 floors, 1,500 square feet. It's a pretty awesome deal for the sale price and location. I was outbid on the one I posted about earlier in this thread but there's still plenty of value in this one since it's a 3 bedroom and 2.5 bath. (Technically it's a 2 bedroom right now, but I'm getting credit to turn the loft into a 3rd bedroom.)
Lanx
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thats cool, does the hvac credit extend to new ducting or just condenser/furnace?
Kriptini
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Just the condenser and furnace. The remediation team will clean out the ducts as part of the work they have to do, at least.
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