Home Buying & Real Estate Thread

[slaughterx]

4 bed/4 bath Home in Carbondale for $539,900

1120 Grand Oaks Drive Carbondale, IL. Search homes for sale, get school district and neighborhood info for Carbondale, IL on h2hrealty.net -- Real Estate Search.

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[you go boy]

my HOA is 250... It went up $25 from 225 a year ago and I was heated... but for NJ my HOA is not bad... other places I was looking at buying the HOA was 750 smh

 

[B Sox]

Harborview building in Baltimore is a lot like that one. 2 bed/1.5 bath unit on the market for $265k but the building fees are about $1,400 per month.

 

[Mark Antony]

That's absurd. What happens if you don't pay these fees?

 

[B Sox]

That's absurd. What happens if you don't pay these fees?

Lien gets placed and you'd eventually be foreclosed.

 

[B Sox]

Get a ton of Zillow calls for the building, but it's generally folks that can only afford in the $200s, meanwhile the actual monthly payment is that of like a $500k+ home.

 

[super38]

my HOA is 250... It went up $25 from 225 a year ago and I was heated... but for NJ my HOA is not bad... other places I was looking at buying the HOA was 750 smh

Bought my pad when HOA was $250. They kept raising it yearly and it’s now at $470 . Thankfully we fired the old HOA company that kept raising rates and us homeowners are working on redoing CC&Rs so we take over more of the maintenance of our homes and we’re hoping to end up between $150-$200 a month.

 

[had pants]

 

[had pants]

 

[Mark Antony]

Looked at my bill and that's a few lines short.

 

[slaughterx]

Im starting to wish I had just paid the extra 20k for a battery to cut Ameren IL out of the picture... but then I would need 2 batteries and that 55k would be 100k so Im straight but Im still pqying $300 power bills with these damn solar panels because they dont produce as much in thw winter...

 

[thenewjs23]

This, I’m done with AirBNB’s unless its a secluded cabin somewhere. Wife and I were very impressed with Holiday INN express during a trip from DC to HOU.

 

[mplsdunk]

My dad has so many Hilton points I just bum hotels off him.

 

[had pants]

 

[sneeker]

only difference was, who had the money back then?

 

[slaughterx]

Probably the same people who have most of the money now...

 

[Rj4147]

Am gonna be traveling for the next few years but want to buy something < 250k and try using it as rental property/ Airbnb. Any advice on where to look? Literally anywhere, with not high crime, is good. 2 bedroom would be cool, 1 to rent and 1 to Airbnb. Or just 1 room to store my random items and 1 to rent/ Airbnb. I know this ain’t Zillow, but in case y’all got recommendations lol. In the dmv, not really anything you can get for that in a safe area.

 

[Brownstone]

Louisville is a dope, affordable city, I would start there if investments properties was my thing

 

[ballinsam23]

Costa Rica if you're abroad.

North Carolina surprisingly if you're in the states.

 

[1c3m4m]

Costa Rica if you're abroad.

North Carolina surprisingly if you're in the states.

Why u say costa rica?

 

[ballinsam23]

Why u say costa rica?

Very safe. Lots of tourists due to attractions (major surfing areas, rainforest, hikes, prostitution is legal, etc) A lot of Americans go there to retire too.

 

[thenewjs23]

only difference was, who had the money back then?

My old man leveled up during that time. He was able to buy 5 brownstones in Brooklyn, 6 brand new townhome in houston, the builder could not sell, a few blocks in 3rd ward Houston and few properties in DC.

 

[1c3m4m]

Very safe. Lots of tourists due to attractions (major surfing areas, rainforest, hikes, prostitution is legal, etc) A lot of Americans go there to retire too.

Went last yr, actually enjoyed it

Airbnb i stayed in was very nice and less than 5 min from the beach

My old man leveled up during that time. He was able to buy 5 brownstones in Brooklyn, 6 brand new townhome in houston, the builder could not sell, a few blocks in 3rd ward Houston and few properties in DC.

Oo yall rich rich

 

[lovehateself]

i was buying up property left and right on the monopoly board

 

[turbospartan]

only difference was, who had the money back then?

That time was prob my biggest financial regrets of my life. Was going to buy a brick loft condo in Detroit for like $28k, its now worth like $400k. Also was going to buy a different townhouse in Detroit for $65k that is now $400k+ (because its right across the street from the new Little Ceaser Arena). Everyone told me "Detroit is too sketchy, why would you do that?".