Home Buying & Real Estate Thread

[lovehateself]

my realtor was a KW agent in Palos Verdes, older sis of one of my oldest friends
def not them type

but this fitness bunny i know went from waitressing to selling cars at a ford dealership and " showing houses"

 

[アミーゴ]

oh you mad ALWAYS BEEN A FAN OF YOURS!

 

[spizike231]

Always the OG heads comin thru with the pics

 

[アミーゴ]

Always the OG heads comin thru with the pics

WE THE BEST

 

[turbospartan]

WE THE BEST

Sent you a message... trying to determine if I should fight to keep this house I have, or just sell it and be done with this snake *** ***

 

[deusavertat]

Framing completed on my basement. Rough electric tomorrow.

 

[polo sport nyc]

damn, when I miss a couple of days in here, i miss a lot, clearly... LOL!!

 

[BR0 MONTANA]

What are you guys using for home security? Recently just got with Vivint. Kinda pricey but so far I like their service. Used to just have a ring doorbell but that was lacking.

 

[you go boy]

^ got the basic slomins shield... it gets the job done for $38.00...I dont have a camera or a big place though so it works well

 

[mister doitnice]

What are you guys using for home security? Recently just got with Vivint. Kinda pricey but so far I like their service. Used to just have a ring doorbell but that was lacking.

I started off with Vivint but ultimately decided to go with Nest. I do the $20 per month for Brinks to monitor my system.

 

[addict4sneakers]

Anyone built a multi family project from the ground up?

 

[spizike231]

What are you guys using for home security? Recently just got with Vivint. Kinda pricey but so far I like their service. Used to just have a ring doorbell but that was lacking.

Ring cameras, stickup cams.

 

[sole searchin]

If you were building a house from scratch, would you wire cameras? Or is this day and age it’s about the tech?

 

[bale]

hate to say it but a security company/gated community looks like a good idea if the $$$$ is there. stuff doesn't pay for itself tho.

 

[s0lefunk]

If you were building a house from scratch, would you wire cameras? Or is this day and age it’s about the tech?

Had our house wired to support a PoE camera system. More stable and less prone to interference than wifi. Plus I didn’t want to deal with replacing batteries.

I recommend anyone going for a new build to have ethernet ran throughout the house during framing. Its worth the extra money especially if you are a streaming household.

 

[mplsdunk]

My friends are building a fire proof concrete house. It’s gonna be dope. I’ll use their builders when I get my money together for it down the road if it all goes well with their build.

 

[Rootin4EverybodyBlack]

What are you guys using for home security? Recently just got with Vivint. Kinda pricey but so far I like their service. Used to just have a ring doorbell but that was lacking.

SimpliSafe. Install was pretty easy. I have 3 cameras (doorbell, living room, deck). Its 28/month for the monitoring plan.

 

[s0lefunk]

Reached out to our realtor just to gauge what we could sell our house for. Based on the comps he sent over we could expect at least a 40-60% profit. Wife won’t entertain anything less than 100% .

Anyone flip their primary residence in this market? Did you buy another home immediately or decide to rent in hopes of the market cooling down? Any seller’s remorse?

We have a great home in a great location. While we could wipe out all our debt and still have a sizeable amount left over for savings and a downpayment, we’d be back in the market at these prices.

 

[deusavertat]

SimpliSafe. Install was pretty easy. I have 3 cameras (doorbell, living room, deck). Its 28/month for the monitoring plan.

Simplisafe+guns+heavy police presence in my neighborhood.

There's always a cop car posted up outside my place mad late at night. He may be spying on me tho.

 

[sole searchin]

Reached out to our realtor just to gauge what we could sell our house for. Based on the comps he sent over we could expect at least a 40-60% profit. Wife won’t entertain anything less than 100% .

Anyone flip their primary residence in this market? Did you buy another home immediately or decide to rent in hopes of the market cooling down? Any seller’s remorse?

We have a great home in a great location. While we could wipe out all our debt and still have a sizeable amount left over for savings and a downpayment, we’d be back in the market at these prices.

Yeah that’s the thing. Even if you sell for a profit you’re still at the mercy of the market and would be buying at a premium price.

Combined with the rising interest costs.

 

[206to813]

Yeah that’s the thing. Even if you sell for a profit you’re still at the mercy of the market and would be buying at a premium price.

Combined with the rising interest costs.

That’s what I’m thinking… selling a house now in a great location, I’m guessing with a great rate… how does that put you ahead

 

[アミーゴ]

If you can sell and wait out the market to early next year - great spot to be in

 

[アミーゴ]

I told my boy turbospartan to give his wife the pad and just travel the world until next year

 

[turbospartan]

I told my boy turbospartan to give his wife the pad and just travel the world until next year

If my job was remote I'd move to Europe next week

 

[s0lefunk]

That’s what I’m thinking… selling a house now in a great location, I’m guessing with a great rate… how does that put you ahead

Settle some interest accruing debt while freeing up some income, make a downpayment on a new spot where the mortgage loan amount would be roughly the same as our original purchase price (likely a bit higher), and have some cash leftover for a decent nestegg.

We’re going to crunch some numbers to really figure out how a sale now would benefit us compared to our current financial trajectory. Agreed that a sale now could potentially be a wash if it isn’t for the right amount and with the right perspective.

Rising interest rates do not concern me too much because they are still a decent amount lower than the 50-year average. Plus settling debt would boost our credit scores and give us a more favorable rate.

Based on comps we aren’t close to that “no brainer, let’s sell” amount but we are within the “let’s talk about it” range.