Affordable California Living?? - Beyond Tiki

S seamus Member Portland Joined: May 07, 2003 Posts: 462	S seamus Posted posted on Wed, Aug 13, 2003 10:32 PM I agree with you wholeheartedly FuturaGirl. I stopped paying rent when I was 28 and haven't looked back. I'm on my 3rd home now and have "flipped" (remodeled and sold) 5 or 6 w/ my dad in Portland. Checking under the carpet is one of our first tasks when checking out a potential moneymaker! I know what it's like to live in 'em while working on them. I know what it's like to sell 'em and let someone else enjoy the home like you never could. But if I would've held out for some dream home that's all it would've ever been was a dream. When I was 28 I inherited $5,000 and I decided I'd rather buy a crappy little condemned house in a bad neighborhood (I was single) , than pay rent to live w/ two other smelly roomates. The house My wife, daughter and I live in now was still very inexpensive, but it's big and 2 blocks from the beach and the payments are about half of what houses much smaller than ours rent for.

I agree with you wholeheartedly FuturaGirl. I stopped paying rent when I was 28 and haven't looked back. I'm on my 3rd home now and have "flipped" (remodeled and sold) 5 or 6 w/ my dad in Portland. Checking under the carpet is one of our first tasks when checking out a potential moneymaker! I know what it's like to live in 'em while working on them. I know what it's like to sell 'em and let someone else enjoy the home like you never could. But if I would've held out for some dream home that's all it would've ever been was a dream. When I was 28 I inherited $5,000 and I decided I'd rather buy a crappy little condemned house in a bad neighborhood (I was single) , than pay rent to live w/ two other smelly roomates. The house My wife, daughter and I live in now was still very inexpensive, but it's big and 2 blocks from the beach and the payments are about half of what houses much smaller than ours rent for.

Post #47752 by seamus on Wed, Aug 13, 2003 10:32 PM