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i am harry posted:man +1 to this post. I spent most of 2022 homeless or hopping between hotels before my parents took me in again, listening to my parents complain about a tenant is always a surreal experience, because every word out of their mouth about it is objectively wrong and from a place of 0 experience of that poo poo but I just nod and say nothing because that terror, of being homeless, hasn't been something that's left me yet, it might never leave me, and I just have to....exist around these people, who have never known genuine hardship like that but will judge us like they had the right to.
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To be fair to your parents, a lot of people who have known genuine hardship also turn into irredeemable shitheads the instant their luck changes. American work ethic culture is toxic as hell and very few people manage to maintain any real perspective once they convince themselves they're finally getting what they "deserve."
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i wish i got what i deserve so i could be a giant rear end in a top hat for no reason instead of now
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Paradoxish posted:To be fair to your parents, a lot of people who have known genuine hardship also turn into irredeemable shitheads the instant their luck changes. American work ethic culture is toxic as hell and very few people manage to maintain any real perspective once they convince themselves they're finally getting what they "deserve." What I hear from a lot of anti-union workers is every self-respecting man wants to be a business owner someday and who wants a bunch of loser peons demanding more of your money when you finally make it there?
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ProperGanderPusher posted:What I hear from a lot of anti-union workers is every self-respecting man wants to be a business owner someday and who wants a bunch of loser peons demanding more of your money when you finally make it there? temporarily embarrassed labor exploiter
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trying to figure out what happened here https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/12269-31st-St-Gobles-MI-49055/213742898_zpid/
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50k seems to be the minimum bid I would guess it goes for 500k
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i say swears online posted:trying to figure out what happened here lmao half the house is missing
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looking into it the price seems to be jsut for the land with the expectation that the buildings will be demolished maybe not 500k
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Aug 9, 2023 14:12
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Someone inherited it or picked it up private sale and got in over their head.
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Cult compound that didn't end up with enough cultists to finish building it
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ProperGanderPusher posted:What I hear from a lot of anti-union workers is every self-respecting man wants to be a business owner someday and who wants a bunch of loser peons demanding more of your money when you finally make it there? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_LvRPX0rGY
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euphronius posted:looking into it the price seems to be jsut for the land with the expectation that the buildings will be demolished It's western Michigan, the land is useless
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the optimism is infectious. along with all the animal feces
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Speleothing posted:Cult compound that didn't end up with enough cultists to finish building it yeah that makes sense
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needs a big-rear end window at the bottom of those stairs imo. and insulation
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 lol what a cuck, I had $40K into my lovely 115 year old house within two years The AC isn't even a big problem, a new compressor unit is only $4-6K
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:
$40k in repairs? uh is that normal and expected? 
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RadiRoot posted:$40k in repairs? uh is that normal and expected? absolutely with any older house My understanding is that 110 year old houses aren't the norm in other places in the US. My last house was built in 1907, this one was built in the 1860s at some point, it just is what it is.
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:absolutely with any older house ok I just wasn’t planning repairs so quickly. guess that makes me a cuck.
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RadiRoot posted:$40k in repairs? uh is that normal and expected? no that’s the sort of thing an inspection should catch new roof is, what, like 15-20K? new ac is like 5k new water heater is 3k
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I would never buy any house older than the 2000's. Maybe the 90s, but only if it needs minimal repairs. I sold my house this past summer, and I should never have bought it. 1970s, with almost-original wiring, bad foundation, and a dying AC. Yeah, only buy an older home if you have the money to rehab it or to pay a premium for someone else's competent rehab.
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i am harry posted:no that’s the sort of thing an inspection should catch My grandma's A/C broke on her tiny 50s 3 bedroom house. Multiple contractors came out, quotes for replacing most of the system with entry level stuff, not even fancy Carrier brand or anything, ranged from $12k-$20k. The $12k was some promo offer stacked with a senior discount.
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RadiRoot posted:ok I just wasn’t planning repairs so quickly. guess that makes me a cuck. There's a guy who used to inspect new construction in Colorado and detail all the deficient poo poo but his videos aren't on YouTube anymore. Makes you think i am harry posted:no that’s the sort of thing an inspection should catch When I bought in 2015 my inspector didn't catch the crumbling chimneys (which aren't in use). Gonna cost me $7K or so to fix on the way out
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anonumos posted:I would never buy any house older than the 2000's. Maybe the 90s, but only if it needs minimal repairs. I sold my house this past summer, and I should never have bought it. 1970s, with almost-original wiring, bad foundation, and a dying AC. Yeah, only buy an older home if you have the money to rehab it or to pay a premium for someone else's competent rehab. Depends, anything really old that's still standing has the benefit of survivorship bias The house I just bought is the nicest place I've ever lived. It was built in the 1860s. It benefited from nearly 40 years of ownership by a realtor who used it as a showcase property and kept everything up to date.
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just paint the chimneys the same color as the walls . maybe the buyers won’t notice them
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euphronius posted:just paint the chimneys the same color as the walls . maybe the buyers won’t notice them water stains
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Twerk from Home posted:My grandma's A/C broke on her tiny 50s 3 bedroom house. window units ftw, and for $500 total for the important rooms (bedroom & tv room & maybe a couple others).
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when you live in a house from the 1860s  Anything older than 2000 is just too much work
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Depends, anything really old that's still standing has the benefit of survivorship bias Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:when you live in a house from the 1860s "pay a premium for someone else's competent rehab."
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anonumos posted:"pay a premium for someone else's competent rehab." Yeah? Confused about what you're trying to say here.
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:when you live in a house from the 1860s hell yeah much better kitchen than before no windows is a little odd though
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:hell yeah much better kitchen than before There's a window on the right I think the previous owners were afraid of crime, there are two windows that open at all downstairs 
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HPH is an affluence demon trying to suck me into his social class
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RadiRoot posted:$40k in repairs? uh is that normal and expected? I bought mine at the end of 2021 and have dropped about 15k so far (replacement chimney, new crawlspace jackposts, misc plumbing and heating and electrical repairs) and I'm still looking at another 10k on a furnace and oil tank and 1k on a new stove soon. This doesn't include a broken ceiling fan, some desperately needed remodeling of a bathroom and laundry room, or weather-proofing, or things I really should do like get my crawlspace sealed up. poo poo is expensive. Anyway im not having kids, i have a house
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its not a place to live. its an INVESTMENT
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i am harry posted:no that’s the sort of thing an inspection should catch new ac is at least $10k these days at an absolute minimum. $12k may be a more realistic floor. prices surged since 2020
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we paid $22k in 2021 with full duct replacement, which included a $4k rebate from SMUD for switching from a gas heater to electric
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