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Maybe you could get a loan for a floating home instead of a house boat? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVWlaPT92MY
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Keep the Dream alive.
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May 27, 2016 14:03
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Move to NYC: http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5914-Beach-Channel-Dr-Arverne-NY-11692/2106323312_zpid/
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Would unironically live in that. Unless another Hurricane Sandy would send it to New Jersey.
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Look at the price history. Was listed at 5.75 million in 2014. Can't imagine why no one bought it.
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Let's all start writing letters to zillow demanding that the zestimate takes into account the condition of the boat as well as which slip in which marina it's docked in to get an accurate value. I'm sure they'll be really loving confused why so many people are obsessed with the 50 houseboats on their site.
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Pryor on Fire posted:Let's all start writing letters to zillow demanding that the zestimate takes into account the condition of the boat as well as which slip in which marina it's docked in to get an accurate value. I'm sure they'll be really loving confused why so many people are obsessed with the 50 houseboats on their site. You can actually just tweet at them, their social media people are really super responsive.
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I'm making a bad joke, I don't give one flying gently caress about how I would ever contact some corporation over their preferred social media channel.
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Pryor on Fire posted:I'm making a bad joke, I don't give one flying gently caress about how I would ever contact some corporation over their preferred social media channel. I love Interacting With Brands
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Yeah I get it except I've had to tweet at them before and they were very helpful and responsive!
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I remain Houseboatless and sadly may forever remain that way as I'm close to having %20 ready for a down payment on a decent cheap house. However my basic point of it being a good cheap fun way of living remains: http://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/02/14/winona-houseboat-culture-winter-living-challenges#gallery quote:Swanson said that if there's a common reason people choose to live in a houseboat here, it's affordability.
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BaseballPCHiker posted:I remain Houseboatless and sadly may forever remain that way as I'm close to having %20 ready for a down payment on a decent cheap house. However my basic point of it being a good cheap fun way of living remains: Again, winter. And the irony of a blazing roman candle of a boat on a frozen lake. Also, I saw a movie about a family on a houseboat once. 
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BaseballPCHiker posted:I remain Houseboatless and sadly may forever remain that way as I'm close to having %20 ready for a down payment on a decent cheap house. However my basic point of it being a good cheap fun way of living remains: What if you use the downpayment instead for a downpayment on a boathouse. You have to keep the living on a lake dream alive.
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Just move to a place where there's no winter and the houseboats are even cheaper. Like Vietnam.
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Doc Hawkins posted:Just move to a place where there's no winter and the houseboats are even cheaper. Like Vietnam. See, that's good with money, good with food, and good with geography right there. French Indochina, best Indochina.
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This was a fun thread to read in a day. OP don't let the haters ruin your HOUSEBOAT DREAMS
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Hey OP I found a boat near a massive calm loch for you, ignore the local monster. And the monster price. https://www.gumtree.com/p/local-property-for-sale/57-x-10-widebeam-boat-barge-houseboat-liveaboard-/1221958739 £90k for a boat lolol.
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OP has previously stated that he is unwilling to move anywhere that will pay him more or cost less to live. edit: enjoy the next 30 years in Fargo, OP.
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I've mentioned in this thread that I've lived in a floating home before. Well, now I'm back in the same one for a brief time, and I'd just like to re-confirm that, even well into spring, even in the famously mild climate of the San Francisco Bay, it gets plenty chilly. Maybe I'm just gritless and soft-minded, but I cannot imagine life aboard anywhere that gets Actual Winter. Oh, also maintenance and home association fees are murder, half the appliances instantly lose their warrantee and start failing in subtle but consequential ways when they're kept this close to this much salt water, and sometimes the septic pump can silently fail, requiring manual intervention which I'll spare you the details of. To minimize costs, you'd be better off trying to live in a van. (please come back and try to live in a van OP)
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Van on a barge. Best of both worlds.
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Flexible, but expensive. How about a Duck Bus? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_BbWXiddG4
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BaseballPCHiker posted:I remain Houseboatless and sadly may forever remain that way as I'm close to having %20 ready for a down payment on a decent cheap house. However my basic point of it being a good cheap fun way of living remains: Instead of reading the link, I'm choosing to assume that the "Swanson" mentioned in your quote is Ron Swanson.
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Hey OP, it's working for people in Toronto, and it's at least as cold here as it is there. That said though, it's probably the less expensive option vs. buying or renting in Toronto. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-living-on-a-boat-real-estate-1.4078734
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Aagar posted:Hey OP, it's working for people in Toronto, and it's at least as cold here as it is there. Reading this does not make me want to live on a boat. Pumping sewage in sub zero temps was the nope moment for me.
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