House Hunting

keep up the good work 54. just remember, water runsdown hill. i spent 14 years as a land surveyor trying to explain that to you civil engineers. a hard headed bunch y'all are!

[LESTERUS]

HAMMER: YOU OUGTH TO SEE DOWN HERE IN MIAMI,
I BOUGTH MY HOUSE (SEE A PIC OF MY BACK YARD UNDER REPAIR/ROD BOXES) 2 YEARS AGO FOR 245K AND THEY ALREADY OFFER ME 500K. THE PROBLEM IS IF I SELL, THE ONE NEXT DOOR IS GONNA COST ME 500K.
I THOUGHT OF MOVING UP NORTH FL. BUT THERE IS NOT CUBAN COFFEE UP THERE.

THE PROBLEM HERE IS TAXES AND INSURANCE, THEY'VE DOUBLED IN THE LAST 5 YEARS.

LESTERUS

[C YENSEN]

thanks race, not a civil engineer though, officially I am a Lancscape Architect. ;D

[charlie_the_tuna]

lesterus, where are you and what are your taxes?

[chumbucket]

Starter homes here in the Boston area are no less that $340,000.

[chumbucket]

Mike, that looks like a nice house for the $$.
Don't sell the boat! Try not to anyways. I fell into that trap buying a second home for my daughter. It's very hard to play catch up with boats. :'(
Hopefully next year will be my year. :-[

[LESTERUS]

I'M IN MIAMI,FL SUNSHINE CAPITAL, THAT'S WHY WE PAY SO MUCH IN TAXES, I PAY FOR A HOUSE VALUED IN $202,000 (ASSESED VALUE BY DADE COUNTY) $4,500.00
AND SINCE MY HOUSE IS IN A LAKE, I HAVE TO PAY A SPECIAL COAST GUARD TAX (TO MAINTAIN THE WATERWAYS). HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE WENT FROM $2,500.00 TO $4,000.00 A YEAR, WHILE IN THE REST OF FLORIDA WENT UP 20-30% AS IF HURRICANES ONLY WOULD HIT MIAMI.

BUT HEY!!! THAT'S THE PRICE FOR LIVING IN PARADISE!!!

CY, IF YOU'RE A LANDSCAPE ENGINEER, COME DOWN YOU'LL MAKE MONEY DOWN HERE!!!!

[macojoe]

You don't want to know what a starter is here on Cape Cod!!
I won't be buying anytime soon thats for sure!!

[TheTinMan]

Starter homes out here are +400k! BAH!

This just out today...definately a buyers market!

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/25/bu...rtner=homepage

[TheTinMan]

This beauty is $449k!............and NO, it's not waterfront!



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