good week...

[linuxman2003]

so ya know... nothing new... just good week.... oh did i mention - I FINALLY GOT A FREAKIN APARTMENT!? Moving out friday if all goes well

 

[stegomon]

good.....finaly had it with the parents?...and whats with this i see 92 honda?....gee dude..i know you were havin problems with your ranger...but...oh never mind i will shut up

 

[ZSK]

How much is a decent appartment in your area?

 

[stegomon]

550 in my area...go 30 miles south it is 950....gee living cast to much

 

[Ozwynn]

I pay 840 for a 3 bedroom 2 bath house 2 car garage full basement and 2 fireplaces on 1/2 acre......... in a quiet area.......... 1 block from the university so I get to see all the hottie college girls out for their morning jog...............

 

[linuxman2003]

How much is a decent appartment in your area?

The one bedroom I got runs 530 a month, with water/garbage/cable paid. Electricity is about 100 a month (so im told) and internet is going to be about 45 a month. not too terribly bad I guess... as far as the honda, yeah I got fed up with the ranger always shuddering and shaking going down the highway, so I got something with a little more pep to it. It also holds the road soooo much better, this thing cruises at 95 like my truck did at 45. (not that i cruise at 95...... )

 

[LittleBigFoot]

My pal's dad has a prelude and hot damn, I do enjoy that car. Some people drive their trucks like a sports car, he drives his sports car like a motorcycle. Right on with the apartment. We're payin 850 for a 2 story with finished basement, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, gas, power, garbage. 40 for cable and 40 for internet. But all that isn't bad between 4 guys

 

[4Banger]

Right on with the appt. Man I wish it was that cheep around were I am. 595 for a 1 bedroom on the third floor. Only thing I get is heat hot water and trash removal. Even has a small gravel driveway about as long as my truck so it makes working on things really nice. Right on main street to so i can hear all the idiots drag racing through town and burning their tires. Don't mind it during the day but at night it sucks. Could be wurse i guess but when you live in the country you would think things would be cheeper.

 

[SuperRob]

I pay 1000 a month for everything including cable and cable internet, and hydro. We dont pay any water usage, or any heat or hot water...

Oh yeah, this is a shitty 2 bedroom apartment in Victoria BC....where 2 weeks ago the cheapest house on the market was a real piece of shit with no property for 329,000.....

 

[Will]

We pay about $900 mortgage and $300 on the insurance and tax escrow. That comes with a 3-bedroom, 1400 sqft shack with a 2.5 car attached garage and a barn and a 186ft tall hill with lots of woods and 4-wheeler trails for the kids--in rural Brown County Indiana where you can set off explosives if you so choose--it's just impolite to do it while your distant neighbors are setting off theirs because they won't get full enjoyment of the rumbling echoes through the hills.

I grew up in apartments and duplexes and small, economicly depleted midwestern towns with straw insulation in rattley windowed houses. I'd have killed to be raised where my 4 kids are being raised. But they don't know shit and bitch and moan all the time.

 

[snake]

My rent is free- got the house paid for back in 1997. 1614 square foot 3 bdrm 2 1/2 bath 2 car garage on 5 acres and totally private. Water is free until my well breaks and it hasn't yet. Trash free too, my g/f lets me dump it at her house in the city!

The taxes don't quit tho, nor insurance. Tax is about $2600 a year (on tax value 187K) so over $215 a month in stupid tax... and because I'm in the woods the insurance is another $700. Utilities, etc- no wonder I don't have any money left.

but congrats on the apt!! No more renting motels or woodsey hideaways for "encounters".

 

[BOSS302Man]

Buying a house is always the way go, as long as you don't go over your head or take out a mortgage over 20-25 years. Over that, you'll be paying WAY too much in interest and will lose your butt when it comes time to sell.

Have had my house paid for since about 1992.

 

[Will]

If you got on the 6% bandwagon lately, there's no reason not to take out a 30 year mortgage. If you were staring at a 19% mortgage in 1979 or whatever, then yeah.

 

[ZMan]

glad you're having a good week! Mine has sucked royally for the most part.

 

[Dave R]

The taxes don't quit tho, nor insurance. Tax is about $2600 a year (on tax value 187K) so over $215 a month in stupid tax... and because I'm in the woods the insurance is another $700. Utilities, etc- no wonder I don't have any money left.

That's about what I pay here in NY.

Then again, I paid cash for my house.