Listed our home for sale

[MEANZ06]

Originally Posted by Mike Mercury

I still have shit that's unpacked

But in other news, This place is great! Get up, throw the "weather rock" out, figure out if im going uphill or downhill, pack a day lunch and go, rinse repeat the next day

Life is good

[LATB]

Originally Posted by Onebadcad

Did your house appreciate 200+% in the past four years??

Probably not considering he just bought the vacant lot next door for 50K

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by Onebadcad

Did your house appreciate 200+% in the past four years??

No; more like 250%.

[LATB]

Originally Posted by Yadkin

No; more like 250%.

Wow. What were those lots worth 4 years ago?

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by LATB

Wow. What were those lots worth 4 years ago?

Mid 40's. I stole both in the 70's (each). One up the street, a view lot but well and septic (which means he might have to purchase a second lot) went for 179.

House 1/4 mile away went for 1.1M. Larger, 20 years older, but most of that is in the basement. And the roof is metal, not standing seam. No central heat, so it's basically a summer place.

Gotta remember that this is a resort area, so prices rise nutty, then drop badly during recessions. In 2005 condos up the street were selling for 279. Then 379. Then 479. Then the 2008 crash, and they were back to 279.

[LATB]

Originally Posted by Yadkin

Mid 40's. I stole both in the 70's (each). One up the street, a view lot but well and septic (which means he might have to purchase a second lot) went for 179.

House 1/4 mile away went for 1.1M. Larger, 20 years older, but most of that is in the basement. And the roof is metal, not standing seam. No central heat, so it's basically a summer place.

Gotta remember that this is a resort area, so prices rise nutty, then drop badly during recessions. In 2005 condos up the street were selling for 279. Then 379. Then 479. Then the 2008 crash, and they were back to 279.

Those numbers make more sense. I thought you bought the vacant lots or 50K.

I understand resort real estate very much. I lived it for 35 years and I’m still involved with clients there.

No desire to live there anymore.

[Steve_R]

Originally Posted by LATB

I understand resort real estate very much. I lived it for 35 years and I’m still involved with clients there.

No desire to live there anymore.

Yeah, I think we know that after the dozens of times you’ve said it.

What’s your thoughts on air travel, I don’t recall you ever saying.

[LATB]

Originally Posted by Steve_R

Yeah, I think we know that after the dozens of times you’ve said it.

What’s your thoughts on air travel, I don’t recall you ever saying.

[Onebadcad]

Originally Posted by Yadkin

No; more like 250%.

Wise buy!!

Now go build a house, or two, as we need entertainment in here.

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by Onebadcad

Wise buy!!

Now go build a house, or two, as we need entertainment in here.

Gotta finish the addition first. The plan for one lot is a German Chalet with a large overhanging front gable. I'd rent it out to Floridiots and use the basement for a three or four bay garage, with at least one four post lift.

[Onebadcad]

That 'Floridiots' Marketing Plan will have them beating down your door.

[Steve_R]

Originally Posted by Onebadcad

That 'Floridiots' Marketing Plan will have them beating down your door.

Yup, can't miss with that strategy. I'd pay good money to stay next door to Yaddie while he's working on a vehicle in a garage under where we're staying. I can't imagine a better vacation.

[Onebadcad]

Originally Posted by Steve_R

Yup, can't miss with that strategy. I'd pay good money to stay next door to Yaddie while he's working on a vehicle in a garage under where we're staying. I can't imagine a better vacation.

Also, you will have to park at the convenience store a few miles away, as he refuses to remove the driveway rocks, which are nicely spaced at 1/8".

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by Steve_R

Yup, can't miss with that strategy. I'd pay good money to stay next door to Yaddie while he's working on a vehicle in a garage under where we're staying. I can't imagine a better vacation.

Grinding, painting, with my LP's playing loudly.

[Frankie the Fink]

Originally Posted by Yadkin

Floriduh isn't paradise? Say it ain't so.

It has been for us for 25 years, but the blue state refugees from tax, crime, congestion have brought all that crap with them now. I used to get to the town of Clermont 12 miles away in about 15 minutes, it now takes 45 minutes on a good day and that's before the new communities en route of high density conods/apartments are completed and open up. And a huge COSTCO. The little citrus farming town has turned into a snarl of traffic and retail/residentical sprawl. So its like John Milton's poem titled "Paradise Lost".

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by Frankie the Fink

It has been for us for 25 years, but the blue state refugees from tax, crime, congestion have brought all that crap with them now. I used to get to the town of Clermont 12 miles away in about 15 minutes, it now takes 45 minutes on a good day and that's before the new communities en route of high density conods/apartments are completed and open up. And a huge COSTCO. The little citrus farming town has turned into a snarl of traffic and retail/residentical sprawl. So its like John Milton's poem titled "Paradise Lost".

It went from bad to worse some time around 2005, when idiots were buying homes sight unseen as investments. The 'Crats had loosened lending requirements, causing a the housing market to explode. On our annual drive to visit relatives, the lush forests had been bulldozed, and it looked like a dust bowl.

[Steve_R]

Originally Posted by Frankie the Fink

It has been for us for 25 years, but the blue state refugees from tax, crime, congestion have brought all that crap with them now. I used to get to the town of Clermont 12 miles away in about 15 minutes, it now takes 45 minutes on a good day and that's before the new communities en route of high density conods/apartments are completed and open up. And a huge COSTCO. The little citrus farming town has turned into a snarl of traffic and retail/residentical sprawl. So its like John Milton's poem titled "Paradise Lost".

Too many places like that in FL and many other states. That's why we chose a small island (12 miles long and 2 miles wide) that has very strict laws about development including lot sizes, tree cutting, height restrictions, etc. The original dunes are still here and are protected. They haven't been bulldozed to build seawalls and condos. There are no private beaches here. John Grisham bought two adjacent lots on the ocean several years ago and applied to combine them and build a house higher than the limit of 30 ft. He was told no. His name and money didn't matter.

[Ronins2ndCuzzin]

Originally Posted by mrvette

Same thing in the DC/Md. region......165k my old house sold in '97, joint valued at 650k a year ago, last time I checked.....

My dad bought his house for $50K in 1979. Today's market value is $1.29M. Absolutely ridiculous real estate in the bay area.

[Onebadcad]

Originally Posted by Yadkin

It went from bad to worse some time around 2005, when idiots were buying homes sight unseen as investments. The 'Crats had loosened lending requirements, causing a the housing market to explode. On our annual drive to visit relatives, the lush forests had been bulldozed, and it looked like a dust bowl.

Most lazy idiots who purchased a home with no money down during the subprime boom, and then used them for piggybanks during the rapid appreciation, were out on the streets by 2012.
Most, thankfully, remain renters today.

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by Onebadcad

Most lazy idiots who purchased a home with no money down during the subprime boom, and then used them for piggybanks during the rapid appreciation, were out on the streets by 2012.
Most, thankfully, remain renters today.

So you agree, they are Floridiots.