:beer: Sold my house yesterday!
02-21-14, 11:34 AM
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:beer: Sold my house yesterday!
We moved a year and a half ago and I've been taking care of two houses since then. Finally got the old one cleaned out and ready to sell and the neighbor snatched it up before we could even list it!!!This must be what it feels like to get out of prison. I feel free. That house is an hour away and I've been going over there once/week to mow, etc. I've been a slave to that house. Now I know what Thoreau was talking about when he said things sometime own people.
It sure felt good to deposit a whole bunch of lettuce into the bank account today.
And today's my birthday!!
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02-21-14, 11:35 AM
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Indeed.....
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02-21-14, 11:40 AM
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Only bought my 1st house last summer.. at 65.. its small .. but a river view & short trips to Those
1 month rent was about what I have in annual Property taxes , now.
1 month rent was about what I have in annual Property taxes , now.
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We moved a year and a half ago and I've been taking care of two houses since then. Finally got the old one cleaned out and ready to sell and the neighbor snatched it up before we could even list it!!!This must be what it feels like to get out of prison. I feel free. That house is an hour away and I've been going over there once/week to mow, etc. I've been a slave to that house. Now I know what Thoreau was talking about when he said things sometime own people.
It sure felt good to deposit a whole bunch of lettuce into the bank account today.
And today's my birthday!!
....and
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02-21-14, 12:38 PM
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Congratulations on selling the house and a joyous Happy Birthday.
02-21-14, 12:51 PM
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02-21-14, 08:16 PM
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Happy Birthday and congratulations on getting that gorilla off of your back.
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02-21-14, 10:14 PM
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Congratulations and happy birthday!
02-22-14, 12:13 AM
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Congratulations. I once owned two houses in a state I wasn't living in. I sold one and rented out the other. Then I decided I couldn't stand living in the city I had transferred to (racist town where I just couldn't bring myself to raise a family). So, I moved back and ended up renting a house in a city where I owned two houses, at least until escrow closed on one of them.
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Congrats!
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So you sold your house, you've collected the money and you already have another place to live.
I'm thinking that every bike vendor and custom frame builder who's reading this might be having heart palpitations. Time for +1.
I'm thinking that every bike vendor and custom frame builder who's reading this might be having heart palpitations. Time for +1.
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OK but is that sold, as in "closed" or sold as in "contract signed"? World of difference there.
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02-23-14, 06:25 AM
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02-23-14, 05:03 PM
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Whenever I go back, which isn't often, I notice all the bike trails that weren't there when I was growing up.
I don't have to go and clean the yard.
I don't have to worry if the wind blew off the siding or the shingles.
I don't have to worry about the pipes freezing.
I don't have to check to see if anyone stole the copper pipes.
I don't have to check for mice.
I don't have to pay for propane or electricity over there.
I don't have to clean gutters.
I don't have to drive an hour there and back on my day off.
Life is good.
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