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Mar 28, 2017
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archie
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did you put down 20%?
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My wife and I just bought our first home
fredetteaboutit13
3/28/17 12:42pm
I wish I would've looked more closely at the entry into our master bedroom...it's slightly crooked, and it drives me nut
Texas Hammer
3/28/17 12:44pm
leave it to TH to blame his inability to carry his bride across the threshold of their new bedroom on the door itself
StantonMac
3/28/17 12:55pm
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
Texas Hammer
3/28/17 1:05pm
our most recent, rather than first, but i should have left my
smokymountainrain
3/28/17 12:45pm
did you put down 20%?
archie
3/28/17 12:46pm
My only regret was not buying a lot bigger of a home. Moving from an apartment
snowbird
3/28/17 12:46pm
RE: My only regret was not buying a lot bigger of a home. Moving from an
7H3F3RN
3/28/17 1:03pm
We went from a 1000 sq ft apt to a 4 br, 2265 home, with a garage. It's huge.
cougaman
3/28/17 1:07pm
We did almost exactly the same move years ago. Funny how fast
Monomachos
3/28/17 1:56pm
It's already happening. Having our 2nd in a week give or take a week. Probably
cougaman
3/28/17 2:03pm
My regret on our current home is it is 2 stories and too big. Our boys are now
93 cougar
3/28/17 2:09pm
I would get any changes you want to make soon done right now before you move in (carpet, paint, etc.)
RdF3
3/28/17 12:46pm
Yeah I don't want to have to be doing that after. Doing that before we move in.
fredetteaboutit13
3/28/17 12:49pm
If you don't unpack a box within the first 30 days, throw it away.
Iman23
3/28/17 12:50pm
But what if you need it like five years later? You just never know when you might need what's in that box. Don't toss
Texas Hammer
3/28/17 1:11pm
Most first time homebuyers over value the following:
Jeremy
3/28/17 12:50pm
Wish I wouldn't have even bought my first home... lost $300K+ on that one!
NorCal_Coug
3/28/17 12:55pm
Geeze man...buy in 07 and sell in 12 or something?
Backcountry
3/28/17 1:05pm
Close... haha!
NorCal_Coug
3/28/17 2:01pm
One thing I'm doing is building over head shelves so we can actually use the
cougaman
3/28/17 1:02pm
Did you check the attic? I wish we had checked the attic first. Oh, how I wish
socorny
3/28/17 1:07pm
Homeless guy up there?
Texas Hammer
3/28/17 1:10pm
I wish I had bought a house with a basement apartment, rents have gone up so
Nat Gas Man
3/28/17 1:12pm
Looking at empty nester status soon and wondering about turning our basement (at least partially)
soupie
3/28/17 1:19pm
we let our son help with finishing our basement, 1400 sq ft and then they
Nat Gas Man
3/28/17 1:24pm
We've thought about having it for a kid to live in if needed. Older two have homes of their own but younger two
soupie
3/28/17 1:49pm
That is very generous
scottpete
3/28/17 1:53pm
Probably not a huge issue given that you can exclude up to $56k/year
RdF3
3/28/17 2:01pm
Good to know b/c that aspect had never crossed my mind. Of course we'd never get near those limits. We're only
soupie
3/28/17 2:11pm
I wish I wouldn't have put so much work into it, because I moved on after 4 yrs.
Thrill
3/28/17 1:18pm
Do the things that will make it more livable for yourself. Don't do anything crazy to detract from resale but
soupie
3/28/17 1:23pm
Buy a home that is close to a Home Depot or Lowes.
IndependentGeorge
3/28/17 2:16pm
Do whatever landscaping you want to do first, especially tree planting.
LifeLongLakerFan
3/28/17 3:06pm
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