I bought a house

[Sedatedfork]

I have been renting a house up in Seattle for 4 years. Well yesterday we just bought a house. The way the whole thing went, it just seemed meant to be. We weren't planning on buying a place until later this summer. On Friday I was driving to work from my favorite coffee shop and ended up driving down a street near my home that I would rarely drive down. I noticed the house for sale, stopped and looked at the flyer. We looked at it during the Open House on Saturday and then again on Sunday with our agent. Offers were being considered for Tuesday at noon. The house was listed at a really undervalued price, but we knew it would go for quite a bit more. Since we live near the home, we noticed a lot of activity with preinspections, interested buyers, etc. My wife and I debated where to set our ceiling. Ultimately I convinced her it should be $5,000 higher than what she wanted. There were 7 offers, and our offer was the highest by $2,500. We hit the value right on the nose. They picked our offer, even though two other offers waived inspection contingencies because they preinspected. The house is a block and a half from where we live now. Our agent knew their agent, which was a plus. Both our mortgage broker and agent advocated for us. It really seemed like it was meant to be. Anyway, I'm very happy about it, but I am going to be broke for a while. Ahhh, the joys of home ownership.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

TIME FOR AN S2 HOUSE WARMING PARTY BRO

 

[Mediocre Man]

Congrats

 

[HailBlazers]

Awesome Story! Congrats

 

[Denny Crane]

Congrats!

 

[Eastoff]

Congratulations! Does the raise to 15$/hr help?

 

[Sedatedfork]

Congratulations! Does the raise to 15$/hr help?

Haha -- yeah, not really.

 

[tlongII]

Welcome to lots of debt.

 

[DaLincolnJones]

Grats..say goodbye to "free time" hahaha..could be I just hate to hire anything but lawn care..

 

[MarAzul]

Sounds like it was your day, nice to hear a happy guy.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Nice!

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Congrats!

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Welcome to lots of debt.

Ok........I waited until I thought Vegas hit the bottom. Was off by a year or so and I am still up over 100 grand. I'll take that debt. 80 dollars a square foot for a top community? Please let me.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Congrats!

 

[MARIS61]

Congrats!

What style is it, yard, neighborhood amenities...MANCAVE?

 

[Sedatedfork]

1952 Home, single story, small lot (5000 sq. ft.), 1270 sq. ft of home. 3 BR, 2 Bath. This home would probably go for $100,000 less in Portland. Damn the rich Seattleites.

 

[crandc]

Mozel tov. Sounds like ordinary mortals can still buy houses in the Pacific Northwest? Not here by the Bay. That $100K house would probably be $1 million here!

I'll be renting for a looooooong time.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

1952 Home, single story, small lot (5000 sq. ft.), 1270 sq. ft of home. 3 BR, 2 Bath. This home would probably go for $100,000 less in Portland. Damn the rich Seattleites.

Congrats!

You probably could have bought a similar house in Portland for much less . . . but you will be able to sell that house in Seattle for much more.

 

[MARIS61]

It's all relative, just don't let any of them move in with you.

 

[MickZagger]

Whats the property tax like in Seattle? I want to buy a house in North Portland in a couple years, but my dad insists I'm going to get raped in property tax and that I could get a way nicer house in Vancouver. Problem is, I never want to move back to Vancouver.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

good for you man! now get that equity going, maybe put in a hot chicks room.

 

[MARIS61]

Whats the property tax like in Seattle? I want to buy a house in North Portland in a couple years, but my dad insists I'm going to get raped in property tax and that I could get a way nicer house in Vancouver. Problem is, I never want to move back to Vancouver.

I never understood people who move to another state simply to save maybe a grand a year on property taxes, only to spend maybe 5 grand a year on sales taxes.

I say live where you are the happiest, then arrange your career and budget to fit it.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Whats the property tax like in Seattle? I want to buy a house in North Portland in a couple years, but my dad insists I'm going to get raped in property tax and that I could get a way nicer house in Vancouver. Problem is, I never want to move back to Vancouver.

It's not much, about 1%. But you have pump your own gas and pay sales tax. The one thing that is kind of shocking though in Seattle, is the high parking costs downtown. I think they have a large tax on that. It is about $250 a month for parking in most places. $4 an hour is standard. $50 for event parking near the stadiums.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

It's not much, about 1%. But you have pump your own gas and pay sales tax. The one thing that is kind of shocking though in Seattle, is the high parking costs downtown. I think they have a large tax on that. It is about $250 a month for parking in most places. $4 an hour is standard. $50 for event parking near the stadiums.

But I hear the traffic isn't bad.