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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:50 PM Original message |
Poll question: What's your real estate situation? Is your mortgage killing you? |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. you left out my option |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. falls under "I have a lot of equity." |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 12:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Paid mine off years ago |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. I bought a fixer upper in a crummy but convenient area 11 years ago |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. us too...we bought a 2-flat at $131,000- and we're poised to sell at $415,000 |
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rubberducky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. I got lucky, bought a fixer-upper in a very nice area in `94. |
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HardRocker05 (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
30. how did you finance it? just found out that banks won't lend on fixer-uppers, even if your credit is |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. Please add "homeless" or "other" |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Very true, too many people are in shelters or really marginal housing |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Come to New Orleans and I will show you thousands who now live like that |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. We bought a little house for very little and paid it off early |
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bullimiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. its the taxes and insurance that are out of control here in so florida. |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. We paid off our home |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. Sold my house to take profits and be mobile. |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'm about to buy a condo |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. I bought my duplex in 1990 |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. No intention of ever buying a house, |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
16. we bought our place 16 years ago for $159,000... |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. we bought in 2000, paid $209,000 and put down 30% and have got a 15 year |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
18. House paid off. Paying off equity loan |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
20. The house I live in belongs to my employer |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
21. You also forgot "Losing /lost house" |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:13 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. check the first box. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
23. We Lost A Home Once to Forclosure - Our Current Home Was Paid Off In 5 Years |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
24. none of those situations apply for me currently - we live below our income |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
25. I live in an area where prices didnt go crazy |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
26. I wouldn't call my equity cushion "big" but I think I will be OK |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
27. None of the above. Not planning on selling any time soon, and we don't have one of those stupid |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
28. free and clear |
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doni_georgia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
29. Bought our house 15 years ago - don't plan on moving anytime soon |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
31. We're doing okay |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
32. Somewhere in between |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
33. It is going to be paid off in three months. |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
34. I learned 30 years ago to buy as much property as I could in So-Cal. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
35. Lost my house after I lost my job three weeks after 9/11.... |
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scorpiogirl (662 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
36. I'm a renter with very little hope of owning. |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
37. Not. We're paying exactly what we were in rent for a moldy two-bedroom flat |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
38. The sale value of my home went up this year (4%) Not as much as previous years though (10-15%) |
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