Author Topic: I Love Texas (Read 4952 times)

Gunslinger · « **on:** February 19, 2006, 09:45:37 PM »

Man I missed this state. I've been in San Antonio for a few days now for my house hunting trip. I made an offer on a house here in the NW side in the bridgewood area. The people accepted so it's on to closing for me. I almost hit a snag as I am going back to Kalifornia tuesday morning and today/tomorrow are federal hollidays. I don't use a check book any more so I was stressing where to get a $1k check for earnest money. Fortunatly the exchange here was able to use my debit card and I used a money order to send to the title company instead. The house is 2300+ sqft 3bd 2.5bth with a pool. Very nice floor plan. I offered $138k with seller paying $3500 in closing and they took it. $138 is the list price but I wasn't sure they'd pay that much in closing costs.

Either way I'm stoked about buying my first home. I made 2 other offers this week on other homes before finding this one and there was allways something, either the couple couldn't get out in time or they wanted to haggle over the price and I just didn't have the time to do that.

I had some really nice brisqet the other day and a local franchise called "millers BBQ" Close to my house I have all the major stores I need. I can't wait to get home and start packing! Seriously!

I have to say though.....the traffic isn't nearly as bad here, but the drivers are.

rpm · « **Reply #1 on:** February 19, 2006, 10:11:20 PM »

Welcome to Texas my friend. You will also become well aquainted with Taco Cabana.

RAIDER14 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 19, 2006, 10:24:46 PM »

Whataburger is good also

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 19, 2006, 10:45:23 PM »

Seems like a good buy. Same house up here would be over 200, but that's because of the population boom in suburban PA.

Throw up some pics.

RAIDER14 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 19, 2006, 10:51:48 PM »

always good weather in tx

FiLtH · « **Reply #5 on:** February 19, 2006, 11:18:41 PM »

138k would buy a very small house and yard here in NH. A house like you described would be at the very least 250k. Then the taxes...argh

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #6 on:** February 19, 2006, 11:23:10 PM »

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Originally posted by lasersailor184
Seems like a good buy. Same house up here would be over 200, but that's because of the population boom in suburban PA.

Throw up some pics.

LOL Try in the 350 range around by me. 3 BR 1 & 1/2 Bath. No basement no pool with a 1 car garage that you could get the carn into. but you would have to find a different way of getting out of the car then by using the doors LOL

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #7 on:** February 20, 2006, 12:35:37 AM »

138K in the bay area would buy you a bathroom.

Congrats on your first home purchase!

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 20, 2006, 12:38:31 AM »

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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
138K in the bay area would buy you a bathroom.

Congrats on your first home purchase!

In a mobile home.

Grats on the move Guns, hope every goes smoothly for ya.

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #9 on:** February 20, 2006, 01:14:38 AM »

Congrats on the purchase indeed! Just one question, why did you agree to pay the list price? You do know the list price is just that, a list price?

I was able to reduce the final price by 10% on my house and that's good money.

Hangtime · « **Reply #10 on:** February 20, 2006, 01:28:29 AM »

138k here would get yah upstairs in an outhouse.

in queens.

think of the view.

congrats on the house!...

...condolences to texas.

T0J0 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 20, 2006, 08:37:54 AM »

Whooly magic beans... 2300SF here would start at $400,000 for a barebones model..... $138K would be a crack shack in sarasota...

TJ

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 20, 2006, 08:42:50 AM »

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LOL Try in the 350 range around by me. 3 BR 1 & 1/2 Bath. No basement no pool with a 1 car garage that you could get the carn into. but you would have to find a different way of getting out of the car then by using the doors LOL

Oh hell yeah. My dad's business partner was making an absolute killing in jersey a couple of years back. He might still be at it.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #13 on:** February 20, 2006, 08:56:32 AM »

'Grats on the home purchase, Gun! Now get yourself a 10 gallon hat.

eagl · « **Reply #14 on:** February 20, 2006, 09:15:55 AM »

Funny about the checkbook thing. I almost never use checks either, but I still travel with my checkbook just in case. It's happened before... Get to a store for something I need, and their phone lines are out so they can't accept credit cards. What to do? Pull out the checkbook. Need to buy a house and the stupid owners won't accept credit card? Either put 5 cards into an ATM for $200 each card, or pull out the checkbook