I bought a house

Here's my new pad. I close today at 11am. 2100sq ft, 3 bedroom, 1 1/2 baths, fireplace, nice 2 1/2 plus size garage, beautiful yard with alot of trees, wild flowers, shrubs, situated on 2 1/2 acres, $115,000. Close to Dryden MI about 20 miles north from where I live now, in the country I hate the city and the traffic.

Sweet...plus lots of room to build a big ole shop!

valleydawg wrote:Sweet...plus lots of room to build a big ole shop!

Yeah I plan on a 20x30 pole barn, in about a year. Gotta lick my wounds after this house thing and my engine build

nice pad. I tried to convince my wife about buying a place in the country before we bought the house we have now. It didnt work out, but she said she definitly wants one in the country the next time.
Neighbors can really change your view on homeowning sometimes.

Nice looking place and a good price too. Congrats!

Hey Mike, Congrats on the new place! Me and Adam are going to come up and break the place in right!

Happy for ya Mike,Nice place for a great price. Mike think about the shop a bit more before you build. a 30x40 is not that much more

Nice place!! Great price, I guess the real estate is still kinda soft in MI? A former co-worker sold everything here and moved to MI for a job. Bought a house and in one year he lost about $80K in equity. Then the job went too and he had two weeks to get out of the country!!

Bill

bbf-falcon wrote:Happy for ya Mike,Nice place for a great price. Mike think about the shop a bit more before you build. a 30x40 is not that much more

x2 a 40x 60 min 40x80 or 40x100 just right


Randy

just go ahead and build the 40x100 now because the 40x60 that you mite build will be to little in a month from now.

edit: just make it 60x100

Congrats on the money-pit, er house I mean.. Good area you chose.
Regards.
Al

Nice place, have fun as a homeowner.
The MI real estate market is still quite soft. My friends just bought a HUD house, it sold for $175K 2yrs ago, it was listed for $145K, they offered $105K and got it. Great time to buy if you have a job, but sucks if you need to sell.

No, bad choice. You should have moved south to Milan . Congats! Hate the city myself too. I want to live in a rural area like milan or norwalk ohio, guess why.

to freaking cold in Michigan....... But look like you got a good deal if thats where you want to live and work.

D's557BBF wrote:Hey Mike, Congrats on the new place! Me and Adam are going to come up and break the place in right!

"D" you bring the DRINKS! I'll bring the CHICKS!!!!

Mike your 2 acres, will be a used for HUNTING NAKED CHICKS with paint ball guns!

Blownhallet- I don't even want to know.

So WTF guys! No one's going to invite me? D's in charge of the weaponry and booze Hallet's in charge of the babe's, bigblockfox's in charge of the facility, and I'll bring the crack. Or I'll be the designated driver.

THIS PARTY'S GONNA BE THE $#!T!!! Just kidding.

bbf-falcon wrote:Happy for ya Mike,Nice place for a great price. Mike think about the shop a bit more before you build. a 30x40 is not that much more

Thanks Rick....I'll take your advice and everyone else's also on going a tad bigger but it won't happen for at least a year

Right now I'm the newest homeowner ya'll know and I'm happy Boy is there a bunch of papers to sign Just got back from all the b.s. involved and all. I know it could be a money pit but a person has to live somewhere and renting just didn't seem to be a smart choice along the "first time homebuyer option" and todays housing market. Some day (it's a long story) maybe some of you will be privy the whole story.... but, in a short story my gf owned her home, (we live together) lost her job , then financial problems , market took a dump ,etc, etc, etc. It was sad

Remember guys.......you can sleep in your car but you can not drive your house

Lem Evans wrote:Remember guys.......you can sleep in your car but you can not drive your house

so I rekon if you got a boat you are just screwed all the way around.

Pull the boat with the car.........you can not pull a boat with a house.

congrats on the house! It will be the best investment that you will make! 2100 sq ft and the land...around me would sell for 3- 325K, That's why I live in a little shit box...1100 sq ft single family dwelling! Enjoy the pleasures of home ownership. Build the biggest shop you can build, be it a 20x30 or a 60x100...they fill up quick!

Lem Evans wrote:Remember guys.......you can sleep in your car but you can not drive your house

bigblockfox468 wrote:

Lem Evans wrote:Remember guys.......you can sleep in your car but you can not drive your house

Congrats on the new house....just having a little fun
But........a guy could sleep in the car and not drive the house

Lem is that why you have a dealership so you can have different room every day or week