Comments on: Looking Back, 10 Years of Home Ownership Mistakes

By: Dana

Dana — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:26:11 +0000

Don’t feel bad, you’re not the only one who picked a house after looking at five. Actually I don’t remember the exact number but it was less than half a dozen. On top of that we were completely flying by the seat of our pants, having thirty days to set up housing before hubby PCSed to Fort Bragg. He had decided it was throwing money away to rent. He was still active duty, and intending to make a career of it.

Yeah.

I’m not gonna hijack your blog getting into the nitty-gritty of it. I’m sure you have an active enough imagination to figure out all the possible ways it could have gone wrong. Just think “sold as-is” and proceed from there.

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By: MoneyBlogga

MoneyBlogga — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:34:31 +0000

The first house I bought in this country was 100 years old, uphill from a "hidden" oil refinery, in a very VERY bad part of town. I fell in love with the floor to ceiling spanish glass window in front ..... figures. The schools were the sort of schools you wouldn't send your dog to and I seriously lost count of the number of break-ins that happened to the neighbors on either side of me. Luckily, my house was in the middle with a heavy duty alarm installed by the seller. I didn't do any research whatsoever and had no clue what I was buying into neighborhood-wise. The soot on our cars from the refinery each morning made me wonder about my lungs and the oranges on the tree out back were inedible due to us just being too plain afraid to eat them. And never mind about the explosions every now and again. MoneyBlogga's last blog post..My Dumbest Purchase Ever

By: Damsel

Damsel — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:03:15 +0000

Our house sort of fell into our laps, too… Our youth pastor was moving out of it and we were looking to buy, and BAM. The house is absolutely perfect for our family.

It was our first home-buying experience, and I’m not looking forward to the next one. I’m pretty sure it won’t be this easy!

By: Frugal pursuit

Frugal pursuit — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:39:33 +0000

I am glad you found a good home after only seeing five houses. I bought my first home after seeing only three and while there are some things I would like to change (who doesn't want to change something about their property?), I know this was the right home for me. Of course, I could have also done more research on the city I was moving to so I am keeping that in mind for the future. Frugal pursuit's last blog post..My Roth IRA is fully funded