NewHomeSchoolMarm Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Praise God we've been blessed to own a home for the last 11 years. NHSM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningirl71 Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 We own an 1890's house in the historic district of our town. It's a one story bungalow type stone house with basement. 1500 sq ft. It is a fixer upper and we are in the middle of remodeling the kitchen and bath right now. We chose this house b/c it was cheap enough that we knew we could remodel. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I said we own it, but really, the bank owns it. We have been here under a year so maybe we own a window now. :001_huh: We are in same boat, but not think I own one doorknob. We also have two rentals, one of which we still have to clean out to rent. Dream is to get to our large prop in No Cal and build our sustainable house we have plans for. JEt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Wow, Melissa! That's incredible! Great job, I'm very impressed! You should call Dave Ramsey with that story - he'd love it! edited to add - oops, now that I see you're in Australia, calling Dave Ramsey probably isn't an option. Perhaps an email? Or do you even know who Dave Ramsey is, LOL? I have never heard of him:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetTN Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Well, actually the bank owns the house for another umteen years:laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 We rent a house right now. We really like it (except for the scary cellar that we pretend isn't there), but we are looking at buying something, but it's not looking good right now. It is way too stressful to try to buy since our only car just bit the dust so now we have to replace that too. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakeside Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Dh is a grad student, so we live in married-student housing. We've been here five years so far and have 1-3 to go! Who knows where we'll be after that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagnfun Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 own our own home, we built our own home. we did it in small stages, as we could afford it, the first couple of years with no power, as the fammily grew, we added to it. for a while we had 2 bedrooms with 5 children, my DH and I sleeping out on the veranda. we have extended it to fit us all in now. we have managed to never have a mortgage. just slight discomfit until we could save up for the next stage.:001_smile: Sleeping on a veranda sounds beautiful. Is it weird if I beg for pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Can I just say that it is refreshing to see that we are not the only ones who don't own a home. Havent been able to and have had lots of flak about how much money we are throwing away by renting. However we don't have the enormous debt that they do. (just moderate):tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 We own - if by "own" you mean make a payment to the bank every month instead of a landlord. Nearly 10 years ago we bought a 3/3 bedroom ranch style duplex. It was originally 2 beds each, but we remodeled some and changed some things around (odd layout - lots to work with). We also altered the middle so that it is open between the two sides. This allows us to operate our traditional Adult Family Home. Our residents live on the other side, share the home like an apartment, and we have our place on this side, but we all still have complete access/flow between sides for assistance and supervision (its like one really big house, but with privacy). It works out very nicely. I think, somewhere down the road when we do move again, it will need to be paid for before we do it. I really can't stand paying the mortgage every month. It really bugs me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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