Knee Deep in Water Chloe
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jul 29, 2015 0:16:55 GMT -5
I know this wasn't the topic, but I'm struggling with the concept of renting to someone at your place of residence. Maybe it's because I'm a pretty private person (which, of course is not indicated by my participation on a public message board ), but I just wouldn't want to have someone (non-spousal adult, cuz, ya know, I do have my children in my house) living at my house if I didn't financially need that to happen. And yes, I get that they're not in your house, but it just wouldn't work for me. Have you done something like that previously?
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jul 29, 2015 0:19:52 GMT -5
Oh, and my husband's father had a rule--no post mortems. So, if you pass on this plane opportunity, you've made that choice. Don't squawk about it later. It really doesn't sound like the right time for this purchase, and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities just really aren't actually that.
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Post by Opti on Jul 29, 2015 2:02:51 GMT -5
I know this wasn't the topic, but I'm struggling with the concept of renting to someone at your place of residence. Maybe it's because I'm a pretty private person (which, of course is not indicated by my participation on a public message board ), but I just wouldn't want to have someone (non-spousal adult, cuz, ya know, I do have my children in my house) living at my house if I didn't financially need that to happen. And yes, I get that they're not in your house, but it just wouldn't work for me. Have you done something like that previously? It may not be ideal, but we live on 2 acres. our tenant will be farther away than two of our neighbors, and the money is too good (about 2k per month)
Not bad. As a former renter of a room, I will say I found it extremely sucky and stressful. I think it would be almost as bad to be the landlord. Always's situation is pretty different though, they are not physically under the same roof and in physically separate residences. If you hate it, you can always not renew the lease or write in an escape clause in the lease agreement.
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Post by Mardi Gras Audrey on Jul 29, 2015 3:00:14 GMT -5
I appreciate everyone's feedback, but it's kind of funny how everyone is "they suck" and "they're dangerous" and a few people got around to the money aspect (maybe 40% of the posts were finance related?).
I'd love to fly in your area. Bahamas/etc. There's a guy at work in Puerto Rico, and he flies all over the carribean and posts pics to the pilots email list. While Seattle is beautiful, he's been to some amazing spots.
I'm glad to hear that you are waiting. You will have plenty of opportunity in the future. This way, you can make sure that you actualy like to fly before sinking thousands into it. I will say that the dream of flying and actually doing it are very different. FWIW, my first major in college was Aviation. I was going to be a pilot. I ended up flying for about 6 months before quitting. Why? I get airsick when flying small aircraft. I had flown commercially many times all without issues. Once I was piloting a small aircraft, I got sick. The school said the airsickness would go away... yeah, it doesn't. The part that sucks is that I now do get sick when I fly commercially Should have left well enough alone... Similar stuff has happened to people I knew that flew in the military. One friend got air sickness after 1 year of training. Whoami is dead on with the time to prep/fly. Granted, I was only a learner while doing it but preflight (planning the route, looking at weather, fuel, flying the flight plane, etc) all took a lot more than 15 minutes. Some flights took hours to prep, depending on where we were going and what the weather was like.They may have automated some stuff since I flew with the Wright Brothers but you should still know how to do the calculations and where the info is coming from. As far as dangerous, it can be dangerous. A lot of it is out of your control and the unsafest times from flying are landing and taking off, times when things will be out your control (You are dealing with other pilots, ATC, etc). We almost t-boned another aircraft while flying because they crossed our runway while we were landing. Was it expected? Hell no. Was it easy to avoid? In our case, we got lucky and saw them early enough to abort the landing. Another student wasn't as lucky and did a nose dive into the ground. Luckily, no one got killed. Was it his fault? Not really... ATC failed to warn him about an issue and it took the lift away from his aircraft.
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Post by milee on Aug 14, 2015 13:19:13 GMT -5
Had a bizzaroland conversation with DW this am where she says "if you buy this thing, it just can't get in the way of me getting my house done" and i'm like "umm, wasn't talking aobut buying it anymore for right now, but thanks" It was fairly surreal.
IMHO this isn't bizzaroland at all. She's trying to show you that she's supportive, just worried. I think it's a good sign that even though she doesn't agree, she is trying to figure out how to get you what you want and balance the other things you're talking about.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Aug 14, 2015 15:10:36 GMT -5
Had a bizzaroland conversation with DW this am where she says "if you buy this thing, it just can't get in the way of me getting my house done" and i'm like "umm, wasn't talking aobut buying it anymore for right now, but thanks" It was fairly surreal.
IMHO this isn't bizzaroland at all. She's trying to show you that she's supportive, just worried. I think it's a good sign that even though she doesn't agree, she is trying to figure out how to get you what you want and balance the other things you're talking about. Yep. Similar to why I told DH "when you get around to proposing, I don't want a diamond e-ring" Response was "um, ok. Thank you for saving me money." He proposed with a lovely sapphire about 2 months later.
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Post by The Captain on Aug 14, 2015 15:11:17 GMT -5
Wait, what! alwaysbeoptimizing - I thought we talked you out of this!!! Don't even think about it mister!
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Post by myrrh on Aug 14, 2015 15:43:39 GMT -5
I don't have the safety concerns that some of the others have, as my sister and I flew in a little Cesna with my dad flying many many times when we were little and we were fine. Both my uncle and my grandfather fly/flew as well. Yes anecdotal but it's my experience that it's perfectly safe.
I think my mom (and my dad's mom, for that matter) got a license as a "just in case" thing. If you are planning to fly as a family, have you asked your wife how she feels about that?
My other question is how old are your kids, and are they prone to motion sickness? My sister and I HATED wearing earplugs and we got easily airsick. I think it might have been a little like Pavlov's dogs because often when we got close to the airplane and smelled the fuel we would feel nauseous and I remember my sister throwing up before we even got into the plane. Then the smell of barf would occasionally make my mom sick. To this day the smell of jet fuel makes me nauseous. I might be willing to try to fly now (if it were free or inexpensive to try) but am worried about the smell of the fuel making me sick, as even on big aircraft sometimes I get a whiff and immediately feel it.
Sorry if that was TMI, just relating my experience. LOL
My dad finally gave up a share in a Cesna I think when I was in middle school because flying got too expensive and he just couldn't justify the time and expense to keep up his hours.
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Post by TheHaitian on Aug 15, 2015 16:15:11 GMT -5
Wise man
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Post by geenamercile on Aug 16, 2015 5:44:13 GMT -5
Hello,
Here is my thought and of course the partners would have to go for it. Could you rent the partnership for a year with the option to buy at the end. That should give you the time to get the medical done, get your hours, and decided if you really want it. I don't know how long you would expect the plan to last but I would offer 17,000/ expected life of the plan, as a buy in for a year with the option to buy it for 17,000 at the end of the year. Still would have to pay the other cost for the year as well. Yes it would cost you a bit more in the long run if you decide to buy, but it gives you the room not to buy if things don't work out.
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