Sam_2.0
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Post by Sam_2.0 on Aug 19, 2016 10:36:49 GMT -5
FB - to the housing topic, what time of year is typical tourist season for Bend? I am guessing summer. With your parents close by & able to house you all, what if you bought a house and then offered it up on Air BNB or something similar during the highest traffic tourist weeks? You could stay with your parents & share some of the $$ with them. Or if you got a setup like you are describing for your parents' house, you could rent out a basement suite, for example.
You also have the opportunity to work with a local realtor & possibly grab up a house that needs work/foreclosure. You all have the benefit of being able to stay with your parents for now so waiting for something could work in your favor.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2016 11:00:42 GMT -5
I thought it was established that both towns were the same school district and they wouldn't have to give grandparents address?
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Post by justme on Aug 19, 2016 11:43:16 GMT -5
I think one of the towns is, but there's several mentioned so maybe some of them? I dunno, but she was talking about plan b still with the new towns mentioned.
Also need to make sure it's a choice district, but I guess that's been clarified? I know where I went to school you couldn't choose another school in the district, but the district was rather large.
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Post by Apple on Aug 20, 2016 13:13:07 GMT -5
This made me curious, so I looked up the house my Grampa built in Redmond (about a mile from Peterson's Rock Garden). Ummmm... nevermind, it says $620k!! But, I swear it would be hard to find a more solid house, grampa was an excellent carpenter.
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Post by Firebird on Aug 20, 2016 14:45:23 GMT -5
I know I owe some responses but just a quick update - I went to a few open houses this morning and the building company that did my parents' house is doing a similar development in an area of Redmond that's only ten minutes from Bend. And the houses in that one are in the $250-270k range. So, we may be able to get something brand new after all (and these houses go up in value fast - there was an open house down the street this morning so I went and that one was going for $325k, at 200 sf less than my parents' house).
We also visited a couple of open houses a little further in Redmond but I wasn't as excited about those. Really small and dark. The nicest one had four big bedrooms and a good size fenced backyard ($270k) but I didn't like the layout.
In any case, it looks like a good house in the under-300 range is totally doable.
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Post by emma1420 on Aug 20, 2016 15:31:46 GMT -5
I know I owe some responses but just a quick update - I went to a few open houses this morning and the building company that did my parents' house is doing a similar development in an area of Redmond that's only ten minutes from Bend. And the houses in that one are in the $250-270k range. So, we may be able to get something brand new after all (and these houses go up in value fast - there was an open house down the street this morning so I went and that one was going for $325k, at 200 sf less than my parents' house). We also visited a couple of open houses a little further in Redmond but I wasn't as excited about those. Really small and dark. The nicest one had four big bedrooms and a good size fenced backyard ($270k) but I didn't like the layout. In any case, it looks like a good house in the under-300 range is totally doable. That's great news. I think once you know you have options it's like a weight off your shoulders. It's so depressing feeling like you have no real choices.
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Post by shanendoah on Aug 23, 2016 16:55:31 GMT -5
As a note, I did a quick redfin search and came up with 15 houses in Bend that are at least 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths (two toilets), and $275k or under.
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Post by shanendoah on Aug 23, 2016 17:07:13 GMT -5
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Post by Firebird on Aug 30, 2016 7:55:18 GMT -5
I still intend to get back to you guys on latest responses (and look at the houses) but work has been really busy lately and I can't get to a computer often.
I hesitated to post this because it's far from a sure thing, but DH's boss is trying to create a remote position for him so that he can continue working indefinitely - at least until he finds a comparable local job.
Obviously, this would be amazing if it works out, and obviously I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high. Still, if this happens we'll be set.
I'll keep you guys posted but we don't expect to hear anything definite until next week sometime. But I'm super proud of DH for being valuable enough to force them to consider this (and he didn't even have to ask, as soon as the words "giving notice" left his mouth they were singing this song). It doesn't hurt that he is about to be the only buyer left in the department, and going by numbers alone he's the best. Apparently his boss also has trouble finding someone to "put up with him" (gee) so he's got that in his favor also.
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Post by Firebird on Oct 3, 2016 19:23:47 GMT -5
So much for my promise to update... um, awhile ago. But better late than never, if anyone is still following this!
I'm delighted to report three happy financial updates:
-This morning, I asked for and received a big bump in pay. I'm now making $25/hr base, and with the travel I'm doing it's going to effectively be a lot more (I get per diem every day I travel, and there's overtime as well).
-DH has moved in with us and he's working remotely for his company. It's going really well so far, and they're glad to have him stay on indefinitely.
-This puts our base pay at about $117k, which means we had zero issue getting pre-approved for $350k a little while ago. Which is fantastic because we've already found tons of great houses for that much (or less!). Time to start shopping!
And a non-financial update which is also happy and tangentially related to this thread: I'm in a very good place regarding the second kid dilemma. In the past two months, I've come to a peace I never thought possible. I'm not ready to declare myself either way yet but it is amazing to have the weight lifted off my shoulders. Those of you who said that if I waited, I would eventually figure out what I wanted... you guys were right.
Also! DH and I celebrated five years married (7 together) this weekend and Babybird is turning four next week. This is my very favorite time of year. It's even starting to get COLD finally!
Bend is freaking magic, I tell you. Life is good :-D
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Post by TheHaitian on Oct 3, 2016 23:57:39 GMT -5
Good to hear that everything is working out for you
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Post by Jaguar on Oct 4, 2016 2:52:12 GMT -5
This is awesomesauce, Firebird....just go for it!
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