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MrsPorkChop
You Cant Blame Bush anymore!!!
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Poll - Homeownership
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Posted 4/18/07 5:41 PM  |
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MrsPorkChop
You Cant Blame Bush anymore!!!
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Re: Poll - Homeownership
my answer- money- freakin- pit
something is always breaking
or flooding
or needing replacement
it makes me sad. i work so hard for my house and i feel like i get nothing from it. i wish i didnt give into the pressure of homeownership. id have a HELL of alot of money in my bank if i waited.
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| Posted 4/18/07 5:43 PM |
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npbride
LIF Adult
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Re: Poll - Homeownership
I'm kinda in the middle. I don't think homeownership is all it's cracked up to be. But so far I don't feel like money has been sucked out of me (although we have put alot of money into the house it was all expected.)
ETA: Sorry you're having a rough time. 
Message edited 4/18/2007 5:57:17 PM.
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| Posted 4/18/07 5:56 PM |
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nixy
LIF Adult
Member since 9/06 1575 total posts
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Re: Poll - Homeownership
I was just in the same funk, I think that i am slowly coming out of it.
I think I like my house more (but only a little bit) in the summer b/c i know i wouldn't have a backyard where I used to live.
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| Posted 4/18/07 6:06 PM |
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smdl
I love Gary too..on a plate!
Member since 5/06 26472 total posts
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Re: Poll - Homeownership
We bought a "cosmetic fixer" house. So, we have stuff to be fixed (like most houses on LI which are at least 50 years old!) but the house is really sound.
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| Posted 4/18/07 6:31 PM |
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Nicole728
My Happy Girl
Member since 7/06 8188 total posts
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Me
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Re: Poll - Homeownership
we bought new construction OOS...so anything we do to the house is and will up the value, but we are not rushed to improve it...we are doing one thing at a time
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| Posted 4/18/07 6:47 PM |
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Re: Poll - Homeownership
Posted by npbride
I'm kinda in the middle. I don't think homeownership is all it's cracked up to be. But so far I don't feel like money has been sucked out of me (although we have put alot of money into the house it was all expected.)
ETA: Sorry you're having a rough time.
I feel the same way.
Owning a home always means having something to do on it even if it is brand spankin new or 50 years old. I think it comes with the territory unfortunatly.
Hopefully nothing else goes wrong for you 
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| Posted 4/18/07 6:49 PM |
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MrsRbk
Officially 2 under 2 mommy!
Member since 1/06 17909 total posts
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Michelle
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Re: Poll - Homeownership
Posted by MrsPorkChop
my answer- money- freakin- pit
something is always breaking
or flooding
or needing replacement
it makes me sad. i work so hard for my house and i feel like i get nothing from it. i wish i didnt give into the pressure of homeownership. id have a HELL of alot of money in my bank if i waited.
ditto on all accounts
but at the same time, I love that we own a house.
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| Posted 4/18/07 6:53 PM |
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~Colleen~
charlie...
Member since 5/05 8273 total posts
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guess
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Re: Poll - Homeownership
Posted by smdl
We bought a "cosmetic fixer" house. So, we have stuff to be fixed (like most houses on LI which are at least 50 years old!) but the house is really sound.
Same here...and I love it. I don't know if I would classify it as a "dream come true" but she's been really good to us and we've been having fun fixing her up 
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| Posted 4/18/07 7:11 PM |
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MrsPowers
My little man!
Member since 11/06 9533 total posts
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Ivelysse
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Re: Poll - Homeownership
Posted by smdl
We bought a "cosmetic fixer" house. So, we have stuff to be fixed (like most houses on LI which are at least 50 years old!) but the house is really sound.
Same here. We are just doing things to show our personal taste. Nothing too major needs to be done.
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| Posted 4/18/07 8:25 PM |
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july06bride
I'm a mom!
Member since 5/05 3958 total posts
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Nicole
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Re: Poll - Homeownership
I say dream come true, I feel very lucky to be young and able to own a nice home, in a nice area-we are lucky that we haven't had to put much money into our home because it was newer-and everything we did do, was expected
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| Posted 4/18/07 9:06 PM |
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Jen13
LIF Zygote
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Re: Poll - Homeownership
I am so sorry your sad. I have the same feeling you do sometimes I wish I had the money in the bank instead. It stinks when things break and we have to fix them especially when it's a surprise. Overall I am happy I have my house at the end of the day. It feels good to own something so special.
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| Posted 4/18/07 9:53 PM |
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anjerandunder
Positive thoughts worked!!!
Member since 6/06 1909 total posts
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J
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Re: Poll - Homeownership
a dream come true but then again we're not in the house yet
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| Posted 4/18/07 9:56 PM |
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johnsae
Loving life
Member since 3/06 16420 total posts
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Alicia
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Re: Poll - Homeownership
A dream come true. I love our house so much.
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| Posted 4/18/07 11:30 PM |
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Meaghan729
It's a Girl
Member since 5/06 7752 total posts
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Me
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Re: Poll - Homeownership
Posted by smdl
We bought a "cosmetic fixer" house. So, we have stuff to be fixed (like most houses on LI which are at least 50 years old!) but the house is really sound.
same. so far we have only spent (knock on wood) on things we knew we were going to change - surprises that came up luckily havent been too $$$$.
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| Posted 4/19/07 5:48 AM |
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GaryElla
Pretty!
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Re: Poll - Homeownership
Posted by johnsae
A dream come true. I love our house so much.
Same here!!!
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| Posted 4/19/07 6:52 AM |
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OneOfEach
Love my kiddies!
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Re: Poll - Homeownership
A little bit of both for us. Whatever we put into it we know we will get back but it's ALOT of work and $$. It's a beautiful house and I do feel blessed.....
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| Posted 4/19/07 7:03 AM |
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GoldenRod
Happy Father's Day, Dad!
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Shawn
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Re: Poll - Homeownership
Even though houses always need fixing, I enjoy it. I like fixing thing around the house (although the leaking roof was NOT fun......  )
Overall, for me, it's definitely worth the time and money. I often wonder how people manage owning a house when they aren't able to fix things themselves.... I do so many things around the house that would cost $$$ to have a professional come in and do.
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| Posted 4/19/07 7:13 AM |
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Kissy331
My two boys!
Member since 5/06 14949 total posts
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Kristen
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Re: Poll - Homeownership
Definately a dream come true...I feel blessed to have the home we have & honestly sometimes feel I am so young to own a home! We bought our house from a contractor that completely re-did our home. So anything we do to it now, ups the value
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| Posted 4/19/07 7:26 AM |
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Janice
Sweet Jessie Quinn
Member since 5/05 24302 total posts
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Janice
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Re: Poll - Homeownership
not a homeowner, but lately I have had feelings of it being overrated for some.
We bid on one, it was too late.
Bid on another, inspection came back terrible, so with a baby on the way, we moved into a new apt.
Saving for a home was our long term goal, we definitely wanted to buy, but I have grown to love apartment style living. I love that I have a pool, that I don't take care of. I love that I don't have to replace anything.
I know building equity would be nice, and the interest and taxes we are paying on banked money suc ks...but when I was doing the paperwork for the mortgage, I could not believe how much of the payment goes to interest
So for the time being, I am a very happy renter.
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| Posted 4/19/07 8:54 AM |
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Although my house needed work before we moved in, I wouldn't pass up the neighborhood, house itself (we wanted this particular style), size of the property (we have a 1/2 acre), or town. Our home has tons of possibilities and we are excitedly researching what we want to do with it next. We definitely didn't settle and I'm SO happy that when the house was offered to us we JUMPED on it!
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| Posted 4/19/07 8:57 AM |
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TheLorax
LOVE
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Re: Poll - Homeownership
Dream. There are things that go wrong (and that are payful to pay for), but all in all it is SO nice to have our own space, our own backyard. Plus I love decorating and making the space my own.
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| Posted 4/19/07 8:58 AM |
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alisonggg
Bathing Beauty
Member since 3/06 4675 total posts
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Re: Poll - Homeownership
Posted by smdl
We bought a "cosmetic fixer" house. So, we have stuff to be fixed (like most houses on LI which are at least 50 years old!) but the house is really sound.
This was us too....For us it has been a dream come true...We havent had any major unexpected expenses yet (knock on wood). We enjoy living in our home so much.
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| Posted 4/19/07 9:25 AM |
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RandJ0806
Member since 8/06 3205 total posts
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Robyn
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Re: Poll - Homeownership
i'm in the middle on that one. i love that i'm not renting but at the same time, i don't love that I have to fix and pay for everything myself.
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| Posted 4/19/07 10:19 AM |
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ckdk
My girls
Member since 5/05 7007 total posts
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Cheryl
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Re: Poll - Homeownership
somewhere in the middle...I love owning a home and I love my house...It's far from a money pit but I have come to terms with the fact that we will always be putting money into it and something will always need to be done.
I don't have my "dream house" and it was not new construction.
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