word, i work hand-in-hand with the real estate industry so i'm pretty savvy myself. part of my job is to put a SoCAL realtor statistic guide - basically a listing price versus price sold ratio...... it's almost depressing watching the original listing price and the price the home actually sold for (almost 40% less than the initial offer).

i probably won't have the 20% down i'll need for a home any time soon but that's what parents are for hahaha. i'm hoping both sides of the family are willing to help the GF and i buy a home once we've tied the knott.

 

Sounds like a job for gimmie (Dan)...

 

Morning!! :] :]

 

mornin'

 

Morning Sheila.
Just wondering...is anyone here going to the Long Beach Red Bull drift event tomorrow?

 

I bought(of course i'm still paying for it) my house when I was 29(2001) and "Borrowed" some money from both folks for down but I wish I did it earlier cuz i could have had a better home and in a better neighborhood in 1999..about 30% less than what I paid too...I'm glad I'm not losing any money on my house...crossing my fingers....

 

i have a free pass but no one wants to go with me so im just either not going or give it to someone else. but if your going i'd go.

 

yeah i'll have a free pass too. I'm going with Imports @ UCI. I guess there's a college student section. So if there's any UCI people who want to go...meet up at the jack in the box at UTC by 9am tomorrow..*cough shiela*. lol

But I will be there, cept with my UC car club and i guess we have to sit in a designated area...?

 

*also crossing fingers*
here's where my morals kick in. naturally, i want to buy as low as possible, but at the same time i can't help but feel bad for the sellers who could [potentially] be losing up to 40% of their investment

my GF's parents lucked out and bought their home after the Northridge earthquake.. i think they bought it for a little under 300k, last year it was appraised at 1.5mil... don't know what it's worth now though, probably A LOT less than that i bet

 

Yeah, if they bought at 300k and it was appraised at 1.5 mill a year ago, they still are probably sitting pretty with about 500k in equity. they have no issues UNLESS they had it reappraised and took some equity out. realestate is a funny thing. No one can really predict when the market will go up or drop down. So if you are in the market for a house, and you can actually do it, but when you feel it is time. Unfortunately, people today still look at a home as an investment that will potentially turn them a profit. What they should be saying is what me and my wife said when we bought our second house, "this would be a great place to live and raise our children". A stable home

 

Found a buyer for my RE30s! Woot!

 

i wish i found a buyer for my skunk2 springs

i'm gonna bring it to the 714 meet today! camann, bargain bargain

 

Don't worry. Someone will buy them. I know it.

 

Its a very sad time for alot of peepz...But there are alot of those same peepz that where looking at it like how Dan was saying...."I'll buy it for 500,000 and I'll sell it in 2-3yr for 700,000" and now the home is worth $300,000...then instead of paying the mortgage the abandon the home and now making everyone else pay for their mistake.....

 

oh that's good! now, i need to get someone to buy m wheels in a few weeks

 

I know right? I thought I'd never sell them... They were for a good price too. Which wheels are you selling?

 

yeah, they were a good price. whenever i see someone selling wheels, i compare their used price to new prices.......and your's were a good deal.

Meh, selling the wheels on my car now. I have maybe a week left until i put the other ones on. Got tires from note and those come in tomorrow, and once the wheels get back in my fat little hands.....time to rock em

 

https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/fit-...tml#post487942

he said he got dibs.....

 

Before the prices of aftermarkert parts soared back in May, I purchased my RE30s brand new for $1500 out the door. I've had them since March and they are pretty much flawless. No scratches, dents, curb rashes whatsoever.

 

i saw the pics, they were mint that's for sure! i can honestly say i looked at your FS thread once a day. I wanted them so bad, just couldn't put my hand in my pocket to grab my wallet Oh well, the new wheels are not for everyone........but they bring back memories for me