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Buy the crappiest house in a nice neighborhood

I LOL when ppl do it backwards, buying a very nice house in ...
learning disabled national security agency
  05/23/17
How to determine crappiest house?
glittery twisted shitlib
  05/23/17
*outdated appliances (stove, countertops) *bad paint job ...
learning disabled national security agency
  05/23/17
Small is the one real problem, especially if it comes with l...
Hyperactive ultramarine idea he suggested
  05/23/17
Small is fine unless you want a lot of kids or something. I ...
Irradiated roommate
  05/24/17
Small houses are very nice. Lol boomers building huge houses...
learning disabled national security agency
  05/24/17
Legit mansions are 180 too. I'd love having a massive garden...
Irradiated roommate
  05/24/17
McMansions are shit tho. They all look like bigger tract hom...
learning disabled national security agency
  05/24/17
If you want kids at all you'll want space. I have a small h...
Hyperactive ultramarine idea he suggested
  05/24/17
All the kids I knew growing up who lived in huge houses got ...
Irradiated roommate
  05/24/17
Not everyone looks at their home solely as an investment. So...
passionate lemon site gunner
  05/23/17
like having a strong moniker over getting a paycheck.
offensive parlour idiot
  05/23/17
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passionate lemon site gunner
  05/23/17
being near proles is bad for your happiness. it does suck...
Irradiated roommate
  05/23/17
Best to be UMC in a middle class neighborhood or rich in a U...
passionate lemon site gunner
  05/23/17
Eh, maybe. Some people who are UMC enjoy hanging out with th...
brilliant friendly grandma business firm
  05/24/17
BEEP BEEP BEEP
White location gaping
  05/24/17
hm the problem with your theory is you end up in a shitty ho...
Ruddy vivacious personal credit line rehab
  05/23/17
opposite really. a small house that's maintained well in an ...
Irradiated roommate
  05/23/17
CR. There are many small little houses (bungalow style) in N...
learning disabled national security agency
  05/24/17
he didn't say a small house that's maintained well. He said ...
Ruddy vivacious personal credit line rehab
  05/24/17
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offensive parlour idiot
  05/24/17
Right. Even a crappy house in a nice location will be worth ...
learning disabled national security agency
  05/24/17
To me crappy means unfixable like small or awkward layout. A...
Irradiated roommate
  05/24/17
the other option makes sense if there isnt much crime and yo...
White location gaping
  05/23/17
most parents don't plan on private school. being in a top sc...
Irradiated roommate
  05/23/17
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Demanding Elastic Band Jap
  05/24/17
idk you'd be surprised a lot of people are set on it most...
White location gaping
  05/24/17
obv
offensive parlour idiot
  05/24/17
it's a little bit of a crap shoot. the public schools--at l...
Demanding Elastic Band Jap
  05/24/17
i'm from mass so i'm assuming the public schools in the rich...
White location gaping
  05/24/17
friend did this (against advice) and wants out after 2 years...
concupiscible copper range puppy
  05/24/17
I fell backwards into this scenario. been 180 so far.
Demanding Elastic Band Jap
  05/23/17
This is me.
Appetizing erotic stain weed whacker
  05/24/17
What do you mean by crappy? I'm generally in favor of buying...
brilliant friendly grandma business firm
  05/24/17


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Date: May 23rd, 2017 11:53 PM
Author: learning disabled national security agency

I LOL when ppl do it backwards, buying a very nice house in a shit location

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381804)



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Date: May 23rd, 2017 11:54 PM
Author: glittery twisted shitlib

How to determine crappiest house?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381813)



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Date: May 23rd, 2017 11:57 PM
Author: learning disabled national security agency

*outdated appliances (stove, countertops)

*bad paint job outside

*carpet in living room/dining room

*small (unless it's a bungalow or craftsman)

*popcorn ceilings



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381840)



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Date: May 23rd, 2017 11:59 PM
Author: Hyperactive ultramarine idea he suggested

Small is the one real problem, especially if it comes with little land. Expanding space is a non-trivial task. The rest is easily fixed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381856)



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Date: May 24th, 2017 12:01 AM
Author: Irradiated roommate

Small is fine unless you want a lot of kids or something. I would take a small place with great finishes over a huge one that's a big white box any day. To each his own though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381867)



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Date: May 24th, 2017 12:02 AM
Author: learning disabled national security agency

Small houses are very nice. Lol boomers building huge houses.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381880)



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Date: May 24th, 2017 12:07 AM
Author: Irradiated roommate

Legit mansions are 180 too. I'd love having a massive garden and a library for some scholarship.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381934)



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Date: May 24th, 2017 12:09 AM
Author: learning disabled national security agency

McMansions are shit tho. They all look like bigger tract homes yuck!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381951)



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Date: May 24th, 2017 12:04 AM
Author: Hyperactive ultramarine idea he suggested

If you want kids at all you'll want space. I have a small house now and it is fine for just us. But when we think about kids it immediately becomes clear it is a no-go.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381903)



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Date: May 24th, 2017 12:08 AM
Author: Irradiated roommate

All the kids I knew growing up who lived in huge houses got into a lot of trouble. When you need an intercom to talk to your kids, they're probably off getting drunk/high/fucking without you even knowing.

Also being a close knit family seems 180 unless you're a dick. Doesn't apply if you have 3+ kids obviously.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381945)



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Date: May 23rd, 2017 11:54 PM
Author: passionate lemon site gunner

Not everyone looks at their home solely as an investment. Some people want to feel like the rich ppl in the neighborhood, and there's ample evidence to support that does in fact increase your happiness

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381810)



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Date: May 23rd, 2017 11:55 PM
Author: offensive parlour idiot

like having a strong moniker over getting a paycheck.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381818)



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Date: May 23rd, 2017 11:55 PM
Author: passionate lemon site gunner



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Date: May 23rd, 2017 11:56 PM
Author: Irradiated roommate

being near proles is bad for your happiness.

it does suck to live in a "rich" place and be merely upper middle class, but the alternative is big timing in a town where kids die of H ODs and get knocked up.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381834)



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Date: May 23rd, 2017 11:58 PM
Author: passionate lemon site gunner

Best to be UMC in a middle class neighborhood or rich in a UMC neighborhood Imo, from a happiness standpoint. This is also why living in a secondary city is better for your happiness than being in SV around a bunch of 20 yr old rich assholes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381849)



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Date: May 24th, 2017 8:08 AM
Author: brilliant friendly grandma business firm

Eh, maybe. Some people who are UMC enjoy hanging out with the rich kids for aspirational/social status reasons, and if they just hung out with their MC friends in whatever secondary city they came from, they'd get more and more depressed after an initial feeling of "top of the heap".

20yo rich assholes are never a good time, but there's a lot more to SV than that (to the extent the stereotype even exists in measurable form). Most people I know at SV work at one of the FANG companies and make $350k or so a year (UMC), and I know a handful of people in their later 20s who work for smaller startups and make much less.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33383041)



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Date: May 24th, 2017 12:04 AM
Author: White location gaping

BEEP BEEP BEEP

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381901)



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Date: May 23rd, 2017 11:56 PM
Author: Ruddy vivacious personal credit line rehab

hm the problem with your theory is you end up in a shitty house, as opposed to the other guy who has a nice house in which to live

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381827)



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Date: May 23rd, 2017 11:58 PM
Author: Irradiated roommate

opposite really. a small house that's maintained well in an area where the person was rich enough to keep it up is >>>>>>> a mcmansion where the owner strived just to make the payments, needs a new roof, all appliances are contractor grade shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381846)



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Date: May 24th, 2017 12:01 AM
Author: learning disabled national security agency

CR. There are many small little houses (bungalow style) in Newport Beach, CA that are very nice and well kept and worth millions

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381872)



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Date: May 24th, 2017 12:01 AM
Author: Ruddy vivacious personal credit line rehab

he didn't say a small house that's maintained well. He said the crappiest house

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381875)



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Date: May 24th, 2017 12:03 AM
Author: offensive parlour idiot



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Date: May 24th, 2017 12:06 AM
Author: learning disabled national security agency

Right. Even a crappy house in a nice location will be worth more than a very nice and big house in a shit location.

For example, a nice 4000sq ft home on half an acre in South Central Los Angeles won't be worth as much as a small 1150 sq ft home in Newport Beach that has 1970s appliances, terrible carpet, and a broken garage door

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381921)



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Date: May 24th, 2017 12:09 AM
Author: Irradiated roommate

To me crappy means unfixable like small or awkward layout. Anything else you can fix for 20k or whatever. In a nice area, that will mean it's a little house but probably owned by a rich guy or old person.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381956)



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Date: May 23rd, 2017 11:57 PM
Author: White location gaping

the other option makes sense if there isnt much crime and you plan on private school

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381838)



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Date: May 23rd, 2017 11:59 PM
Author: Irradiated roommate

most parents don't plan on private school. being in a top school district makes your place an instant seller/rental. everybody wants in on those places.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381853)



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Date: May 24th, 2017 12:00 AM
Author: Demanding Elastic Band Jap



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Date: May 24th, 2017 12:02 AM
Author: White location gaping

idk you'd be surprised a lot of people are set on it

most people who go to expensive private schools are from places with perfectly fine public schools

lots of wealthy parents just do it because they went to that school so they send their kids there

i went to a shitty/unprestigious private school and still like 80%+ of my class were legacy students

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381879)



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Date: May 24th, 2017 12:04 AM
Author: offensive parlour idiot

obv

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381899)



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Date: May 24th, 2017 12:05 AM
Author: Demanding Elastic Band Jap

it's a little bit of a crap shoot. the public schools--at least in my town and county--are top shelf on a national level (if you can really measure that tbh, but they toot the shit outta of it). if i hadn't inherited (kinda) my house, no way could i afford to live here. shit, many of the people on my block are millionaires, i have no doubt.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381918)



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Date: May 24th, 2017 12:13 AM
Author: White location gaping

i'm from mass so i'm assuming the public schools in the richest towns are really good. even then pretty much everyone at my school was from the richest areas in the state.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381985)



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Date: May 24th, 2017 12:17 AM
Author: concupiscible copper range puppy

friend did this (against advice) and wants out after 2 years but will be lucky to break even after real estate frauds take their cut

he showed the house for a few weeks and got 0 offers



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33382004)



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Date: May 23rd, 2017 11:58 PM
Author: Demanding Elastic Band Jap

I fell backwards into this scenario. been 180 so far.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381847)



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Date: May 24th, 2017 12:01 AM
Author: Appetizing erotic stain weed whacker

This is me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33381877)



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Date: May 24th, 2017 8:10 AM
Author: brilliant friendly grandma business firm

What do you mean by crappy? I'm generally in favor of buying the smallest house on a "wealthy" street as property values will generally stay strong. But this house that I'm envisioning is still a nice house in terms of fixtures being up to date.

I do NOT agree with buying fixer-uppers unless you know what the hell you're doing with respect to building.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3624755&forum_id=2#33383045)