SteveSS
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How old were you when you bought your first house?
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Nutso
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27 years old. Fixer upper - I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Love the area and I still own it.
I was 29 and renting a little 608 sq foot cottage with my new bride when the landlord offered to sell it to me with 2 lots for $65k. $2500 later I was a homeowner. Still here, but it’s about 2200 sq feet now.
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Bought my first one in 83 for 69,900. It was a small rancher with one bathroom on a 1/2 acre in Taylorsville. We had 3 sons shortly after that. It was ok for a while then they started growing fast and playing sports. And...they started to stink so in 93 i bought a bigger house with 2.5 baths on 2.5 acres, built a nice shop on it and still here.
We got married when I was 28, and instead of a distant, expensive honeymoon, we bought a lot, and started building our home at 29. We moved in a year later, as building, and working full time took some time. 38 years later, we're still hanging out there...
Krooser
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Bought a 12x50 mobile home on 10 acres of land in the UP of MI.... $6500 and 24 years old.
Sold the mobile home two years later for $3k and used my equity in the land to build a new 2200 sq fr home on the property.
Sold the mobile home two years later for $3k and used my equity in the land to build a new 2200 sq fr home on the property.
Krooser
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My wife bought the home we live in after she divorced her starter husband. She paid $22k for it... a 90 year old duplex.
40+ years later it has been mostly remodeled, I built a 1500 sq ft shop on the property and the whole deal is worth about $190k.
With all the refinancing we have done to pay for the improvements we stretched out our mortgage but will have the joint paid for next May.
40+ years later it has been mostly remodeled, I built a 1500 sq ft shop on the property and the whole deal is worth about $190k.
With all the refinancing we have done to pay for the improvements we stretched out our mortgage but will have the joint paid for next May.
Unless you have Doc's time traveling DeLorean, I think your dates are off.
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