Frustration towards marriage -- any help, opinions, relief?

[trailmix 77]

I was just going to reply to you, but i'm sure you wish this thread would just go away now, so i'll post in off topic instead

[Sam and Ben 2]

I was just going to reply to you, but i'm sure you wish this thread would just go away now, so i'll post in off topic instead

Oh, I don't mind.

[trailmix 77]

Oh ok, well I was just going to say Casselberry seems very nice - we are/were shopping for houses and that is another place we were looking, quite handy to Orlando for work, if you end up working there. We have stopped looking for houses here at the moment, thinking of maybe moving states, haven't decided (I find Florida in the summer to be TOO hot).

If you two are thinking of buying a house though, this is the place to be, lots of houses under 100k

Edited May 21, 2009 by trailmix

[Sam and Ben 2]

Oh ok, well I was just going to say Casselberry seems very nice - we are/were shopping for houses and that is another place we were looking, quite handy to Orlando for work, if you end up working there. We have stopped looking for houses here at the moment, thinking of maybe moving states, haven't decided (I find Florida in the summer to be TOO hot).

If you two are thinking of buying a house though, this is the place to be, lots of houses under 100k

Yeah, it's just close enough to the city that it'll give me the flexibility of working there without a huuuuge commute (still longer than I'm used to, but that's city life, I suppose).

But the housing market is definitely nice for buyers there at the moment. We've been looking a bit, but I told him I didn't want to get too far ahead of ourselves and fall in love with any particular house yet, as I'd like to wait until I can help out with the bills before we consider moving. We aren't under any pressure but what we put on ourselves, as his mother and family are quite accommodating with our situation, and won't be pushing us out the door too soon, thankfully.

[thetreble 19]

lots of houses under 100k

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I'm living in the wrong state!!!!

[The_Dude 1,142]

lots of houses under 100k

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I'm living in the wrong state!!!!

Tell me about it. I have a friend from high school whose current wife bought a house in Utah.... while working as an Asst. Manager at a McDonalds.

Everything around where I live is 700k+

[thetreble 19]

lots of houses under 100k

]

I'm living in the wrong state!!!!

Tell me about it. I have a friend from high school whose current wife bought a house in Utah.... while working as an Asst. Manager at a McDonalds.

Everything around where I live is 700k+

We suck

[The_Dude 1,142]

lots of houses under 100k

]

I'm living in the wrong state!!!!

Tell me about it. I have a friend from high school whose current wife bought a house in Utah.... while working as an Asst. Manager at a McDonalds.

Everything around where I live is 700k+

We suck

Well, it's the price you pay to live near any sort of metropolitan area.

[thetreble 19]

lots of houses under 100k

]

I'm living in the wrong state!!!!

Tell me about it. I have a friend from high school whose current wife bought a house in Utah.... while working as an Asst. Manager at a McDonalds.

Everything around where I live is 700k+

We suck

Well, it's the price you pay to live near any sort of metropolitan area.

What constitutes living near a metro area though? I'm now 1.5 hrs away from NYC and 3 hours from Philly but my taxes and housing prices are still sky high.

[trailmix 77]

You might want to consider buying this year though as there is up to an $8000 rebate if you buy a house by November 30th ($1000 for every 10k you pay for your house - to a maximum of 8k)

Yes treble, there are some nice places here for reasonable amounts

This one is Lake Mary (can pretty much assume this one has a HOA):

Then an apartment in Casselberry, where Sam and Ben will be moving to and a house there as well.

Edited May 21, 2009 by trailmix

[The_Dude 1,142]

lots of houses under 100k

]

I'm living in the wrong state!!!!

Tell me about it. I have a friend from high school whose current wife bought a house in Utah.... while working as an Asst. Manager at a McDonalds.

Everything around where I live is 700k+

We suck

Well, it's the price you pay to live near any sort of metropolitan area.

What constitutes living near a metro area though? I'm now 1.5 hrs away from NYC and 3 hours from Philly but my taxes and housing prices are still sky high.

But it's all generally one big metropolitan area. Where I live, it's becoming less and less seen as Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, and more just Southern California. In my definition, a Metropolitan area would end where there was a definitive break in land development.

[thetreble 19]

But it's all generally one big metropolitan area. Where I live, it's becoming less and less seen as Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, and more just Southern California. In my definition, a Metropolitan area would end where there was a definitive break in land development.

Word. Well I live by all farms so I don't consider myself in the metro area.

T-mix - Id buy that first house you put up in a second!

[The_Dude 1,142]

But it's all generally one big metropolitan area. Where I live, it's becoming less and less seen as Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, and more just Southern California. In my definition, a Metropolitan area would end where there was a definitive break in land development.

Word. Well I live by all farms so I don't consider myself in the metro area.

T-mix - Id buy that first house you put up in a second!

Wow 5 bedrooms and 2 baths for 169k?

That would be in the 1.0- 1.1m range here

[JillA 2]

I Recently heard that the $8000 tax rebate can now go towards your down payment as well. I hope that is still in effect when we are ready to buy!

[trailmix 77]

I Recently heard that the $8000 tax rebate can now go towards your down payment as well. I hope that is still in effect when we are ready to buy!

Oh I didn't know that they had changed it, or are about to, for the downpayment - hey that's nice! Found this about FHA loans, not sure about other types of loans.

Posted on: May 13, 2009 11:29:00 AM

HUD Secretary: FHA Borrowers Soon Can Use $8,000 Tax Credit at Closing

In a significant boost to the housing market, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan announced yesterday that first-time buyers using FHA loans would soon be allowed to monetize” the $8,000 federal first-time buyer tax credit and use the funds for their downpayment

Edited May 21, 2009 by trailmix