Where are you living....POLL

SweetHeatherB Posted: Aug 02, 2004 10:37 PM

Where are you living....POLL

FH and I were looking at houses and realized that it will probably be a while before we can actually afford one! I was wondering where everyone is living after they are married.... (or other, which I couldn't fit in the poll...explain)

julz33 Posted: Aug 02, 2004 10:37 PM

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We plan on buying a house in the winter/early spring. Before that we are living in an apartment

RedHead Posted: Aug 02, 2004 10:38 PM

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we bought a condo about 2 years ago!

Janine24 Posted: Aug 02, 2004 10:39 PM

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we are going to rent... but we are looking at houses now... FH and I will be living upstate in Saratoga so things are a little cheaper...

suezboss Posted: Aug 03, 2004 12:25 AM

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We JUST bought a Co-op! (Friday we finally went to contract! yippee ) When we started looking at houses on LI, we totally couldn't' afford anything that didn't need TONS of work! argh!

But our co-op is reasonably priced, and it's an investment that we can sell in 5 years, and not be 'throwing' rent money away each month.

LI is ridiculous with it's prices!

Good luck.

Russo'sbride Posted: Aug 03, 2004 01:05 AM

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We are buying a condo in Astoria

suven Posted: Aug 03, 2004 08:04 AM

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kissy27 Posted: Aug 03, 2004 08:07 AM

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FH & I have been looking at houses...We can't see throwing $$ away to rent something when we can own it & struggle in the beginning...We actually put a bid in on a house yesterday...We are waiting to hear now

fallinlove04 Posted: Aug 03, 2004 08:09 AM

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we are hopefully buying a house if the seller ever signs the contract.

robcoll1002 Posted: Aug 03, 2004 08:10 AM

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FH and I just bought a house in Levittown and moved in about a month ago.

nov04LIbride Posted: Aug 03, 2004 09:04 AM

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We bought a condo. It's a good investment, and I feel good that we won't be throwing money away (though it was still expensive....but oh well)...

JimmysBride Posted: Aug 03, 2004 09:08 AM

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We own a house but we haven't moved in together yet.

Bunnymonkey Posted: Aug 03, 2004 10:38 AM

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We are moving down to North Carolina to buy a house aftr the wedding. I am so excited I could cry. The prices down there for an entire home would barely cover a down payment in NYC. Hurrrah!

Jmg11 Posted: Aug 03, 2004 10:42 AM

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we bought a house about 6 months ago

CubanBride Posted: Aug 03, 2004 10:44 AM

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We areliving together in a house. We are planning to buy a second home in Orlando later this year or early next year.

pinky424 Posted: Aug 03, 2004 11:12 AM

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we are in contract with a Howard Beach condo.

CubanBride Posted: Aug 03, 2004 11:18 AM

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Posted by pinky424

we are in contract with a Howard Beach condo.

Hey, that's where my in laws family lives.

CaCRmr Posted: Aug 03, 2004 11:18 AM

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WE will live in an apartment until we can save enough for a house.

lillian771 Posted: Aug 03, 2004 11:23 AM

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Sounds like you guys are in the same boat as us!

We've been going back and forth between buying a house and buying a co-op for months now. FH thinks we'll be able to buy a house but I really don't think so. We decided a month ago to start putting the $ away that we'd have to pay toward a $2500 mortgage and we're not even close to meeting that goal for this month! All this makes me very nervous.

I feel like we'd be safer/more comfortable buying a co-op...but so many people keep telling us they aren't great investments.

I'm losing sleep over this stuff!!! Real life is so difficult...

CubanBride Posted: Aug 03, 2004 11:25 AM

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Posted by lillian771

Sounds like you guys are in the same boat as us!

We've been going back and forth between buying a house and buying a co-op for months now. FH thinks we'll be able to buy a house but I really don't think so. We decided a month ago to start putting the $ away that we'd have to pay toward a $2500 mortgage and we're not even close to meeting that goal for this month! All this makes me very nervous.

I feel like we'd be safer/more comfortable buying a co-op...but so many people keep telling us they aren't great investments.

I'm losing sleep over this stuff!!! Real life is so difficult...

Re: co-ops and condos, you have to rememberthat htere are maintenance fees whicdh will increase your monthly payments anyway. You think your mortgage will be $2500 per month? Wow!