Home Improvements

[Rome]

SD... call your local MLS office.  Ask them what the average Days On Market is for listings in the area.

If they're less than 30 days, you're farged.  If they're 90-120 you have a shot at offering less than asking price.  If it were me I would find the rattiest place in the best neighborhood and fix that shtein up myself.  That's what I did (twice) for the houses I live(d) in and I made out great both times.  I did the same on investment properties over the years but those (along with the profits) are long gone now.

[Rome]

And by the way... $235K to live in farging Bensalem?

WTF??

[smeags]

And by the way... $235K to live in farging Bensalem?

WTF??

thats about right for a moderate house in bensalem these days. i just wouldnt have my kid in that school district if i had a chance to buy in neshaminy or pennsbury but it's a step up from bristol schools.

[Rome]

Why not Glenside, Jenkintown or Abington? 

I'd buy this in a second...

http://www.trulia.com/property/3148756589-360-Beaver-Hollow-Rd-Jenkintown-PA-19046#photo-3

(Note the DOM @ 144 days)

[smeags]

Why not Glenside, Jenkintown or Abington? 

I'd buy this in a second...

http://www.trulia.com/property/3148756589-360-Beaver-Hollow-Rd-Jenkintown-PA-19046#photo-3

im figuring sd might be loking to stay near ne philly. for the buck its hard to beat my area when you look at home prices, schools and taxes.

[Rome]

I think he's looking to live in a green house personally.  The greener the better.  With like windmills, back yard compost heaps and rainbarrels and shtein.

[smeags]

I think he's looking to live in a green house personally.  The greener the better.  With like windmills, back yard compost heaps and rainbarrels and shtein.

LOL ... my township is offering barrels and compost buckets.

win - win.

[Rome]

The house across the street from where I lived in Jenkintown before we moved down the shore is for sale.

http://www.trulia.com/property/3130866197-JENKINTOWN-211-Hillside-Ave-Jenkintown-PA-19046#photo-2

[Geowhizzer]

Come on... Chesco is the way to go.

[PhillyPhreak54]

I think he's looking to live in a green house personally.  The greener the better.  With like windmills, back yard compost heaps and rainbarrels and shtein.

haha...we should pitch in and buy him a windmill once he closes.

[SD]

So I applied for a pre approved home loan through usaa. When baby's momma and I split the bitch couldn't pay the rent so we got evicted. Now there's a $4500 debt stemming from 2010. I figured who cares but when I applied for the loan it said this debt would have to be paid in full before approval. Is there any way around paying that back or will all creditors make me pay that prior to approval?

[PhillyPhreak54]

I am pretty sure it will have to be paid in full.

My buddy, who just bought a new place a year ago, had some old ass $500 medical bill on there he didn't know about. It slipped through the cracks. They dinged him for it and made him pay before moving forward with the approval process. He had 20% down and a 700+ score.

[Rome]

You could offer to come to a settlement.  I'd contact a lawyer, dude.

[Eagaholic]

Why not Glenside, Jenkintown or Abington? 

I'd buy this in a second...

http://www.trulia.com/property/3148756589-360-Beaver-Hollow-Rd-Jenkintown-PA-19046#photo-3

(Note the DOM @ 144 days)

C'mon. You just like it because of the address.

All Night Deli on Easton RD alone made that area worth living in back in the day. One of the first places you could go to with a broad selection of good quality and import beers. Staggering in at midnight to pick up a 6 pack of German beer and Landjägers was a coup for living in PA. farg beer distributors and state store bullshtein.

[SD]

Couple places I looked at are nice and priced well but have above ground pools. Both places have been on the market for 6 months to a year. Do they drop the property value that much? I like the idea of having the pool despite the maintenance, I will get good use out of it and my daughter loves to swim.