Home Ownership

[Jibartik]

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[Jibartik]

I get what your saying but I think you're thinking of the shire. Meaning a utopian fantasy. Reality over there is just as bleak as it is here.

[nostalgiaquest]

Yeah there's some truth to that. We're considering buy a house here in the Netherlands, and the market is fuckin crazy. Listed for 500, sells for 750 type shit.

But if you're looking to be a proud boring family man, Netherlands is the place for you. It's so wholesome here it makes me sick lol. Everyone thinks of crazy Amsterdam, but this place is really just a series of small villages. Pretty shire-like really, minus the architecture and with much shittier weather.

[BlackBellamy]

You must really be impressed with our climate change efforts to be investing in real estate where one third of the country is below sea level.

[nostalgiaquest]

This thought has crossed our minds. Which is why i use the word "considering" lol. I also don't know if I can settle in a country that has no mountains. The flatness here is so unnerving.

[robayon]

Yes, I was self employed for years. I am not now. I did not have employees and I paid for my own health insurance. I had a million bucks in liability insurance, but this was also pre-2008 crash so that was a different economy. The 2008 crash killed it pretty dead, I made it through 2010 before I ran out of money and threw in the towel.

I sometimes think of doing it again now that I am more mature, but I got pretty tired of the dog bites and resulting infections, stitches, and medical costs are just too insane these days compared to pre-2008.

[Toxigen]

if you dont own multiple properties in your 30s its time to unplug from everquest

[Jibartik]

Originally Posted by Toxigen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

if you dont own multiple properties in your 30s its time to unplug from everquest

[unsunghero]

Originally Posted by Toxigen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

if you dont own multiple properties in your 30s its time to unplug from everquest

Eh, if I had enough money to put a down payment on a second house I think I’d rather invest in other stuff

I’d have to find renters willing to pay more than the mortgage, which would be hard considering interest rates have gone up and the bank’s second loan would never be as good of a rate as my first (I wouldn’t qualify lol, but this is a hypothetical). So I would have to find a sucker willing to overpay in rent, just to make enough profits to fix the stuff they inevitably break living there. And of course I’d have to keep an eye on it to make sure they aren’t thrashing the place

A lot of work for an investment. If I had like $50k extra, I could think of other stuff to invest in with that I think

[Reiwa]

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