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Anyone want to be my neighbor? $40k, updated with a pic

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Originally posted by: iamwiz82
1850, sounds like a great house to live in. I regret not buying the houses we looked at that were built in that era. I really prefer the personality of classic homes like that.

I thought that I was the only one that noticed that the house was built before the Civil War
 
The trade-off is you get to live in Cuba. The next biggest town is Olean (hope you like old people and sports bars). 2 hours from Buffalo and killer snowstorms every winter. They'd have to pay me that much to live there.
 
I might seriously get my father into this, hes always wanted to invest in a second house. No idea what this area is like though. Besides with this 1.5car garage and the house we have now, we'd effectively have a full 3 car garage(1.5car garage is a huge pita for people that care about their cars).
 
Originally posted by: Homerboy
Being sold "as is".

thats always what you want to read in a house description. I won't buy a mouse off of ebay if that tagline is added let alone a house

unfortunately unless buying new you are not going to get other than 'as is'.

If you are a used home buyer as-is is canonical.
 
Originally posted by: weadjust
"Attached 1.5 car garage"

Who has half a car?

nice threadcrapper😉...in just 406 posts in two years you spilled this out, I would have to say it's on the funny side.
 
Originally posted by: alkemyst
Originally posted by: Homerboy
Being sold "as is".

thats always what you want to read in a house description. I won't buy a mouse off of ebay if that tagline is added let alone a house

unfortunately unless buying new you are not going to get other than 'as is'.

If you are a used home buyer as-is is canonical.

which is why you have the house checked out. Also you can purchase a warentee.


 
Originally posted by: hungfarover
$40k for a HOUSE? was this posted in 1980 and somehow only now is showing up?

damn i wish houses around here were $40k

median new home price in the US is hovering around $215k.

Most internet saavy people do not live in most of the US.
 
Anyone else notice that the estimated property taxes are $1500. for a $40K house? I pay less than that for my $390K house in Kahleeforneeya...AND I don't have to deal with snow...(yeah, I'm taxed on the $130 I paid for it 7 yrs ago)
 
Originally posted by: BoomerD
Anyone else notice that the estimated property taxes are $1500. for a $40K house? I pay less than that for my $390K house in Kahleeforneeya...AND I don't have to deal with snow...(yeah, I'm taxed on the $130 I paid for it 7 yrs ago)

wow brainiac! 7 years ago you bought.
 
If you know of houses that cheap in/around Chico, you could make a mint on them...None of the real estate sites I went to listed anything less than $250K in the "metro" Chico area...PLUS, being a college town, and an easy drive to Sacto, I'd expect real estate to be rather spendy...
 
Est. taxes: $1,500.00

for a $40,000 house?? Holy crap thats a lot of taxes for such a cheap house. It's not like it has a ton of land or anything either.
 
Originally posted by: tk109
Est. taxes: $1,500.00

for a $40,000 house?? Holy crap thats a lot of taxes for such a cheap house. It's not like it has a ton of land or anything either.

I would expect a higher tax rate like that in an area where house values are so low. It's not like low house values makes it cheaper to educate kids (which is where a large percentage of property taxes go).

I'd love to buy a house for $40k, but you can't get broadband Internet there so no deal. 😉
 
Originally posted by: tk109
Est. taxes: $1,500.00

for a $40,000 house?? Holy crap thats a lot of taxes for such a cheap house. It's not like it has a ton of land or anything either.

Yeah taxes on my $40k house are $400 a year.
 
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