Comments on: Outside my Bubble http://www.damienriley.com/outside-my-bubble/ blog of a teacher, songwriter, and lifelong learner Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:16:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Damien Riley http://www.damienriley.com/outside-my-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-4198 Damien Riley Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:49:04 +0000 http://www.postcardsfromthefunnyfarm.com/2008/03/12/outside-my-bubble/#comment-4198 Thanks Suzanne! This post is a bit outdated, but thank you for your nice words. FHA is not based on credit so we ended up getting that. Teacher's unions are great when you have spotless credit, otherwise they want nothing to do with you. Not all teachers are geeks who straighten up and fly right all the time ;) I wrote a post about our new home and it has pictures, please read it and comment ... http://www.postcardsfromthefunnyfarm.com/my-piece-of-land/ Thanks Suzanne! This post is a bit outdated, but thank you for your nice words. FHA is not based on credit so we ended up getting that. Teacher’s unions are great when you have spotless credit, otherwise they want nothing to do with you. Not all teachers are geeks who straighten up and fly right all the time ;)

I wrote a post about our new home and it has pictures, please read it and comment …

http://www.postcardsfromthefunnyfarm.com/my-piece-of-land/

]]> By: Suzanne http://www.damienriley.com/outside-my-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-4197 Suzanne Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:19:34 +0000 http://www.postcardsfromthefunnyfarm.com/2008/03/12/outside-my-bubble/#comment-4197 Well, Sorry to heard the "let downs", but with all those foreclosure homes out there and you are not one of them. Just consider yourself fortunate. Or perhaps, the forclosure/hud homes could be the opton for you. Here is one question that I have you is, why don't you go to your credit union? Usually teachers have a credit union that you can go to and they are more lenient as well. If that doesn't work you should go check out FHA (first time home owner). Fha is goverment loans. I hope this help and good luck to ya!!! Well, Sorry to heard the “let downs”, but with all those foreclosure homes out there and you are not one of them. Just consider yourself fortunate. Or perhaps, the forclosure/hud homes could be the opton for you. Here is one question that I have you is, why don’t you go to your credit union? Usually teachers have a credit union that you can go to and they are more lenient as well. If that doesn’t work you should go check out FHA (first time home owner). Fha is goverment loans. I hope this help and good luck to ya!!!

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]]> By: Derek http://www.damienriley.com/outside-my-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-4195 Derek Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:29:35 +0000 http://www.postcardsfromthefunnyfarm.com/2008/03/12/outside-my-bubble/#comment-4195 Jessica, it sounds like we are fairly close to one another - although we opted to head west for a little cheaper real estate. Damien, I believe it will all work out for you when you find the right place.  My wife and I regularly contemplate a move to a lower cost of living state yet we still are here in the same house and haven't gone anywhere yet.  I'll keep you in my thoughts. <em>Derek's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dad-balance/~3/250409446/' rel="nofollow">Win A Bracelet For That Special Someone</a></em> Jessica, it sounds like we are fairly close to one another – although we opted to head west for a little cheaper real estate.

Damien, I believe it will all work out for you when you find the right place.  My wife and I regularly contemplate a move to a lower cost of living state yet we still are here in the same house and haven’t gone anywhere yet.  I’ll keep you in my thoughts.

Derek’s last blog post..Win A Bracelet For That Special Someone

]]> By: Damien Riley http://www.damienriley.com/outside-my-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-4194 Damien Riley Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:30:09 +0000 http://www.postcardsfromthefunnyfarm.com/2008/03/12/outside-my-bubble/#comment-4194 Girl, you sound set!  It also shows me that 3 bedrooms aren't necessarily cheap outside of California.  Were you in Michigan?  Sorry I don't think I ever bothered to ask! Girl, you sound set!  It also shows me that 3 bedrooms aren’t necessarily cheap outside of California.  Were you in Michigan?  Sorry I don’t think I ever bothered to ask!

]]> By: Jessica The Rock Chick http://www.damienriley.com/outside-my-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-4193 Jessica The Rock Chick Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:27:37 +0000 http://www.postcardsfromthefunnyfarm.com/2008/03/12/outside-my-bubble/#comment-4193 I have a built in 1957, 1600 sq. foot, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house with a one car garage 3 miles north of the city of Chicago. Similar houses in my area have recently sold for about $450,000. The four bedroom houses go for closer to $600,000 and the new construction on my block is listed at $759,000. It's ridiculous. Our property taxes aren't cheap, either. Mine run just over $7,000 a year. If I hadn't been so obviously injured by a doctor years ago, I never would have been able to have a house in this area.  <em>Jessica The Rock Chick's last blog post..<a href='http://lifeisrantastic.blogspot.com/2008/03/stand-by-your-man.html' rel="nofollow">Stand By Your Man</a></em> I have a built in 1957, 1600 sq. foot, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house with a one car garage 3 miles north of the city of Chicago. Similar houses in my area have recently sold for about $450,000. The four bedroom houses go for closer to $600,000 and the new construction on my block is listed at $759,000. It’s ridiculous. Our property taxes aren’t cheap, either. Mine run just over $7,000 a year. If I hadn’t been so obviously injured by a doctor years ago, I never would have been able to have a house in this area. 

Jessica The Rock Chick’s last blog post..Stand By Your Man

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