Mojo Request House Mojo

Truckload of Mojo headed your way.
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Mojo man.

Sucks that the guy can't wait out but I suppose it's his house, his perogative. Hopefully it'll work out OK for all involved.

If not you can always shit down his sink and concrete his drains :grin:
 
I put this in the weekend wrap up, but I should put it here. It looks like the Wein mojo may work.

We did get some really great news on the housing situation. Our neighbor across the street approached us a few months ago to see if we would be interested in buying her house. So with our landlord letting us know he is going to sell this one, we figured we would go talk to her. It looks like she is willing to move out Sept 1 and rent it to us for a year while we get our finances in order to buy it next summer. She was planning on doing 25-30k in renovations so she said she will subtract that from the sale price and since my folks, who are realtors, will help us out through the sale she will subtract the realtor fees as well. So it looks like we will get a super good deal on the house and it is the exact same model as ours but it is in much better condition. The only draw back is the yard is much smaller, but it is fenced in. The only tricky part is our lease is up June 31 and we won't be able to move in until Sept 1. That actually works out ok. With me working from home and my wife being a college prof, we don't have to be in an office for the summer, so we will probably put our stuff in storage and head to my folks beach house in FL for the summer. So other than the actual move, it looks like things may work out.
 
Guitar Heel said:
Also, really glad to hear that it worked out! That's fantastic news.
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If it all falls into place, we will have 3 months of no rent, which in this area is huge. If we weren't putting that money toward buying the house, I could buy a couple Kauers :grin:
Plus it is directly across the street, out current house number is 3205 and that one is 3206.
 
The same thing happened to me, Chad. I had 2 options; buy it or move. I had a month. I loved the house, but not the location so we decided to move. I had very little money and mediocre credit. I bought a 2 acre lot, totally wooded, no electricity, no well, nothing. I bought a new mobile home, set it there, and installed the water, electric and septic myself. I paid off the land first, then the trailer, in 17 years as the sole breadwinner and 3 young girls. Still living in that damn thing, and so badly want to move it off and build a house.
 
Steverino said:
The same thing happened to me, Chad. I had 2 options; buy it or move. I had a month. I loved the house, but not the location so we decided to move. I had very little money and mediocre credit. I bought a 2 acre lot, totally wooded, no electricity, no well, nothing. I bought a new mobile home, set it there, and installed the water, electric and septic myself. I paid off the land first, then the trailer, in 17 years as the sole breadwinner and 3 young girls. Still living in that damn thing, and so badly want to move it off and build a house.
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Yeah, we have nothing for a down payment. The guy told us last year, we could rent forever if we wanted, so instead of saving, we put all of our money in to paying off student loans and medical bills. The medical bills are almost paid off, but the student loans, not so much. We love the location, but the house is way more than it is worth to us. I am sure someone with more money than we have will swoop in and buy it, but it needs a ton of work and I am not willing to pay this price knowing what it needs. The house across the street needs almost no work and we will be getting it for so much less, that and now we will put money into saving so we will have a down payment in a year.

I had a friend who did what you did. They ended up building the house while living in the mobile home, then got rid of the mobile home once the house was ready to move in.
 
Chad said:
Yeah, we have nothing for a down payment. The guy told us last year, we could rent forever if we wanted, so instead of saving, we put all of our money in to paying off student loans and medical bills. The medical bills are almost paid off, but the student loans, not so much. We love the location, but the house is way more than it is worth to us. I am sure someone with more money than we have will swoop in and buy it, but it needs a ton of work and I am not willing to pay this price knowing what it needs. The house across the street needs almost no work and we will be getting it for so much less, that and now we will put money into saving so we will have a down payment in a year.

I had a friend who did what you did. They ended up building the house while living in the mobile home, then got rid of the mobile home once the house was ready to move in.
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That's the plan. I've just paid off all my debts, and I'm really, really liking it. The last thing I need is to start over with a brand-new mortgage, but I really have no choice, and I'm not getting any younger.

Sounds like a win-win for you, same neighborhood, and a place that's in better shape. Hope it all works out chears
 
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