I'm a home owner!

January 10, 2020, 10:49 PM

Beancooker

That is awesome news. Congratulations bro. There is something great about the feeling if owning where you sleep. This little piece of dirt in the earth is mine. It’s a great feeling.

I owned a home for over 15 years. Changed life and the wife and I moved halfway across the nation to be happier. For five months we didn’t own a home. It was terrifying.

I’m super happy for you and a huge congrats to you!!!

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January 11, 2020, 12:36 AM

Rey HRH

What a way to get there. But accomplishing goals is always good. Congratulations.

"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.

January 11, 2020, 02:20 AM

nasig

nice. i'm happy that you're happy

January 11, 2020, 02:24 AM

ergoproxy

Fantastic, congrats!

January 11, 2020, 05:32 AM

h2oys

Congrats!

January 11, 2020, 06:08 AM

45 Cal

Congratulations ,I heard crap like I saw posted many years ago when I paid off my home early.
Some folk just like to piss on someone 's happy time.

January 11, 2020, 06:33 AM

bendable

it must be a great feeling ,

January 11, 2020, 06:35 AM

Oz_Shadow

That’s great news!

January 11, 2020, 06:57 AM

shoevb

Congratulations to you. What a great attitude you have moving forward.

January 11, 2020, 07:15 AM

jimmy123x

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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
You'll never truly own the house, you'll always be a renter who pays the government for the privilege of living there (ie - taxes)

Did they just let you out of the mental hospital???

That's a very, very weird thing to say. There are taxes on everything. What do you think pays to maintain the streets to his house? Sewer and water lines to the house? Police? fire? etc. If he was renting the same house, he'd be paying the landlords mortgage and taxes and rent would go up every year and a landlord could tell him to move out with a month(s) notice. I own my house outright and without giving an exact value, it costs me as much (taxes, insurance, maintenance) as the rent on an efficiency worth 1/7th of my homes value.

January 11, 2020, 08:15 AM

UTsig

That's great, congratulations!!

January 11, 2020, 08:21 AM

ShouldBFishin

Congratulations! That's great news.

January 11, 2020, 08:34 AM

sigcrazy7

Congratulations. Never mind the tax naysayers. Everybody pays taxes, even renters.

January 11, 2020, 10:23 AM

2012BOSS302

Congrats on the house Ronin, happy you came out of it all moving forward in life.

January 11, 2020, 11:24 AM

Bytes

Rockin' it Ronin. Congrats my friend!

January 11, 2020, 12:20 PM

LS1 GTO

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Originally posted by Ronin1069:
quote:
Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
You'll never truly own the house, you'll always be a renter who pays the government for the privilege of living there (ie - taxes)

LOL

I can take the snark (why you'd snark on my happiness is beyond me, but I digress...) but this is essentially entering politics into a non political thread.

Don't get my thread locked, bro!

Ronin,

Wasn't meant as a dig or attempt to harsh your good times about the home. My apologies to you along with a heart felt congratulations.

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

"If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers

The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own...

January 11, 2020, 09:28 PM

Ronin1069

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LS1 GTO:

Thanks for the note above, brother. My mellow cannot be harshed on this topic; so no worries!

Thanks to all for the friendly feedback, My purpose for posting this thread was to simply remind all of those going through tough times that there can be sunshine over the next hill.

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January 11, 2020, 11:15 PM

dave7378

Congrats. I remember the feeling. I was the first person in my family to own a house and I was scared to death. Almost pulled out of the deal but a good friend convinced me to go forward. That was 18 years ago and very glad I did. Nothing like ownership, however big or small, to make you feel a sense of accomplishment. Good luck!