Sorry wish things worked out better. I wish I had know you were there I just passed through there for a mob/demob to Afghanistan. Would have bought you a drink

Okay, you made the best decision given your late breaking circumstances and situation. Just make the best of it for the next year. Make lemonade out of the lemons.

I’m in south Florida and you can’t find a rental. Can’t. Every Tom Dick and Harry from Baltimore and Manhattan has moved to Florida and the inventory is non existent . It’s unbelievable. Never seen anything like it.

People are moving to town and living in airBnB short term rentals and hotels until they can find something. It’s a mess. I hear it’s basically a full time job , every day shaking doors and driving all over trying to find a place to live. Everything is snatched up before you even get a chance. You have to basically be in bed with several realtors and property managers to get a chance at a place. This applies to rentals and semi affordable homes for sale. Houses are $100,000 over what they were 12 months ago.

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Originally posted by HRK:
Good luck and a year goes by quickly you'll be back in the game looking in 6 months if you want to be here in a year...

A year does go by quickly. My year here went by very fast. I remember saying to the guys at work "I can't believe we've been here for 5 months already." Next thing you know it was counting down instead of counting up.

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Originally posted by OttoSig:
Edmond,

It can surely SEEM like something to be upset over, I understand the feeling 100%. Just keep in mind it only feels that way because you guys hyped yourself up about it. Normal human reaction, but nothing truly negative happened, you didn't overpay for a house, you aren't further in debt, you aren't stuck without a home for the family, you simply have to be patient.

You never know, could have dodged a HUGE bullet with this market man.

Keep positive. Keep your wife positive and enjoy another year of Texas.

I'm thinking we did dodge a huge bullet with how homes are so overpriced right now. Read some theories that in 4-5 years people will be looking to sell and realize they're upside down on their home because the market has corrected itself.

It changed a lot from last year until this year. I was working for a homebuilder and we kept pushing. The bosses thought that if we laid people off like the other homebuilders, we would not only lose our employees but also the trades and they won't come back when called.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
That is an understatment. While you are at it, explore West Texas. Marfa, Alpine and the Davis Mountains. Spent a week at Big Bend National Park. Really enjoyed it. Cibolo Creek Ranch is nice as well.

That is something that I will take advantage of for the next year. We will do some sightseeing. Always wanted to see Big Bend. There's also a watermelon farm about 2 hours from here. Might sound stupid but I really like watermelon.

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Originally posted by 2PAK:
Okay, you made the best decision given your late breaking circumstances and situation. Just make the best of it for the next year. Make lemonade out of the lemons.

No choice but to make the best of it now. Went back to the Jiu Jitsu gym last night to try to get back to a normal routine. Guys said, "I thought you were gone?" Went on a bike ride this morning.

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Originally posted by bubbatime:
I’m in south Florida and you can’t find a rental. Can’t. Every Tom Dick and Harry from Baltimore and Manhattan has moved to Florida and the inventory is non existent . It’s unbelievable. Never seen anything like it.

People are moving to town and living in airBnB short term rentals and hotels until they can find something. It’s a mess. I hear it’s basically a full time job , every day shaking doors and driving all over trying to find a place to live. Everything is snatched up before you even get a chance. You have to basically be in bed with several realtors and property managers to get a chance at a place. This applies to rentals and semi affordable homes for sale. Houses are $100,000 over what they were 12 months ago.

The Airbnb or settling/overpaying for a home we didn't want would've burned us big time financially. Got sent some listings that didn't meet our requirements. Combination of too small, 1 car garage (I don't park cars outside), too expensive, etc. was a huge decision maker. Someone suggested Airbnb for a month while we found a home. I wasn't keen on that as that was assuming we'd find something that fit us while paying for the Airbnb and having stuff in storage.

This year will give us a year to further purge stuff we don't need and refine packing.

Some stuff isn't going to be unpacked at all.

Now it's the challenge of finding employment. I have a few months of living expenses saved up and paid off a lot of debt but I'd prefer to get back to work sooner than later.

Man that sucks. I've always found that when something like this doesn't work out, it's for a very good reason and a month or two later, something better pops up. Hang in there, life sucks sometimes......

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Originally posted by Edmond:
Some of you may have read my story of my home buying fiasco:

https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...0601935/m/9630035384

We don't particularly care for El Paso, TX. It's too dry here and it's very far from big cities. We were looking to returning to Florida but it won't happen for a year.

Not only did we lose out on 2 homes, we renewed our lease here. This past Monday, we had to make a choice of whether to stay or go back to Florida to no home and hope we found one there while staying in a hotel or Airbnb. Saw some listings for rentals but prices were insane. Some wanted $2,200/month with first month, last month and security deposit. With a wife, 6 year old, and 3 dogs to take care of, I couldn't take a chance of not having a proper size home in a safe neighborhood.

The lease here expires on Saturday and come Monday we had to make a choice whether to stay here or leave. Fortunately this home did not have someone renting after us and the homeowner granted us another year here.

Wife is depressed. We were looking forward to going home, thought we had a home lined up. It was a beautiful home with a pool and screened lanai.

26' moving truck was packed up, fueled up and ready to go. Had to unload the truck on Monday night. Home is stacked full of boxes and furniture wrapped in plastic.

Still trying to process everything. Missed out on a great opportunity on a business in central Florida.

It's the cards we were dealt so we will play the hands we have. Few times have I felt so beat up in life.

Big shout out and thanks to Artie and V-Tail for being great friends.

Sent you an email.

Sucks but sounds like you and your family have your health. D it up, and plan for 12 months in the future where you’ll get to bail. I’d wait out this insane real estate market anyhow. It’s fucking insane.