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Posted: 5/7/2022 7:33:04 PM EDT

But it's only for a year.

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Posted: 5/7/2022 7:40:29 PM EDT

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Lol. Last apartment I lived in had a couple move in across the hall. Too many DV incidents to count.

Posted: 5/7/2022 7:40:49 PM EDT

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Rental apartments are for poors

We all live in 1M+ homes here

Posted: 5/7/2022 7:42:24 PM EDT

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It's only for a year but man it's a pain in the ass when it comes to moving.

Posted: 5/7/2022 7:44:55 PM EDT

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Rents have gone up 50 to 80 % here yet wages haven’t budged, gonna get frosty soon.

Posted: 5/7/2022 7:45:24 PM EDT

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The new employer did agree to pay my moving costs. I just miss having my own house with my own yard.

Posted: 5/7/2022 7:47:55 PM EDT

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I miss my old apartment. Honestly, I loved apartment living. Owning a home has been nothing but a headache.
We're gonna pay the mortgage off early, get out of here as fast as we can.

Posted: 5/7/2022 7:48:07 PM EDT

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You're so poor you can't buy a house for cash for a year and then sell it?

sux2bu

Posted: 5/7/2022 7:48:37 PM EDT

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Having a landlord is the worst part of renting.

Posted: 5/7/2022 7:49:10 PM EDT

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That must have been one hell of a raise to be worth living in town, especially an apartment for.

They’d have to probably quadruple my wage to get me to do that.

Posted: 5/7/2022 7:51:07 PM EDT

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Posted: 5/7/2022 7:51:29 PM EDT

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Not necessarily just the costs it's just having to organize and box etc.

I guess gives you an opportunity to reduce clutter.

Posted: 5/7/2022 7:51:49 PM EDT

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1M is a starter home for GD. C'mon man.

Might sound corny, but IMHO be thankful for the roof you have above your head, no matter how big or small.

Posted: 5/7/2022 7:52:42 PM EDT

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good opportunity to throw a ton of crap out. enjoy the stick

Posted: 5/7/2022 7:53:07 PM EDT

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Upstairs neighbors.

Posted: 5/7/2022 7:55:35 PM EDT

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Not all of us live in 2b1b starter homes.

Posted: 5/7/2022 7:56:26 PM EDT

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No kidding.

The neighbors let their dogs shit everywhere without picking up after them, despite management providing bag stations.

Loud music and drunken gatherings every weekend night.

Some schmuck has a polaris slingshot or some similar 3 wheeler that doesn’t leave the complex, cruising around the complex blasting ghetto tunes.

Posted: 5/7/2022 8:01:17 PM EDT

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We were in one for I guess a year or less right after we got married. Looking back I think we were prolly "those neighbors".

Screaming sex, loud music on the weekends. Hell, our hours were nuts during the week, getting in close to 10 or 11 every night. And cats (nuff said?). Whoa that brings back a lot of cool memories.

Posted: 5/7/2022 8:01:51 PM EDT

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Do people still have to pay rent? I thought cdc said renters can tell their landlords that they arent paying.

Posted: 5/7/2022 8:03:07 PM EDT

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I have never lived in an apartment.

Posted: 5/7/2022 8:03:49 PM EDT

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Same but we always rent a house as a bare minimum.

Waiting on our new one to be built.

Currently in a 1956 house that’s only 1,800sf, but I’m a resort town and it’s walking/stumbling distance to everything.

Posted: 5/7/2022 8:08:53 PM EDT

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id go back to an apt lickety split. Fuck taking care of a house. Love my projects. Hate anything exterior or piddly repairs. would have to be a big studio/loft type apt now though

Posted: 5/7/2022 8:10:14 PM EDT

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Correct answer.

Neighbors will make or break you.

Dope using, loud music playing, pit bull owning clowns are tell tale signs it’s time to haul ass someplace else.

Posted: 5/7/2022 8:13:11 PM EDT

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"Hey lanlord, the furnace is acting up"
"I'll send a guy right over"
"Thanks"

Posted: 5/7/2022 8:19:48 PM EDT

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One of my favorite cigars.

Posted: 5/7/2022 8:20:44 PM EDT

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more like
Hey landlord - no answer, leave a message
next day send a text, no answer
Hey landlord its broke
ok ill send a guy over
they don't show up, call a 3rd time, still without heat
hey landlord im filing a complaint if you dont fix this
another day later after muddy boots on your clean floors
finally fixed

it has some perks but stuff doesn't magically just happen because you dont own it.

thats nothing compared to the issue of the class of people around you though

Posted: 5/7/2022 8:22:28 PM EDT

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I would feel emasculated making that call but that's just me.

Posted: 5/7/2022 8:23:16 PM EDT

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Posted: 5/7/2022 8:24:33 PM EDT

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Do you get foreclosed on your meth house by the city?

Posted: 5/7/2022 8:26:27 PM EDT

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Smoking and drinking help make most things tolerable.

Posted: 5/7/2022 8:27:53 PM EDT

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Posted: 5/7/2022 8:30:13 PM EDT

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Hey furnace guy, furnace is acting up

Posted: 5/7/2022 8:31:17 PM EDT

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Posted: 5/7/2022 8:32:22 PM EDT

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I would feel emasculated making that call but that's just me.

You pay for someone else to fix problems like thataa part of your rent. Why not take advantage of it?

Posted: 5/7/2022 8:37:45 PM EDT

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My biggest real estate mistake was selling a “condo” (that’s an apartment that you own) in downtown Nashville.

I could rent it out for $2,500 a month right now, the mortgage was $500 a month.

Posted: 5/7/2022 8:44:47 PM EDT

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As opposed to calling a furnace repair service? I don't know about you but, I can google some stuff. If it's a simple fix, I will at least try. Push come to shove though, I don't have a bunch of parts in my back pocket and I am not an HVAC pro. I will try to fix it, but about day 2, I am going to pay someone to come fix my furnace or install a new one.

The only difference between apartment/vs homeowner, is that as a homeowner, I am the one opening my wallet.

Posted: 5/7/2022 9:05:04 PM EDT

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I don’t know if I could ever go back to apartments. Nice and dark out here at night too.

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Posted: 5/7/2022 9:05:54 PM EDT

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Smelling hearing and seeing your neighbors sucks

Posted: 5/7/2022 9:06:36 PM EDT

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Derp.

Posted: 5/7/2022 9:10:09 PM EDT

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I would feel emasculated making that call but that's just me.

do you feel emasculated taking your car in for warranty repair? You paid for it. I’d feel like a fool and emasculated for wasting my time fixing something I paid someone else to deal with. Not to mention incurring the liability of something going wrong.

Posted: 5/7/2022 9:10:52 PM EDT

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No trees. Fail.

Posted: 5/7/2022 9:21:28 PM EDT

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do you feel emasculated taking your car in for warranty repair? You paid for it. I’d feel like a fool and emasculated for wasting my time fixing something I paid someone else to deal with. Not to mention incurring the liability of something going wrong.

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"Hey lanlord, the furnace is acting up"
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I would feel emasculated making that call but that's just me.

do you feel emasculated taking your car in for warranty repair? You paid for it. I’d feel like a fool and emasculated for wasting my time fixing something I paid someone else to deal with. Not to mention incurring the liability of something going wrong.

Thats not the point. I've been a home owner my almost my entire adult life. I've grown accustomed to figuring shit out. Most of the time it's a job well done, every now and then I have to call in the pros. Same for vehicles.

Most people on this site are in the same boat.

If you have a warranty or having someone fix things for you cause it's baked into the price by all means do the smart thing a use it.

I just would have a hard time being in that position from the get go and it would be tough for me to make those calls.

Posted: 5/7/2022 9:21:51 PM EDT

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Never really figured out the difference between a condo and an apartment. You can rent a condo (at least around here), so WTF?

The condo across the commons from us is going for $4,500 a month, with a four month minimum. It's almost never vacant.

The HOA dues are extortionate, but at a certain age leaving the painting, grounds and snow shoveling to someone else is bliss.

Posted: 5/7/2022 9:26:44 PM EDT

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Posted: 5/7/2022 9:28:59 PM EDT

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In my lazy younger days I loved my apt I had to do nothing but clean the inside. In my older lazy days I love the fact that I am not spending 24k a year that I will never see again. Sure I have to do some stuff out side but not a lot.

Posted: 5/7/2022 9:32:08 PM EDT

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Posted: 5/7/2022 9:46:22 PM EDT

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Thats not the point. I've been a home owner my almost my entire adult life. I've grown accustomed to figuring shit out. Most of the time it's a job well done, every now and then I have to call in the pros. Same for vehicles.

Most people on this site are in the same boat.

If you have a warranty or having someone fix things for you cause it's baked into the price by all means do the smart thing a use it.

I just would have a hard time being in that position from the get go and it would be tough for me to make those calls.

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Shit.....I only try to fix stuff first, because I am not especially wealthy. If money wasn't an concern...."Yes? Hello? Yes hi, listen...the thing stopped doing the thing...I see... Can I get expedited service? Yes, a fee, I understand. Can you make room tomorrow? Ok, not before 10am please, fuck getting up in the morning. 11 sounds great, send my accountant the invoice. See you then!". Click.

I can't do that (most of the time), but I would sure as hell like to.

Posted: 5/7/2022 9:52:21 PM EDT

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I have some STORIES from living in a low rent apartment community. I ended up getting a lawyer involved to help break me out of that lease.

I did it right the second time. Not in the ghetto and minimum section 8 units. It was 100x more peaceful. No thugs standing around watching to see when you leave so they can break in your place, if someone had a large party at least there wouldn’t be gun shots or large throw down fights and tons of police cars having to come in all the time to break up disturbances.

Posted: 5/7/2022 9:53:39 PM EDT

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Never really figured out the difference between a condo and an apartment. You can rent a condo (at least around here), so WTF?

The condo across the commons from us is going for $4,500 a month, with a four month minimum. It's almost never vacant.

The HOA dues are extortionate, but at a certain age leaving the painting, grounds and snow shoveling to someone else is bliss.

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It's bliss when you are yonger too. I own a house but my mom is elderly and recently purchased a condo. She has to pay a monthy fee (it's not optional), the fee includes some other things but also lawn care and snow removal. I wasn't about to complain about it because I don't have to go do it for her.