Comments on Profile Post by Phantaminum

  1. YMO
    YMO
    Must been crazy....
    Aug 4, 2021
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  2. Phantaminum
    Phantaminum
    Market here is bananas. Open house lasts two days and then it’s sold. Bidding wars were just the icing on the cake. Had to man up and put in a bigger offer but finally snagged one. I hear that it’ll stabilize after October but we couldn’t wait that long.
    Aug 4, 2021
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  3. Cryptowolf
    Cryptowolf
    Congrats. House hunting is so fraught and stressful.
    Aug 4, 2021
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  4. YMO
    YMO
    I'm not ready for a house, not skipping inspection and overpaying beyond my budget.
    Aug 4, 2021
  5. Azimuth
    Azimuth
    You can always back out after inspection @YMO.
    Aug 4, 2021
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  6. Claritas
    Claritas
    Congrats! Truth be told, I was more blessed than I was prudent. There was this one house. Before I even put in solid offer above the asking price, I was outbid beyond my highest potential bid. As it turned out, there's no way I could've anticipated some of my expenses last year. So God was looking out for me when I *didn't* get that house.
    Aug 4, 2021
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  7. Phantaminum
    Phantaminum
    I’m there with you. We had been saving up since the beginning of last year. Sold stocks and even then this almost has me tapped out. I do feel lucky we waited this long. The house is in a prime spot from Dallas or Frisco which are two prime spots for work and are both 30 minutes away. Other houses we were looking at where an hour away. If I wanted Houston traffic I’d be in Houston traffic. :)
    Aug 5, 2021
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  8. Jinxy245
    Jinxy245
    Indeed congrats, a tough market for sure. Best of luck with the move too.
    Aug 5, 2021
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  9. Syzygy
    Syzygy
    Staying in the Dallas area?
    Aug 6, 2021
  10. Phantaminum
    Phantaminum
    North of Dallas. We got a place in The Colony but it's 30 minutes away from my job and about 45 minutes away for my wife. We almost bought a house that was an hour out for me and 1 1/2 hours out for her but luckily won the bid on this one.
    Aug 6, 2021
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  11. Syzygy
    Syzygy
    Oh, it's nice there neighbor! I'm in McK.

    I used to commute to uptown Dallas, but went in at 6am to miss traffic. It was actually longer to go to DNT/NW Hwy for me going down 75. Don't miss those days.

    Now my commute is from my bedroom upstairs to my office down. I wish everyone could do that.
    Aug 6, 2021