Comments on: Home Buying in the Future http://rupeandconk.com/2009/05/home-buying-in-the-future/ holy matrimony! Tue, 8 Jun 2010 20:41:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Craig http://rupeandconk.com/2009/05/home-buying-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Craig Sat, 23 May 2009 03:50:34 +0000 http://rupeandconk.com/?p=154#comment-240 Austin has a ghetto? Cute. Austin has a ghetto? Cute.

]]> By: christie http://rupeandconk.com/2009/05/home-buying-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-239 christie Wed, 20 May 2009 22:19:42 +0000 http://rupeandconk.com/?p=154#comment-239 i'm excited to see where you end up! hopefully the right thing will come along. i’m excited to see where you end up! hopefully the right thing will come along.

]]> By: dave http://rupeandconk.com/2009/05/home-buying-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-238 dave Wed, 20 May 2009 15:56:28 +0000 http://rupeandconk.com/?p=154#comment-238 @brian just because you had a hostage situation on your street doesn't make you an expert... errr... well... uh.. maybe it does. @chase that crime map is crazy. so many fists. and Mr. Theft has a wicked drop shadow. @andy it's doubtful we'd make it down there, we've got a lot of houses to look at. it's terrible, i know. @brian just because you had a hostage situation on your street doesn’t make you an expert… errr… well… uh.. maybe it does.

@chase that crime map is crazy. so many fists. and Mr. Theft has a wicked drop shadow.

@andy it’s doubtful we’d make it down there, we’ve got a lot of houses to look at. it’s terrible, i know.

]]> By: Andy http://rupeandconk.com/2009/05/home-buying-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-237 Andy Wed, 20 May 2009 15:43:20 +0000 http://rupeandconk.com/?p=154#comment-237 Just saying', if you guys get a little time to make it down to the houston area, ava's been asking for you two a lot recently. Just saying’, if you guys get a little time to make it down to the houston area, ava’s been asking for you two a lot recently.

]]> By: Chase http://rupeandconk.com/2009/05/home-buying-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Chase Wed, 20 May 2009 13:50:28 +0000 http://rupeandconk.com/?p=154#comment-236 Here's a map of recent crimes in Austin, for your perusal. It only shows recent stuff, but at least you can get some idea of the crime level in various neighborhoods. http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/local/spotcrime/index.html Plus the icons they use make all the crimes look so quaint. Hmm, I wonder why there are so many handcuff icons on 6th street? Here’s a map of recent crimes in Austin, for your perusal. It only shows recent stuff, but at least you can get some idea of the crime level in various neighborhoods.

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/local/spotcrime/index.html

Plus the icons they use make all the crimes look so quaint. Hmm, I wonder why there are so many handcuff icons on 6th street?

]]> By: brian http://rupeandconk.com/2009/05/home-buying-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-235 brian Wed, 20 May 2009 13:25:49 +0000 http://rupeandconk.com/?p=154#comment-235 dudes. good luck. my main pieces of advice would be to 1. NOT buy a place in a questionable neighborhood even if it is exactly what you want. 2.with every house you look at, break down the actual monthly cost. $20,000 doesn't have a huge impact on your monthly cost, so sometimes it is worth it to get in a better neighborhood. 3. you have some family members that are pretty competent remodellers that are most likely willing to help, so don't rule out something that needs some work if you are willing to spend tons and tons of weekends doing that instead of fun things. 4. consider using a (competent) realtor. they know neighborhoods, what to look for in houses and what is available. and also, as the buyer, you don't really pay anything. the seller pays all of the realtor commissions. dudes. good luck. my main pieces of advice would be to
1. NOT buy a place in a questionable neighborhood even if it is exactly what you want.

2.with every house you look at, break down the actual monthly cost. $20,000 doesn’t have a huge impact on your monthly cost, so sometimes it is worth it to get in a better neighborhood.

3. you have some family members that are pretty competent remodellers that are most likely willing to help, so don’t rule out something that needs some work if you are willing to spend tons and tons of weekends doing that instead of fun things.

4. consider using a (competent) realtor. they know neighborhoods, what to look for in houses and what is available. and also, as the buyer, you don’t really pay anything. the seller pays all of the realtor commissions.

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