Napa Lite

I just know his tweets about burning spreadsheets and being nice at ping pong will be going on the walls of whatever house I purchase.

Aww, heck. I’m out of town that week. The listing doesn’t say the roof age but from the pictures it certainly looks it’s closer to needing to be replaced than it is to being new. Fortunately, it’s a pretty simple roof and I’d imagine we could get it done in a weekend. I say “we” but I mostly mean my brother and dad. Maybe some friends if they feel like it.

We’re having a stock the bar party this weekend for some friends that are getting married. Any ideas for a <$50 bottle of booze that might be seen as unique and thoughtful? I don’t know anybody coming up from Chicago in the next few days so Jeppson’s Malort is out of the picture.

I am already so very tired of this process and I can not wait for it to be over. I might buy this house just because it hits most of my points and knowing that I’ll most likely be able to sell it for at worst a small loss in two years.

Hmm...sorry, Hank, changed my mind. I’m putting secret passages and trick doors everywhere.

Brvy you are welcome to come and help me with whatever house I end up buying, whenever that may be. The house I’m looking at later this week will need a kitchen remodel, a bathroom remodel, possible a new garage or an additional stall, possible new deck, concrete removed, 3 seasons porch torn down, basement re-finish, might build a Murphy bed in the guest room, a dog door installed, and lots of paint. It’s a keeper. Edit: because it sounds like I’m looking at a shithole. It’s a perfectly acceptable house as is...I would just like to make some improvements eventually https:/

Oh, huh, I didn’t even think about how you knew the horses name. But now I go to Facebook and see how terrible I look. Christ.

Leathery skin. Bleach blonde hair. Raspy voice. Wholly inappropriate attire for their age. Lots of sagginess. The actual cute girl got called up to the “stage” and she sang and played a song on the guitar. I was smitten from the get go. And now I wish I could remember her name or her ranches name so I could do some light stalking.

I feel like I disappointed Uncle’s Ronnie and Hank this weekend but I hope they understand. Went to a dude ranch outside of Phoenix for a bachelor party. Got in Thursday morning and we were more less the only guests on Thursday. We went for a trail ride and then spent the rest of the day drinking by/in the pool. Friday more guests started showing up but there was still only like 20 guests total and we were 9 of them. We did the morning ride and did more pool drinking. A friend of ours is very social and was chatting up these two 60+ yr old women. They also had a small poker tou

Joining a frat turned out to be a great decision for me. Yeah, there was some stupid bullshit to deal with while in college, (meetings and such). But to my understanding a lot of that has been done away with because almost everything is considered hazing now. And you can be as or not involved as you want. It was also more economical than living on campus and comparable to off-campus. Not to say it’s a guaranteed way to make friends as 80% of the people in the house if I could not care less if I ever see again and about 10% I hope to never see again, but almost 100% i wouldn’t have h

We’ll be right here for you, buddy. Well, the proverbial we, anyways. I’m heading to Arizona for a Westworld-esque bachelor party, tomorrow. Going to a dude ranch to ride horses and on Saturday we’re doing a cattle drive. A regular Bro-Back Mountain Bachelor Party.

I don’t want to sound insensitive because I hope it works out for the best for my braj Strat, whatever that outcome that is, but, man, this whole situation is entertaining for me.

setup a livestream for us

I would do anything, except for actually asking, to be able to work from home one day a week. Be able to take my time waking up, no 1hr+ spent driving, having my dog around, be able to run actual errands over lunch, Netflix going in the background, no coworker constantly threatening to body slam me...man, that’d be the life. Doesn’t even matter what day of the week.

But, whatever, even if values immediately plummet, as long as I don’t lose my job for an extended period of time, I’ll be OK. I’ve got time to wait for the rebound. And it wouldn’t be the first time I’ve lost out on an easy gain by buying at the top, or not at all.

Yeah, I’m leaning more and more towards renting. I even offered to my current roommates to pay $850/month (up from $500) to continue living here until 3/31 of next year. I’ve got a place to live for $600 until probably October, possibly even longer. I’d just prefer to not have to move multiple times and the other place is a married couple. I’d more/less have the 2nd floor to myself and they have a dog that gets along great with Mack but still. I just hate the uncertainty of not having a “permanent” place and, believe it or not, I’m prone to overthinking things and getting worked up.

Basically my price range goes Perfect - $190k Edge of comfortable - $210k Max -$225k Stretch - $230k That’s without a roommate. If I decide to commit to always having a roommate I could probably go up to $275k but I would never ever do that. $230k is my hard cap and the house has to be literally perfect.

Yeah, 5 years is fine. Barring some major life event I see no reason why I would need or want to move. Any real tax benefits are up in the air at the moment because MN’s state income tax laws basically mirrors the old federal rules and they haven’t decided if or how they’re going to change, so it could be an even bigger benefit or null. But my assumptions are based on an average of mortgage interest + property taxes + state income taxes + misc other itemized deductions being around $4k more than the standard deduction.

I mean, it depends on how much I end up paying for a house and taking into account market rate for renting, which I am absolutely not paying right now. So, with those parameters over a 36 month period: pure monthly cash flow basis its about $1k more expensive to buy monthly cash flow with tax benefits it’s about $850 more expensive From a net worth perspective it’s about $600 more expensive to buy when accounting for equity (with 0% appreciation and ignoring selling costs to access said equity). If I get a roommate, which I will most likely have if I’m renting anyways, ot

12 total offers. Did not get the house. Oh, well.

That’s one thing that’s slighlty infuriating about this all. I’ll ask my realtor what she thinks and she’ll say “well, it depends what it’s worth to you” Well that’s what you’re here for. You’re the fvcking expert here.

Concurred.

#triggered We’ve gotten like 8” in the past few days when the snow was almost entirely gone last Thursday. Expected to get another 4” on sunday. I know this is Minnesota but, COME ON!

Fvck the NRA and anything that could possibly be seen as an endorsement of the NRA in its entirety.

I feel like RTJ has been in town 3 times since I moved here. Went to one of their shows. I’m a little upset with Killer Mike for the NRA as he did though.