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#21

Exactly. We agree.

The biggest section of a library is fiction.

To find what is true takes real effort, while what you can easily find is the made up, loudest, babble. Ignore the internet, it’s mostly equivalent to the large fiction section of the library.

If you use the internet to find a home then you’re no better than anyone else who can put equally low effort. But if you, say, rent a room in the place, and go to the local pub, or do volunteer work, or simply chat to people in a park, you’ll find more information that not many know. That’s how to find a home.

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#22

That’s the best way.
Such way I would do for example in Madeira, the Azores or Portugal.

But we are definitely too old to acquire such an estate there.
We rent “our house” 2 times a year, so we have no other obligations at all.

#23

Thanks for sharing your insight on this! I like the tidbit about the local pub. :slight_smile: Definitely agree that there is an issue with competing with the online market.

We’re gradually saving up, and also locked into a rental for now (they have a pretty terrible policy if we break contract). My wife and I are currently studying the market and building some connections here in San Diego, and plan to aggressively house hunt in a few months.

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#24

Start asap.
We needed about 4 years to find a perfect one.
I dont know how the situation in your region (USA) is, but its not easy at all.

#25

Took me a year for the last two house purchases.

Helps if you work from home and see places before anyone else. Speed helps get the desperate to sell fast lucky opportunities. Put in loads of offers, rinse repeat.

Also if you are renting now use the reverse rent trick. Give the seller time to move out, e.g. they become your rent free tenant for 2 months so they get your money and they become cash buyers themselves to break the chain.

Just don’t do it the way everyone else does it.

#26

I’d not hold out for perfect, I’d just go with acceptable.

I’m taking a rest now then on with the next 2 purchases.

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#27

Yep that definitely came up where some homeowners wanted to stay for an extra month or two after they sell the house to transition out.
Hopefully everything with the house hunt goes well for us

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#28

We had a similar contract.
The price for the house we bought 20 years ago here, was reduced because the owner wanted to stay in the house for 6 month more.
But you have really to care about that those contracts are absolutely juridical correct.

If not! Problems without an end!

If he would not have left the house he would have to pay penalty and a “horrible” rent.

But all went fine without any problems.
And we gave him 3 days more, he was such in trouble removing his things!
So we kept friendship! :smile:

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#29

Lol. Yes the last time I sold I was due out 12 noon and wasn’t yet and new owner said no problems and we were out hours later.

Flexibility helps.

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#30

Depends on the things you own.
A suitcase full of powerbanks and chargers!
Easy to take away! :rofl::rofl::rofl:

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#31

Yes, agree that much of what Anker sells, powerbanks etc, makes for an agile portable existence to be much more flexible.

For me the same few items recur.

  • Powercore 10000 PD for carried on-person.
  • Powercore 20000 PD for carried in bags.
  • Powerport 4 63W 4 port for bedside charging.
  • Powerport Nano 18W for carried charger.
  • Soundbud Slim for around-neck audio.
  • Nebula Capsule Max for portable screen.
  • Powerline cables for reliable cables which simply work as expected.
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