Lol you are crazy FD is not going anywhere if anything I will probably make it a full race car. Plus every dime in that car is paid for!

Here's the great benefits of been a COMBAT VETERAN. The VA loan and veteran assistance funds and my taxes and insurance will be included in mortgage. The pre approval amount I got from my bank is what I feel "safe" paying not what I can get . I didnt want buy something because i can. I am buying thinking 8-10 yrs out . And we active duty service members have what's called BAH. It's money the military gives me for housing,mortgage,rent to include utilities etc .So the marine corp is actually paying my mortgagefad long as I stay active. I also retire in 10 yrs I will be 38 years old. I also got my loan locked at 3.75%.

So the FD will actually get a buddy instead once I settle I plan on getting another rotary. Lol


Wacky I think I might be able to get a age waiver for you so you can be a combat veteran .....wait I can't lol.

 

I was an airdale, DC in the old U.S. Navy of the Philippines lol.

 

you can sleep well at night in any neighborhood, as long as you're locked and loaded.

 

Locked and loaded is not a problem keeping me from buying new guns every time i see something cool is the problem lol

But why go through that I did plenty of that before the military and now did it on multiple combat deployments. I actually feel safer walking through Compton at night than overseas lol

 

Thinking 10+ years out, it's a pretty good time to buy - - with prices and interest both being at historic lows - - provided you can get financed & make the payments, and it sounds like you can.

Semper Financicum - - Always on credit, heh.

 

Lol semper financicum good one

 

Right up there with Semper Gumby...



"Always Flexible."

 

Haven't been on the forum in a while. I work in Anaheim and there's white FCs (including mine) and a red FD running around. And someone claiming to have a 20B down Anaheim Blvd. Also a red vert down La Palma. Welcome to the city that is Anaheim. I work with Marines all day long for civilian transition (off site though). The comfort level of leaving my car outside in this city is highly variable, some decent areas and some really not very good at all.

 

I live in Irvine and would love to see another FD join in the area... No worries about parking...

 

You find anything temp till you find a house?

Here's a link to the local ABC traffic page. Might give you an idea of the traffic patterns for when you're looking for pads.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/feature?...fic&id=7848444

 

i think i might stay in an extended stay until I close on a house. I am looing at apartments and they are like 14--1700 a month in a not so good neighborhood. In a extended stay I was quoted 1400 a month and i have zero bills,free wifi, etc.....

i rather do that until i close on a place because to pay security deposit,first months rent, water,gas,electric, etc.... will be a waste of money.

 

If you do go the extended stay route, let me know. I got an old friend that might be able to help with the price.

 

you got it brother

 

Hey Alex,

There's a high likelihood I'll be moving to Tustin soon. Hope to hang with some of the locals a bit more than I've been able to in Pasadena

When it comes to housing my advice (which I'll be doing myself) is to rent. There's almost no risk of missing out on appreciation and there is still a big risk of prices dropping further. Personally I'd MUCH rather buy at a high interest rate than a low one. Why?

The logic bascially goes that folks can only afford so much house payment and since wages have been relatively flat the amount folks can afford on average stays relatively constant. Now the goverment has been doing all they can to allow folks to continue affording existing mortgages so prices are propped up more than they might have been if market were allowed to freely set prices (hence why interests rates are so low). That said, with Congress arguing like dogs over ever increase of the national debt ceiling we can't keep subsidizing forever. When interests rates rise (which they have to do at some point) house prices WILL drop further (unless wages rise to compensate which is unlikely).

Now if you buy in when interest rates peak (but at a low price), you can always refinance as rates start to drop back to long run averages. If you buy in a high price (now I'm speaking relative to where the market should be, ignoring where it has been) with cheap money, when prices drop you're underwater and stuck.

The other big upside of renting is that you can move now, get in a decent situation (it's much easier to find a year lease), then go month to month so you can shop at your leisure a year from now to look longer and harder for that ideal situation. Always remember that you can "throw away" money on rent to a landlord. You can "throw away" money renting money (interest, if you buy). But the fastest way to throw away money by far is by buying in when you know prices are likely to drop more.

Free advice from an Engineer/MBA...

Good luck on the move and new situation!
-Joel

 

Thank you very much Joel and I will definitely take everything you said and hit me up when you get to the area hang out in deed.

 

Or move in with djdino or rotary13b1. These fools are in their 40s but refuse leave their moms basement. Im sure they wont mind sharing their bed with you in exchange for something else. Now i want my finders fee lol

 

I got some sunset Manila week old lumpias that counts as a finders fee. Wacky when are we going to meet. I saw you at sevonstock surrounded by older yous lol geeee let me see why ohhhh because all the old school guys hang with other geezers lol.

Seriously San muigel on me when I get settled down

 

I met you and ur wife at guitarjunkies service.

 

That doesn't count mengggg we have to drink a few beers slap each other and build a motor