- Dec 5, 2000
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looking for a place to live and not too sold on the apartment idea for several reasons. Would like a house but don't have the money to really afford one.
small house is listed at $69,000. It's a town house connected to other houses. 3 bed, 1 bath. new furnace and windows. Looks nice in the pics but haven't seen it yet. House is in town and I'd prefer to be outside of town but I guess beggers can't be choosers, right?
My dad knows the people selling it so I could probably get it cheaper than $69k.
A 2 BR apartment around here is going to be in the $600-700 a month range.
so many pros and cons to both that I have no idea what would be best or how to figure it out.
I know a lot of ATOTers are financial gurus, so what am I looking at financially here? Obviously a house is going to have more things that I need to handle myself but at least I'll own it and not just be throwing money into an apartment which I'll never own.
small house is listed at $69,000. It's a town house connected to other houses. 3 bed, 1 bath. new furnace and windows. Looks nice in the pics but haven't seen it yet. House is in town and I'd prefer to be outside of town but I guess beggers can't be choosers, right?
My dad knows the people selling it so I could probably get it cheaper than $69k.
A 2 BR apartment around here is going to be in the $600-700 a month range.
so many pros and cons to both that I have no idea what would be best or how to figure it out.
I know a lot of ATOTers are financial gurus, so what am I looking at financially here? Obviously a house is going to have more things that I need to handle myself but at least I'll own it and not just be throwing money into an apartment which I'll never own.