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Closing on home this Friday
Posted on 2/15/22 at 8:09 pm
Posted on 2/15/22 at 8:09 pm
Any advice for a first time home owner?
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Posted on 2/15/22 at 8:13 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
Enjoy the day, don’t get overwhelmed with every little thing that you think you want to change.
Posted on 2/15/22 at 9:11 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
Pay your note.
Cut your grass.
Have a beer!
Cut your grass.
Have a beer!
Posted on 2/15/22 at 10:21 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
Get drunk after.
Paint before anything’s in the house.
Move in another day.
Paint before anything’s in the house.
Move in another day.
Posted on 2/15/22 at 10:26 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
Even if you think the kitchen is something you’d like to remodel right away, live with it for a year so you’ll really know what is functional and what’s not. Or maybe you’ve chosen a turn key home, in which case, enjoy!
This post was edited on 2/16/22 at 5:13 pm
Posted on 2/16/22 at 6:28 am to Adam4848
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Paint before anything’s in the house.
Also have any carpet cleaned.
Posted on 2/16/22 at 7:26 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
If you’re bringing cash to close, make sure you get that done today.
Congratulations in advance. You’ll always remember your first home, and you’ll learn a lot of things which will make your next one even better.
Congratulations in advance. You’ll always remember your first home, and you’ll learn a lot of things which will make your next one even better.
Posted on 2/16/22 at 7:54 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
Congrats!
Change the locks.
Change the locks.
Posted on 2/16/22 at 8:22 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
Hire a maid service to give it a good cleaning before you start moving all your stuff in.
Keep up with your termite contract
Keep up with your termite contract
This post was edited on 2/16/22 at 8:22 am
Posted on 2/16/22 at 8:48 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
Paint it before you move furniture in.
Posted on 2/16/22 at 8:59 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
Take a picture at your front door with your keys in your hand. It sounds stupid but 20 or 30 years from now you'll enjoy looking back at it.
Posted on 2/16/22 at 10:00 am to Adam4848
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Get drunk after.
Paint before anything’s in the house.
Move in another day.
this is all good. i'd christen the house after getting drunk but before painting
Posted on 2/16/22 at 10:03 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
If you can swing it, take a week or so off work. Clean that house top to bottom and do your painting now, before you move all your crap.
Posted on 2/16/22 at 10:50 am to BlackPot
Thank y'all for all the great advice.
I have the luxury of being able to slowly move my stuff from my current living situation to my new house, so I plan on getting all painted and other needed work done before I move in.
I have the luxury of being able to slowly move my stuff from my current living situation to my new house, so I plan on getting all painted and other needed work done before I move in.
Posted on 2/16/22 at 11:37 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
Bring a nice bottle of wine or some other token of appreciation to the closing and present it to the person who did all that damn detailed paperwork needed to make it all happen.
Whoever did that had spent hours on the phone with realtors, banks, the seller and you, the buyer and all (i's) have to be dotted and (t's) have to be crossed perfectly for it to go through.
Whoever did that had spent hours on the phone with realtors, banks, the seller and you, the buyer and all (i's) have to be dotted and (t's) have to be crossed perfectly for it to go through.
Posted on 2/16/22 at 11:48 am to Darla Hood
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Even if you think the kitchen is something you’d like to remodel right away, live with it for a year so you’ll really know what is functional and what’s not. Or maybe you’ve chosen a turnkey home, in which case, enjoy!
i would add this goes for ANY remodeling ideas. live in the house at least a year or 2 and keep a list of all the crazy ideas you came up with
eventually you'll realize most of the first ideas sucked or became more refined over time to where they made the most sense. prime example: i wanted to spend $5k on a french drain for an area in back of my house that stayed wet all year round and was basically unusable. ...then I decided instead of that i would just dump gravel back there to walk on instead of the mud..then finally woke up one morning and was like 'duh, just get someone to pour a concrete patio.' ironically the contractor ran a drain under the frame, filled it with gravel then poured the deck for the same price i had been quoted for just the french drain.
that was an extreme example but i can tell you there have been about 10-15 ideas we've had that we didn't go forward on and we either realized it would have detracted from the house or the idea evolved into something much better by the time we had the budget ready for it.
Posted on 2/16/22 at 12:28 pm to gumbo2176
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Bring a nice bottle of wine or some other token of appreciation to the closing and present it to the person who did all that damn detailed paperwork needed to make it all happen.
Whoever did that had spent hours on the phone with realtors, banks, the seller and you, the buyer and all (i's) have to be dotted and (t's) have to be crossed perfectly for it to go through.
So they need to be rewarded for doing their job? That's what their employer pays them for.
Posted on 2/16/22 at 1:42 pm to Chasin The Tiger
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So they need to be rewarded for doing their job? That's what their employer pays them for.
damn dude, harsh. i mean you can get them some 2-buck chuck if that really bothers you. i'm about to purchase my 4th house (no brag..just old) and have 'collected' realtors along the way and they are always doing something nice..dropping heirloom pumpkins off before halloween, sending us free dining cards from time to time, inviting us to their 'former clients' cocktail parties...i think a token of appreciation isn't that much of a burden.
Posted on 2/16/22 at 2:04 pm to CAD703X
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damn dude, harsh. i mean you can get them some 2-buck chuck if that really bothers you.
My wife and many of her friends work in the Title Company business and their official title is "Recording Secretary" and those are the folks that make title companies work.
If not for them, most attorneys would not have a clue how to go about closing a sale and having all the necessary paperwork be in legal order. Most attorneys simply show up for the closing, watch the buyer and seller sign, they countersign, do the necessary stamping to notarize the papers and then head out the door.
It is up to the recording people to make sure all that paperwork is exactly right, do title searches to make sure there are no outstanding liens, order surveys, often having to do power of attorney for out of town folk, getting totals and cutting checks for all parties getting paid, ie realtors, sellers, etc.
In short, tons of detail work that is critical for the closing to go off smoothly.
Posted on 2/16/22 at 2:17 pm to CAD703X
I mean yeah, they are doing this so you use them when you buy/sell again down the road. 2-3% commission on a $500k+ house is pretty good for the small amount of work that a realtor does.
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