re: Just had my offer accepted on my first home purchase!!

Welcome to the world of fixing shite non stop, fighting weeds like they are endangering your life and they finding out that new houses with the accompanying financial interests of local banks and real estate brokers are FAR easier to sell than it is to resell and existing home. I hate owning real estate. It is the bane of mankind. Only thing worse is renting.....

I bought my first house at 20 on the court house steps as they say. We have been fortunate in that we usually own houses in military towns and they tend to always be short on housing and there is always folks moving in and out. We have managed to sell all of them for me than we gave for them but when you look at the interest you have paid on mortgages and the maintenance they are a HORRIBLE idea.