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re: As an adult, on your own, how many times have you owned a house?

Posted on 10/20/24 at 2:15 pm to
Posted by LSUGUMBO
Shreveport, LA
Member since Sep 2005
9192 posts
Posted on 10/20/24 at 2:15 pm to
Two. Wife owned a townhouse that I moved in to before we got engaged. We bought our starter in 2006 before we got married, then built in 2008 when she was pregnant with our oldest. I like to think we’ll follow our kids wherever they go, but if we stay in this house, I’ll be fine with that, too. It’s 2750sf all on 1 floor, so it should be easy to manage when we get older. We refi’d in 2020 after we turned a spare garage into a bonus room, so we’re 4 years into a 30 year, 3.375% mortgage.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
82735 posts
Posted on 10/20/24 at 2:18 pm to
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I like to think we’ll follow our kids wherever they go


for the life of me I'll never understand that mindset, not criticizing, just don't get it
Posted by rgsa
La.
Member since May 2015
2607 posts
Posted on 10/20/24 at 2:22 pm to
3.
Posted by N2cars
Member since Feb 2008
34097 posts
Posted on 10/20/24 at 2:22 pm to
Four, counting the one with wheels.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
82735 posts
Posted on 10/20/24 at 2:26 pm to
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counting the one with wheels.


how many wheels
Posted by Iowatiger209
Pleasant Hill, IA
Member since May 2021
1044 posts
Posted on 10/20/24 at 2:27 pm to
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If you pay property taxes, you never really own it. Miss a tax payment and see how fast government slaps a lean on it, if not outright sell it.


First, it’s lien, not lean……
Second, that is not how any of it works……Most states hold a tax sale where somebody pays the taxes and they accrue interest on what has to be redeemed. Then, depending on the state, you have two years to redeem it before a tax deed is issued.
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
107673 posts
Posted on 10/20/24 at 2:27 pm to
2x (in second house)
Posted by GeauxtigersMs36
The coast
Member since Jan 2018
11301 posts
Posted on 10/20/24 at 2:30 pm to
Twice.
Posted by Sugarbaker
Peachtree
Member since Jun 2023
438 posts
Posted on 10/20/24 at 2:31 pm to
Two primary residences. One when I was 26, the other twenty one years ago. Bought my mom out of a camp and am building one in that spot. So, three…ish?
Posted by DiamondDog
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2019
11894 posts
Posted on 10/20/24 at 2:32 pm to
One. I just put a new roof on it out of my own pocket. I'm dying in this thing.
Posted by CitizenK
BR
Member since Aug 2019
11930 posts
Posted on 10/20/24 at 2:34 pm to
Built my first all by myself. However, I was 7 and it was one room in a wooded area adjacent to the neighborhood I lived in with my parents. Lots of scrap wood from homes being built in the neighborhood. A few neighborhood girls my age visited and we showed our pee pees to each other.
Posted by Quidam65
Q Continuum
Member since Jun 2010
20449 posts
Posted on 10/20/24 at 2:37 pm to
Six.

As an only child, I inherited the house in which I was raised.

And the one I own now.

Plus, I used to own four rental houses; I later sold all of them.
This post was edited on 10/20/24 at 2:38 pm
Posted by Yewkindewit
Near Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Apr 2012
21051 posts
Posted on 10/20/24 at 2:41 pm to
4
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
82735 posts
Posted on 10/20/24 at 2:42 pm to
quote:

Built my first all by myself. However, I was 7 and it was one room in a wooded area adjacent to the neighborhood I lived in with my parents. Lots of scrap wood from homes being built in the neighborhood. A few neighborhood girls my age visited and we showed our pee pees to each other.


entrepreneur, home builder, slaying the local wenches, doesn’t get much more ‘murcan than that
Posted by cadillacattack
the ATL
Member since May 2020
7556 posts
Posted on 10/20/24 at 2:42 pm to

8 and counting …
Posted by weptiger
Georgia
Member since Feb 2007
11205 posts
Posted on 10/20/24 at 2:44 pm to
6
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
21560 posts
Posted on 10/20/24 at 2:44 pm to

Bought 4. Outright owned 1.
Posted by tgrmeat
Member since Sep 2020
5047 posts
Posted on 10/20/24 at 2:45 pm to
I’m on number 4 at age 52
Posted by Rabby
Member since Mar 2021
901 posts
Posted on 10/20/24 at 2:49 pm to
Ditto.
Kept moving during the careers and wound up with 6 houses that we co-owned with the bank.
With the low interest rate that we got, I am in no rush to pay the latest one off. Investments are outpacing the payoff at the moment.
Posted by LSUDad
Still on the move
Member since May 2004
60620 posts
Posted on 10/20/24 at 2:49 pm to
Owned 3 at one time. Two in La., one in Tx.
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