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re: Proud of my daughter
Posted on 12/6/25 at 3:42 pm to Meauxjeaux
Posted on 12/6/25 at 3:42 pm to Meauxjeaux
Not to get too personal, but is this your child that was a St Jude patient?
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Posted on 12/6/25 at 3:58 pm to Woody Haze
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People tend to ignore property taxes, interest on the loan, maintenance/repairs.
It seems you are ignoring them on the rental side. This time of year, as soon as I get in property tax bills for our rentals, if the tax has gone up, I recalculate the new rent when the lease is up during the next year. Renters are paying the pro-rata portion of the roofs and HVAC systems as well. My lessees are paying MORE than the cost of owning the home, or I wouldn't be doing it.
I am not arguing that for some people in some situations renting doesn't make more financial sense than owning but arguing that renting is financially better in most situations is disconnected. If that were the case how could the property owners make money on rental/leased homes?
Posted on 12/6/25 at 4:01 pm to Longhorn Actual
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You're going to get a lot of shite for this, but you aren't wrong.
If you look at it as "I paid X and it's now worth/I sold it for Y," then it seems like a good investment.
If you look at cash outflows for mortgage interest, taxes, insurance, maintenance, remodels, etc...well, it takes a LONG time before you're actually ahead.
I know.
Most people are simple minded.
Posted on 12/6/25 at 4:02 pm to RoyalWe
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RoyalWe
Lighten up Francis, you must be new here.
Posted on 12/6/25 at 4:12 pm to Woody Haze
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I know.
Most people are simple minded.
Yeah, exactly. Only simple minded people worry about being in their 70's and getting a 5 days notice eviction from some A$$hole landlord
And only simple minded people think having a paid off mortgage free and clear house worth high six figures or more is a stupid thing.
Posted on 12/6/25 at 4:20 pm to TigerGman
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Yeah, exactly. Only simple minded people worry about being in their 70's and getting a 5 days notice eviction from some A$$hole landlord
And only simple minded people think having a paid off mortgage free and clear house worth high six figures or more is a stupid thing.
By the time I was 30 I had made so much in the stock market that I could pay cash for a nice home, actually multiple homes.
Like I said, some people are simple minded.
There's more than one way to skin a cat
Posted on 12/6/25 at 4:28 pm to Meauxjeaux
Helped our daughter and son-in-law with their first home two years ago. We negotiated down the wedding and put about $20k down for them. She manages a restaurant and he’s an HVAC guy. Small house just outside Birmingham in Leeds, AL. You can still get an affordable house in a decent neighborhood out there. Son-in-law is obviously handy and they’ve been fixing the house up.
You can still get it done, but it takes family.
You can still get it done, but it takes family.
Posted on 12/6/25 at 4:29 pm to TheGeauxt9
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discipline
This is the biggest part, she came out of college and got just a regular 45K per year job and has worked up and nearly doubled her salary over the last 3 to 4 years.
Did the normal got into too much debt ran up all her cards, but she’s been paying them off the last several years and boom suddenly she’s there.
Posted on 12/6/25 at 4:32 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
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How much? I saw a lot of starter homes being built in a new subdivision near where I live. But they are about 330K. Not really a starter home. Did she get a 600K shotgun in New Orleans?
Under $250k.
I guess I’m just speaking to all of the TikTok things I see from crying college graduates so they can’t make it in this world, yes, you can
Posted on 12/6/25 at 4:34 pm to Rebel
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Not to get too personal, but is this your child that was a St Jude patient?
Naw that’s my oldest.
This is my middle one.
Posted on 12/6/25 at 4:39 pm to Meauxjeaux
Im sure you are proud of both.
My middle child started working at St Jude recently. She’s in research. What a truly special place.
Youngest volunteered today to work a hydration station for the St Jude Marathon today.
My middle child started working at St Jude recently. She’s in research. What a truly special place.
Youngest volunteered today to work a hydration station for the St Jude Marathon today.
Posted on 12/6/25 at 4:47 pm to TheGeauxt9
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its become harder for the younger generations to afford a home THEY WANT TO LIVE IN nowadays
Fixed it. They don’t want to live in the homes we were raised in, nor the starter homes we bought when we got married.
BTW, like Meauxjeaux, my four kids are all homeowners except for one who lives with her husband in L.A. in a rent controlled apartment. But they could have bought a home years ago. They just don’t want to.
This post was edited on 12/6/25 at 4:49 pm
Posted on 12/6/25 at 4:57 pm to Meauxjeaux
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Proud of my daughter
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Under 30.
We have rules here
Posted on 12/6/25 at 5:00 pm to OKBoomerSooner
Meauxjeaux's daughter does NOT have a OF! 
Posted on 12/6/25 at 5:00 pm to Woody Haze
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By the time I was 30 I had made so much in the stock market that I could pay cash for a nice home, actually multiple homes.
Like I said, some people are simple minded.
There's more than one way to skin a cat
Yeah cause 100's of millions of Americans wanna risk their financial future on getting lucky in the stock market, instead of a pretty much guaranteed homeownership investment.
Posted on 12/6/25 at 6:06 pm to Penrod
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They don’t want to live in the homes we were raised in, nor the starter homes we bought when we got married.
I think it’s pretty fair to not want to live in a tract home that will be falling apart in 5 years and have no resale value that costs you $350k
Posted on 12/6/25 at 6:10 pm to Meauxjeaux
Congrats to your daughter! Get ready to start repairing shite every Saturday!
Posted on 12/6/25 at 7:20 pm to OKBoomerSooner
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you gonna drop a link to her OF or what
You see what I mean, TD never fails to throw you a curve.
BTW, congrats to your daughter.
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