Apartment shutting down?!

Tousi said:
Sounds like a nice place; did you put a hold on it?
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Does a hold mean it's reserved for me with the certainty that I'll move in? I didn't get that, just the application. There was no mention of others wanting the place, like I got from my current landlord when I moved to where I live now. The landlord was nice and had no problem writing. There happens to be a 'deaf child area' sign on the street so I guess she knows about deaf people.
 
RedFox said:
Does a hold mean it's reserved for me with the certainty that I'll move in? I didn't get that, just the application. There was no mention of others wanting the place, like I got from my current landlord when I moved to where I live now. The landlord was nice and had no problem writing. There happens to be a 'deaf child area' sign on the street so I guess she knows about deaf people.
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Ok, no problem; I was just thinking if you did something like put down some money as a good faith gesture to desiring to have this apt.
 
I will visit a 3rd floor apartment tomorrow morning and should visit a 1st floor 2 bedroom one on Wednesday.
 
Depending on location and mortgage offer, he is mostly right.

I pay mortgage at this time and now couldn't find any apartment that is cheaper than my mortgage! Guess what? My mortgage is FIXED, so I am not worry about it for next 25 years, By the time 25 years from now, rent might be three times more than my mortgage and I would have burnt the mortgage note and throw party, then just pay taxes.

Believe me, the rents you pay already included property taxes, whenever they go up, the rent will go up as soon as lease renews. No different than Mortgage.

Rents are ideal and good for people who do not have stable job and may have to move less than 3 years

Mortgage is good for long term and stable job. Reason? Huge down payment for house while rent only has security deposit.

I got no regret buying house. I control everything, no Landlord BS, I get what kind of furnace I want, that way I can save $$$ on heating bills, with landlord I can't and stuck with inefficent furnace and pay high heating bills. This is true because I average pay 450 dollars per winter time (5 months) just to heat the whole house at nice, N toasty 72 degrees while my friends who pays rent pays 200-300 a month on heating cost, ouch!!!!
The Highlander said:
Next time, buy the house. An apartment rent and a house payment are almost same. House have no rules :)
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Do you have any idea what Homestead taxes is?

For those who OWNS and live in a property gets Homestead taxes, it is huge advantage, usually half of what investment property taxes are! Can't get both, so meaning those who rents PAYS investment taxes which is very expensive!

Don't assume that paying rent don't have to pay, the rents always includes all the taxes and Insurance BUT whats worse is that you won't get coverage EVEN if the property is insured, you will have to get Renters insurance for yourself.

Owning house has its advantage, buying Insurance always comes in Identity Thieve coverage, while renters gets NOTHING.

Buying a house is serious business, do not be foolish when it comes to buying house otherwise you will fall victim in sub-prime lending business.

Mine is in prime lending and I still can't figure out how I can go any cheaper than what I am paying. Yes that gives me harder decision to move to another house resulting higher interest rate.


DefMATRIXense said:
No it's not, you have to pay additional bills such as priority taxes, home insurance, water sewer, and homestead tax if apply, and mortgage's interest hike go up after 5 years. And the cost of repiar in the house that might went wrong like roof fucked up, plumger clot and etc..
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I visited two apartments yesterday morning and one this morning. The two I saw yesterday were a third floor one and a second floor one that I already visited.

The third floor apartment is the entire third floor of a house with many rooms and storage spaces with two stairs to the ground and a 3rd floor deck. It has a tub and no shower, plug in one place for cable, and heating in one room. It's also the furthest from downtown up a hill. Parking is a driveway by the house. The stove is electric. I would need to do trash removal myself. They don't know how much heating would be for the place it had not been rented out for a while.

The second floor one is the same one I visited but didn't go in because of the keys being locked in. I got to see the inside yesterday. There are 5 rooms, a bedroom with a long closet, a dining room, kitchen and a mud room in that order and a bathroom. All except for the mud room have heating. There's a door between the mud room and kitchen so the heat can stay in. The bedroom and dining room have plugs for cable. There is a second floor deck outside the mud room with a back stairway down to the parking lot behind the house. The kitchen has a little gas stove and a sink that is part of a metal countertop with room for a dish rack. There is just a shower and no tub in the large bathroom that will be improved with a new sink. It looks big enough to put a tub into. Trash removal is included. This one is closer to the library and downtown than my current location and not far from a laundry place.

The first floor one I saw today has two bedrooms, a living room, bathroom and a kitchen. The stove is electric and there is a shower over a bathtub. Both bedrooms have plugs for cable and a DSL connection is available. Trash removal is included and parking is a driveway by the building. This one is on the north side of the village, not too far from downtown and not too far from the same laundry place that the 2nd floor apartment is near. There's a door to a space that could become a laundry room for the building someday.

All three places include plowing and the 1st and 3rd floor has yard maintenance. The person on the floor under the 2nd floor one takes care of the yard with lots of flowers and a garden.

My top choice is the 2nd floor one, which my parents also favor. It's also the cheapest one. I've given in application and credit reports for the 2nd and 3rd floor one and filled out the one for the 1st floor place.
 
Just camp out your parent's backyard or frontyard. Better price, good costs on food, saves gas.
 
What, exactly, does "trash included/not included" mean? Sounds like you've had quite an adventure these past few days trying to find a place....
 
Tousi said:
What, exactly, does "trash included/not included" mean? Sounds like you've had quite an adventure these past few days trying to find a place....
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He looking for a place where he don't have to take out his own trash.
 
imdeafsowhat said:
It's part of ulitities. You see, its' like water, gas, electric AND TRASH.
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I understood you in the first place. I think it more like she would have to take the trash out from the apartment to a trash bin outside, provided by the landlord. I just can't imagine any landlord not providing this trash bin. Where else would the tenants be able to dispose of their trash?
 
Tousi said:
OIC, cool, I've never lived in an apartment.
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It's not only apartments.

It's from the owners of house, apartment, room, etc etc.

The owners make his mind up on charges.

To be extremely lucky is to live in a house with an insurance and at a good decent price.

But never happens in California, no way, impossible. If you think you found one, pfft. It's a scam.
 
imdeafsowhat said:
It's not only apartments.

It's from the owners of house, apartment, room, etc etc.

The owners make his mind up on charges.

To be extremely lucky is to live in a house with an insurance and at a good decent price.

But never happens in California, no way, impossible. If you think you found one, pfft. It's a scam.
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I understand; I was lumping all those places under the same thing we were talking about.
 
Tousi said:
I understood you in the first place. I think it more like she would have to take the trash out from the apartment to a trash bin outside, provided by the landlord. I just can't imagine any landlord not providing this trash bin. Where else would the tenants be able to dispose of their trash?
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Yes, there are places that don't have trash bins outside. I didn't see any at the house where the 3rd floor apartment is in. People in such places would have to go to the town clerk to buy tickets that are good for a certain number of trash bags to throw away at the local recycling center. It's free to recycle there and they make you pay to throw away trash there to encourage you to recycle as much as possible.

And then there are people in the country who just burn their trash. It's dioxins galore.
 
Good News

I should be moving into the 2nd floor apartment next weekend. :D
 
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