YANMREA - You are not my real estate agent (nor my tax attorney) - but maybe you have some experience and insight on implications of one person buying someone else a house to live in.
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posted by juniperesque
on Dec 10, 2012 -
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My flat has been on the market forever, and nothing has worked out. Advice and encouragement requested.
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posted by Ziggy500
on Sep 11, 2012 -
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We're under contract to buy a house. Two weeks before closing, a contractor performing agreed-upon presale repairs caught the house on fire. We've got a lot of questions about what happens next.
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posted by treblemaker
on Apr 4, 2012 -
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I love reading
The Hunt column in the NY Times. Love watching "Location, Location, Location" (which I only get to see on cable when I'm at a hotel I travel to for work). Loved House Hunters when I saw it while overseas. I even like reading Ask Metafilter questions about where people should rent or buy when I have never even been to that city. What else would I like?
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posted by AnnaRat
on Jan 28, 2012 -
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Assuming that you
could buy a house outright, for cash, why would you get a mortgage? A conversation got me researching this recently. Many articles suggest that if the interest rate is low, a mortgage is better. Yet I can't for the life of me figure out why paying low interest is better than paying no interest. A person with a 30-year mortgage usually ends up paying about 2 times the principal. School me, financial mefites.
FYI: this is just a curiosity. I'm in no position to actually do this in reality.
posted by the jam
on Jan 6, 2012 -
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I am buying a house and the roof is questionable. There were missing tabs all over. A roofer came out and did minimal repairs at the current owners' expense but he says the roof has "2 to 5 years" left, maybe, depending on weather (we live in the midwest).
Would it be reasonable to ask for a reroofing allowance in purchasing this house?
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posted by arniec
on Nov 29, 2011 -
16 answers
Are there reasonable (and legit) workarounds for looking around gated communities without a real estate agent?
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posted by sharding
on Aug 21, 2011 -
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Is it normal for an escrow company to request addition of an addendum AFTER all the papers have been signed but before officially closing?
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posted by rybreadmed
on Aug 2, 2011 -
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After reading
this post, I've realized that I want my next house to be.. different. How do I go about finding a warehouse/church/water tower to convert into a home?
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posted by Adridne
on Apr 20, 2011 -
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Do real estate sellers ever falsely claim to have a competing offer to drum up a sense of urgency and drive up your own offer? That would be really unethical, right? But is there any way to verify their claim of another offer?
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posted by ms.codex
on Apr 15, 2011 -
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After being nickel-and-dimed to death throughout the process of buying a home in NYC, I have learned from our real estate lawyer that we will be expected-but-not-required to
tip the Title Closer about $150 at the closing.
Really? I mean...
really? Homebuyers, what is your experience with this?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 29, 2011 -
49 answers
I need some house buying help, and advice about whether to pay off my loans now or save more for the down payment.
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 26, 2011 -
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Nyxie and I have started looking at condos and townhouses and maaaaybe small Actual Houses in Toronto and I want to know what I'm doing. My usual approach to that problem is "well, read a lot".
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posted by mendel
on Jan 14, 2011 -
7 answers
Indiana Real Estate - can you recommend any real estate professionals (buyer's agent, good inspector, or lawyer)?
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posted by true
on Dec 28, 2010 -
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Before putting an offer in on a house, we want to spend some time this week sitting in the neighborhood and talking with neighbors to see what the area is like and start creating some rapport. What questions should we ask the neighbors?
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posted by rhapsodie
on Dec 7, 2010 -
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I would like to buy a home. I am currently single, in my early 30s, and would like to meet someone special and have a family. Right now, I could buy something that would suit one person, a couple, and maybe a couple with a kid - but not really a "family" home. Should I buy or wait?
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 8, 2010 -
13 answers
Help me tease out too many uncertainties and variables in selling a house.
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posted by wilful
on Sep 21, 2010 -
9 answers
What's the best way to get this 100-year-old house marketed and sold without it becoming the money pit first? Oh, and I'm 1,500 miles away.
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posted by cyniczny
on Sep 6, 2010 -
9 answers
How do I find an awesome real estate agent (buyer's agent) specializing in Northern Virginia (Arlington/South Arlington/Falls Church) if none of my friends/family/co-workers have recommendations for me?
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posted by echo0720
on Jun 4, 2010 -
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Our house in the Chicago suburbs has been on the market for a year, and isn't selling. Should we drop the price till it hurts even more, or try to rent it out and hope the housing market doesn't fall even more?
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 12, 2010 -
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I want to pay cash for a lot, then have a modular house put on it or have one built. Have any MeFites done this, and what sort of books or people should I be referencing for getting started?
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posted by fireoyster
on Mar 22, 2010 -
6 answers
Help me verify the existence of hongza - are the "Unlucky Houses" of Hongkong for real?
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posted by Omnomnom
on Feb 18, 2010 -
2 answers
I need to get out of my house, and it's not all due to financial reasons. Is short sale a viable option?
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 11, 2010 -
10 answers
I am looking to buy a home for the first time, and I have questions about working with real estate agents.
How much time should I expect a real estate agent to spend with me? Three days a week? Eight hours a day?
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posted by bleary
on Jan 29, 2010 -
25 answers
Are there un-buildable lots? I have read up on
a similar question but that was about how expensive the known-to-be-buildable lots are. My question is if I see a lot listed that is "virgin" vacant never had a srtucture on it, how likely is it that no one could build on it?
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posted by markhu
on Dec 17, 2009 -
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So confused! My county thinks we have a condo but we thought we have a single-family home (i.e. a free-standing house on land we own). Then why does my property tax bill show that we've been taxed for the land?
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posted by ObeyScient
on Nov 24, 2009 -
11 answers
How can we sell our house, when everyone is scared off by the vacant burned house next door?
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posted by leahwrenn
on Nov 17, 2009 -
9 answers
Say I want to buy some cheap land in the Los Angeles area: where would I find such a listing online?
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posted by rileyray3000
on Nov 11, 2009 -
15 answers
How does property line encroachment work when the two properties were owned by the same person?
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posted by zippy
on Sep 28, 2009 -
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I've got some doubts about our current SoCal real estate agent. At first, there didn't seem to be a problem. But recent events have made me wonder if we're wasting his time.
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 8, 2009 -
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I feel like I am constantly swinging back and forth in how I feel about buying a house in different locations. How can I make a decision?
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posted by AnnaRat
on Jul 28, 2009 -
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My wife and I need to get out of our house ASAP for reasons both financial and mental-health-related. I've been told we may need to look into a short sale, but researching the process is making my head explode.
What, if any, are our options? (more inside, obviously)
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posted by anthom
on Apr 15, 2009 -
16 answers
I'm getting a house I inherited ready to rent out since I don't want to try and sell it in the current market. I've never been a landlord before. The house is in St. Petersburg, Florida in a desirable neighborhood.
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posted by lordrunningclam
on Feb 10, 2009 -
16 answers
Why do realtor often put their picture on "for sale" sign?
posted by racingjs
on Dec 10, 2008 -
20 answers
Just about to make our first ever offer on a house and need advice on terms...help? (lots more detail in click)
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posted by Kickstart70
on Oct 14, 2008 -
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House appraisers, building permit people, and DIYers: Just how badly did I screw us up?
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posted by GardenGal
on Sep 20, 2008 -
11 answers
Radon in new home: a newly built home has tested very high for radon -- 16 in the basement and 8 on the first floor. EPA safe level is below 4. How dangerous is radon really, particularly for preschool age children, in terms of a percentage risk for developing cancer? How effective is radon remediation? What technical questions or specs should I insist on and double check? Are there any remediation methods that anyone recommends, that are particularly effective, or that would amount to overkill? Are there any remediation methods that don't work well? And good or bad side effects of radon remediation?
posted by Pastabagel
on Sep 5, 2008 -
15 answers
How long in advance should I look for a house to rent? And where do I look besides Craigslist?
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posted by zompus
on Aug 13, 2008 -
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