divine intervention plays a large part in my plan :) honestly... i don't know that i can. but i'm hoping for a few things:
i'm hoping that in a year (or so), there will be so many people with foreclosures that a foreclosure won't be quite the "black mark" that it has traditionally been. since i've stopped paying the mortgage on the FL place, i've been *very* aggressive at paying down my debt (much of it accumulated while i was trying to support both places). by the end of next year (if not sooner), the only debt we'll have is a student loan and a single car payment. so, i'm hoping that some combination of the foreclosure (possibly) not being as negative as it is now, plus the no debt, plus a decent income might help to make it happen. the house in FL is still on the market, and i'm hoping for a short sale before it actually forecloses (altho i am not at all optimistic), which would also contribute towards the possibility of making a house purchase in a year more of a reality. so that's kind of the plan (for lack of a better term) at the moment :) On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 5:11 AM, Bill Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well with a foreclosure how in the world would you manage to get a house so > soon anyway? > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 8:20 PM, Charlie Griefer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > i could force myself to live there :) > > > > our problem is we have no $ to put down. we moved from FL right before > the > > market collapsed, and haven't been able to sell our place out there. > i've > > bled $ on it month after month, and recently decided to walk away from > > it... > > so waiting for that whole thing to play itself out. > > > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > This is the one I want if it's still available when the Marin house > > sells. > > > http://www.idxre.com/idx/detail.cfm?cid=397&bid=1&pid=40327569 > > > > > > I could certainly spend my remaining days looking at that view. > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Charlie Griefer > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > i need it to drop a little bit longer (or at least plateau). > currently > > > > renting in san ramon. won't be ready to buy for about a year (at > > least). > > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 5:08 PM, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> We got a notice from Zillow that our house in Marin had gone up in > > > >> value by 48 grand. We're gonna wait a couple of months more and > then > > > >> list it. The house I want to buy in Alameda has dropped in value by > > > >> almost 150 grand, so overall, I'm happy with what the market is > doing. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:270197 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
