1. Make sure its got a hot tub

2. Make sure there isn’t room for too many house guests, so you have a solid excuse to turn away freeloaders

3. Get it close to work so you can still ride your bike

4. Dont tell Floyd where it is.

Thanks for the tips, Matt. Those extra rooms will be up for rent.

DON’T BUY A TRAILER!

Dude,
Makin’ the leap, huh? Make sure you click with your realtor, you’ll be in a financial relationship with him for awhile. My advice: look at lots of houses. Don’t jump into one of the first couple you look at. You’ll know intuitively immediately when you walk into THE house. It just feels right. Kick the tires a bit. Look at things like plumbing, heating and electrical. Pay for an inspection. Mechanical soundness is key, cosmetic things can be updated. You have Floyd to borrow tools from. Buy in an area with a good park and school system nearby for resale value. When you go to sell, families who are looking to buy consider that shit. And for chrissakes, buy something with some character-some natural woodwork, stone or exposed timbers. Not a fuckin’ ranch house wrapped in vinyl siding. You’ll feel like your living in an artifical box. Superchunk: indoor living, y’know. Killer, man. Dig it. It’s a good experience. The American Dream. To quote Black Flag, “2 car garage and a mastercharge. Her tits aren’t firm, at least they’re large.” Happy house huntin’. Call me, fucker.

Buy a piece of shit. Get a big morgage. Hire me to come fix it up for you. Put it back on the market and make a killing. Ooooooooh yeah.

I’ll wear speedos and a hard-hat.

Way to go draplin! Must be living large in the Pacific Northwest. Good for you.

ld

Everyone’s a goddamn comedian.

Aaron, I aint movin’ in if Ryno is lurking around in speedos. He can visit, but this time he keeps his pants ON.

And as a side note, there is no living large in Oregon. Theres only living not-quite-as-poor-and-jobless-as-everyone-else.

Heres to the 4 day school week! Thats one hell of a public school system.

make sure and spen the rush hour at the house, the hours of he day when everyone is going to or home from work to get a feel for traffic. Watch out for train tracks, you want to be 1/2 mile away maybe farther if it is a high speed track. You will wpend all your time straightening you pictures every tiem a train goes by. Enjoy the whoel bantering process and don’t be afraid to say no.

Dalgart, nice to hear from ya. Thanks for the digi pic from Veg-ass.

The first image on yer site, of Duane Peters squeezin’ one out, is super good. Shitty band, good photo. I like how he sings in an English accent. Give me an Orange County break.

Take care, good luck in the big SF city.

Check out www.lancedalgart.com to what the hell I’m talkin’ about.

I have had real good luck with a “mortgage broker”
mine takes 1% off the top for her services but she is a mad genius. I bought my first house with only 500 bucks and more college debt than a small country. Watch out for those fuckin real estate agents though, they can really be sycophants. in specific watch out for “exclusivity” clauses. if something falls through and you don’t care for them anymore, they can keep you in thier claws for up to 6 months.

You need to come out to Les Bois and see my new pad. I bought almost an acre right in the city. It has a shop, carriage-house (falling down as I type) chicken-shack, home-made snowmobile, and a leaf pile that was started in 1985. call me sometime. 208-363-0510

i’ve been researching similar things A-Drap
this was helpful http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/house/house.html

that site can also tell you how to fake being an indie-rock expert

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bnjmn

NO MONEY DOWN.
Find someone who will do 100% financing .
And do a 80-20 loan. Give me a ring and I’ll give ya what I know.