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Well, I just found out the offer got accepted on our new house. This is a different situation though as it is a "short sale". Basically it is in pre-foreclosure. The bank has to accept the offer now.

The house is in Ham Lake, home of 2,000 sqft garages and 676 (26x26) sqft shops! Yes, I will be maxed out in 2 years. The shop goes up this fall if the weather is good, or next spring. 3/4 acre lot, 4 bed & 2 bath, 2160 sqft and 3 car attached garage. It is a little older than the house I am in now, but it will be much better. Way bigger lot, a bit bigger house and room to expand. Not to mention cheaper than the house I have now.

So, if you see a bunch of for sale threads, that is me trying to come up with the downpayment since we will have 2 houses at the same time, this one will be for sale in about a month.

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Congrats!

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Congrats man! Post pics if you can!

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Congrats!! You'll be further away though, but not too bad I suppose.

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Awesome, dude! Time to plan a housewarming party. :nod:

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Doesn't your bank defer payments atleast for awhile until your existing house sells? That is what we are going to do as soon as we find a house we like; our morgage company lets us defer payment for up to a year while the house sells. If it doesn't sell by that time; well then we are screwed.

Good deal though, I am surprised it took you this long to move. Fridley sucks; especially the cops.

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Ham lake is nice, you should like it.

Good luck with the move.

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COngrats JET! Welcome to the fun! We just closed, time to drink!

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Yep, court date Oct. 10th :D

Thanks everyone! Someone bought this house to flip it, but the market went south on them. The kitchen and bathroom are still late 70's vintage, but pretty much everything else was updated. The outside looks a little old up from too, but we will change that up when we do the addition (bigger garage/shop and master suite upstairs) in a couple years. The bottom picture is taken from where the shop will be.

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Looks damn nice! Good job man! If you need help refinishing anything let me know. Then we can add some more pics to the House Projects thread :)

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Ahhhhh nice big yard for JET to fill up with cars (most of them non-running). Your neighbors will hate you. Ha ha.

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Congrats!

All you would have to do is sell all the cars in your car lot.. um I mean driveway.. you'd have plenty for a down payment. I drove by your place about two weeks ago and I couldn't believe how many cars where all over the place at your house. Are all those yours?

I've lived in Fridley for about 31 years, I like the place.

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Looks like a good house a little updating in the kitchen and you'll be good to go.

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I didn't have time to look at the pics before, but yeah, all you'd have to do is change the cabinet doors and drawer faces and you're good to go.

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Movin up to our neck of the woods ;) Ham lake's a nice area. Have fun w/ all the construction on highway 65 and 242 though...

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Looks great JET! Can't wait to swing out when you get out there.

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Geez! NICE house!!!! Somebody is pulling down some good wages! :D

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LOL, I am unemployed!! :lol:

The car lot will be thinning down shortly, a few are my girlfriends. Her car is up for sale and 2-3 more will be next week.

Thanks for the comments guys, now if the bank approves the offer we will be set.

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Oh that's right you got unemployed from that place that makes those corn stoves or whatever. I remember you mentioning it earlier.

Honestly, I kinda like the door faces in the kitchen. Quite frankly, it looks completely move-in ready without having to touch anything. The only thing that maybe needs a little attention is the yard. Doesn't look like it has a nice flat plain to it unless it's just the shadows.

Good luck with the bank. I work at a bank, not in the loan dept though :)

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It is move in ready, which is nice. The kitchen cabinets will get painted white and the bathroom needs a remodel big time. A kitchen remodel will come around early next year.

The yard is nice, must have been the shadows. It is a walkout, so there is a bit of a grade to the back. Only about a 3' drop though and it is gradual. We should have a final answer in 2-3 weeks if the banks accepts the offer.