It's better to be lucky than good.

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
09/26/2018 at 15:56 • Filed to: real estate

Sweet house. I was actually working next door, but I elected to not assault your eye spheres with new construction you all hate. THIS TIME.

Anyway. this house: Bought in 2013... now check out the alleged equity.

Freaking $678k increase in five years! If you bought in Bellevue before 2015, you’re laughing all the way to the bank. Anecdotes like this blow my mind...

Also, I lied: here’s a chandelier from the house next door.

DISCUSSION (24)

AestheticsInMotion > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/26/2018 at 16:00

That is a lot of Miatas...

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > AestheticsInMotion
09/26/2018 at 16:02

It’s all the miatas in fact

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/26/2018 at 16:03

Have light fixtures always been terrible in expensive homes? You’d think they’d have better taste...oh wait money doesn’t buy taste that’s right

Future next gen S2000 owner > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/26/2018 at 16:04

Something something rich getting richer.

facw > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/26/2018 at 16:06

Well, it’s great, aside from the fact that you need that money to afford a home, and are getting hit with higher property taxes. I guess you can get a bigger load against it. It really only helps if you are going to be moving somewhere cheaper though.

shop-teacher > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
09/26/2018 at 16:07

Sometimes it seems like money and taste are inversely proportional.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
09/26/2018 at 16:07

No, but money does buy more money

shop-teacher > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/26/2018 at 16:08

Dang man. I was feeling pretty good about the equity I’ve built up since buying in 2010 ... of course I don’t have that kind of s k in in the game.

wafflesnfalafel > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/26/2018 at 16:09

I believe that’s what they call a “starter home” in Bellevue... That is pretty amazing, they gained more equity in the last 5 years doing nothing than the vast majority of families in the US entire net worth.

lone_liberal > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/26/2018 at 16:10

That’s a nice house, but it boggles my mind that it runs $1.5M. Just judging from the front facade, around here it’d be $450k.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > facw
09/26/2018 at 16:10

Right, the entry costs are high and then you're sitting on a Payday as long as you can afford it. But you don't see homes appreciating 60% over five years at lower income brackets.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > lone_liberal
09/26/2018 at 16:11

Location. Cougar Hills off of Lakemont.

fintail > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/26/2018 at 16:13

Aaah the PNW faux craftsman, none of those around here, nope. And ask no questions about some major factors behind price inflation.

That can be such a booooring area (and very car-dependent), I’d rather live in an old house in 98004 for the same dough.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > fintail
09/26/2018 at 16:14

There's a Starbucks and a cental market... Or is it whole foods?... Whatever. Yeah nothing out here bur money.

lone_liberal > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/26/2018 at 16:15

Location, location, location. My mom’s cousin used to live in Bellevue but that’s back when you could live there on what the Bellevue Fire Department paid .

Spridget > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/26/2018 at 16:25

“Let’s take a chandelier, but put it in a BOX.”

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > lone_liberal
09/26/2018 at 16:25

In Dayton, Ohio, 100k. Tops.

Chariotoflove > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/26/2018 at 16:26

Am uncertain of the trellis over the garage door, especially if they start vines on it.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Spridget
09/26/2018 at 16:28

“Hey Steve: unbox that boxed chandelier for me, would ya?”

“...Heh?”

“Go home, Steve."

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Spridget
09/26/2018 at 16:40

Thinking outside the box is so cliche they started thinking inside it again.

bshappy > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
09/26/2018 at 17:20

Yeah, but then you’d have to live in Ohio...

Your boy, BJR > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/26/2018 at 17:24

Yeah but then you’d have to watch out for the Turd Burgler.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > bshappy
09/26/2018 at 17:26

Our parks are better than pretty much every state and we have a lower cost of living. We don’t get hurricanes, tornados (at least not very often), or earthquakes. It’s friendly to small businesses and taxes are low. Ohio’s a nice place.

cmill189 - sans Volvo > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/26/2018 at 18:33

I sold my house for double what I paid in 2013...but I sure was a looong way from 1.5 mil. All the people making offers were crazy but I didn’t have any complaints.