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OT - just bought a house.

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texaswig
texaswig Posts: 2,682
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They just accepted our offer on a house. In a few days I'll will be a first time home owner. I think we got a really good deal. The thing that I'm most pumped about is its on a little over a acre. Being that it's in town, that's hard to do around here. It's just what we wanted. It's like living in the country, but close to everything and we still get high speed Internet and natural gas. Those are must haves for me. The house its self is larger than where we're renting now and the mortgage is gonna be a lot cheaper. Ive got lots of plans. Shop and outdoor kitchen are first on the priority list.

2-XLs ,MM,blackstone,Ooni koda 16,R&V works 8.5 gallon fryer,express smoker and 40" smoking cajun 

scott 
Greenville Tx
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  • CowtownEgger
    CowtownEgger Posts: 116
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    What area you find an acre lot on town??
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    Ft. Worth, Tx |  Union Pacific Railroad  |  Texas Tech University

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  • DieselkW
    DieselkW Posts: 894
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    Owning a home is light years better than renting. Congratulations... don't forget to make one extra payment every year, turn that 30 year mortgage into 17 years.

    Indianapolis, IN

    BBQ is a celebration of culture in America. It is the closest thing we have to the wines and cheeses of Europe. 

    Drive a few hundred miles in any direction, and the experience changes dramatically. 



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  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah Posts: 6,412
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    Congrats
    Slumming it in Aiken, SC. 
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  • Durangler
    Durangler Posts: 1,122
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    Congratulations. I'm sure your looking forward to your new abode.
    Good luck in the future. 
    Try to have a rainy day fund available when the unexpected minor catastrophe occurs. 
    I say minor. When it occurs you'll think Major, but in reality usually just a bump in the road. 
    XL BGE, 22" Weber Red Head, Fiesta Gasser .... Peoria,AZ
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,832
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    Congrats, my next plans will have at least an acre, hopefully 5.
    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

    XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer -  PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE  - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker
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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
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    Great day for you and yours! Congrats!
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  • johnmitchell
    johnmitchell Posts: 6,581
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    Congratulations..I always laugh at that old joke..Little Johnny comes home from school and asks his Dad. What is the difference between Rednecks and Cowboys...Acreage his Dad says... Good luck with the new abode looking forward to seeing your soon to come egg area.. :-c
    Greensboro North Carolina
    When in doubt Accelerate....
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,791
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    Congradulations and enjoy the new home. Remember what little Dorothy said? There is no place like home. Truer words have never been spoken my friend.

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

    Status- Standing by.

    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,898
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    Congrats! Welcome to the mature side of life. Now you are building equity instead of building a pile of worthless paid rent receipts! Also welcome to the joys of home ownership as there are no more landlords to call to fix things since now YOU are the man! LOL
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • grege345
    grege345 Posts: 3,515
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    Shop and outdoor kitchen are priorities. Lol. Ya it only took 7.5 years of to do lists before I started my kitchen. Shop? Ya it's called the basement. Ill take it tho
    LBGE& SBGE———————————————•———————– Pennsylvania / poconos

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  • KennyLee
    KennyLee Posts: 806
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    Congrats man!!  Sounds like you got what you were wanting.  And not only will your mortgage be less like you said, but remember you'll get the mortgage interest deduction on your taxes as well that you weren't getting while renting.

    LBGE

    Cedar table w/granite top

    Ceramic Grillworks two-tier swing rack

    Perpetual cooler of ice-cold beer

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  • texaswig
    texaswig Posts: 2,682
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    It's a older neighborhood in Greenville. We paid less than half of what I was approved for. I've been looking for months to find something that wasn't a wreck. Don't get me wrong there's a few things I want to do to the house but it's all small stuff. Oh and I forgot to brag about the large pantry I'm gonna love having. It's the little things.

    2-XLs ,MM,blackstone,Ooni koda 16,R&V works 8.5 gallon fryer,express smoker and 40" smoking cajun 

    scott 
    Greenville Tx
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  • anton
    anton Posts: 1,813
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    Home ownership is the greatest feeling ever, congrats!
    :-bd
     Using a MBGE,woo/w stone,livin' in  Hayward California," The Heart Of The Bay "
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  • UrbanForestTurnings
    UrbanForestTurnings Posts: 1,294
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    Congrats. Sounds like you have enough room for a few eggs.
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  • Durangler
    Durangler Posts: 1,122
    edited January 2015
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    Cool, Large pantry!! :-c
    Extra space for required spices & necessary Q'ing goods.
    L-) Save 1 sq ft on a shelf for the spouse's stuff! 
    XL BGE, 22" Weber Red Head, Fiesta Gasser .... Peoria,AZ
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,731
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    I'm jealous already - an acre AND a large pantry!

    When is the first party?

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • GATABITES
    GATABITES Posts: 1,260
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    Congrats on the house man. I know it fells good. We bought ours aprox 2 years ago. Jan/13. 


    XL BGE 
    Joe JR 
    Baltimore, MD
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  • YEMTrey
    YEMTrey Posts: 6,829
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    Congrats on the new home.  Enjoy, your Egging just got that much more enjoyable.
    Steve 
    XL, Mini Max, and a 22" Blackstone in Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    edited January 2015
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    Fantastic! Congratulations! We enjoy our extra buffer out here on a little over an acre. If I had it my way we'd be on several hundred acres. Love our privacy.
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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