Results: The Housing Economy.
Published on 11/11/2023
Experience shows where ever you live, moving is an adventure. Currently the USA Housing Bubble is bubbling.
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1.
1.
How would you go about buying a house in this economic tempature?
Need down payment. (At least 10 percent.)
12%
238 votes
Rent to own.
7%
143 votes
Look thru Craigslist.
3%
63 votes
Contact the owners of an abandoned house. Cheaper camping place as I tear the old house down and rebuild.
3%
67 votes
Staying put.
28%
564 votes
Fixing up car for, "on the road again", will live rent free in the truck stop rest areas.
1%
21 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
18 votes
Not Applicable
40%
799 votes
Call realtor, I'm rich, bring in the professionals.
3%
51 votes
I have written to the Trump family for instructions. They oked me for the payment plan and the booklet arrives next week.
2%
36 votes
- None
- First two options are best. Just because... never rent an apartment if you can help from it, always buy your home
- I have no idea what you're talking about.
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.42% | 5 | |
| must have money | 0.08% | 1 |
| A couple of the above options. Why can we only choose one? | 0.08% | 1 |
| Unless you want to pay 100k more than you did to finance the same exact house,3 yrs ago, go ahead genius. | 0.08% | 1 |
| I’m waiting for prices to go lower and I know they will. This bubble will burst | 0.08% | 1 |
| Per the lat answer option before this one, can the snark in future contributions, please. | 0.08% | 1 |
| Buy a home with an assumable low interest mortgage | 0.08% | 1 |
| Prey this bull crap will stop sooner then later | 0.08% | 1 |
| Sell current home on contingency - when house sells, buy another house | 0.08% | 1 |
| Bought what I could afford then sold to get a better home | 0.08% | 1 |
| Win a multi-state lottery. | 0.08% | 1 |
| Move into apartment senior? | 0.08% | 1 |
| Call my niece. She is in real estate. | 0.08% | 1 |
| Believable or not- real estate is complicated so do your homework before purchasing | 0.08% | 1 |
2.
2.
Location, Location, Location. Which area do you think seems best?
Corner residence down a dead end lane near a small village.
8%
166 votes
Looking for cemetery area.
3%
62 votes
Country with trees, birds and fresh air.
36%
729 votes
Urban settling, in the middle of where it's happening.
10%
196 votes
Climate Change! Astronaut suit.
3%
51 votes
Mobile unit.
2%
32 votes
In a van down by the river. (Chris Farley is my hero.)
2%
39 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
40 votes
Not Applicable
34%
685 votes
- Loved Chris Farley too. RIP
- None
- Half hour from the gay capital of the world, SF
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.91% | 12 | |
| suburbs | 0.15% | 2 |
| By the ocean | 0.15% | 2 |
| Cemetery area?! And spacesuits?! Try harder, please. | 0.08% | 1 |
| Urban-rural | 0.08% | 1 |
| Small town | 0.08% | 1 |
| Condo, no longer want to do the upkeep outside | 0.08% | 1 |
| Try condominiums or townhouses and researth the crime rate in area | 0.08% | 1 |
| Close to our family | 0.08% | 1 |
| A cabin in the woods | 0.08% | 1 |
| small town, nice street | 0.08% | 1 |
| Suburbia | 0.08% | 1 |
| By the beach in Mexico | 0.08% | 1 |
| really depends on personality type, what you do for work, and other factors. | 0.08% | 1 |
| try area and move until I find the right one | 0.08% | 1 |
| Money : Scandinavia, my dream | 0.08% | 1 |
| Hawaii | 0.08% | 1 |
| Bungalow in the suburbs | 0.08% | 1 |
| Climate Change Bullcrap | 0.08% | 1 |
| Suburb | 0.08% | 1 |
| In an RV down by a river that never floods. | 0.08% | 1 |
| Ranch in Amherst, NY | 0.08% | 1 |
| Perth | 0.08% | 1 |
| The best you can afford in an area you love and will stay the rest of your life. | 0.08% | 1 |
| Half hour from SF, the gay capital of the world | 0.08% | 1 |
| Quiet neighborhood in the city. | 0.08% | 1 |
| on 5 acres on a corner only 1 neighbor | 0.08% | 1 |
3.
3.
What would you like to live in?
House with gardens.
39%
778 votes
Duplex (rent the other side out).
4%
74 votes
Apartment.
7%
142 votes
Garage, Barn, Shed, above/below a Shop.
4%
81 votes
House on wheels.
2%
46 votes
Mini House
4%
88 votes
In a van down by the river
2%
38 votes
In a cabin in the woods.
12%
237 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
37 votes
Not Applicable
24%
479 votes
- None
- I would love to live in a cabin by the woods, surrounded by wildlife, every tree would have a bird feeder hanging from it.
- Just for fun, if not seasick, unafraid of water, a houseboat is an option
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.53% | 8 | |
| Beach house | 0.07% | 1 |
| house with garden or cabin in the woods | 0.07% | 1 |
| Um....just a house | 0.07% | 1 |
| mansion | 0.07% | 1 |
| I am happy just where I am... | 0.07% | 1 |
| House in small town | 0.07% | 1 |
| I am a senior in an apartment ,no other option. | 0.07% | 1 |
| Where I am. | 0.07% | 1 |
| condo | 0.07% | 1 |
| Cabin by the seaside | 0.07% | 1 |
| RV | 0.07% | 1 |
| Old, spooky Victorian mansion!! | 0.07% | 1 |
| Farm house | 0.07% | 1 |
| Condo or co-op | 0.07% | 1 |
| Tracker trailer truck | 0.07% | 1 |
| In the house that I currently own outright. | 0.07% | 1 |
| In the city | 0.07% | 1 |
| a condo | 0.07% | 1 |
| house on the beach | 0.07% | 1 |
| No stairs. | 0.07% | 1 |
| On an acreage just outside of town! | 0.07% | 1 |
| Small house on a beach | 0.07% | 1 |
| In a house in the country | 0.07% | 1 |
| Along the ocean | 0.07% | 1 |
| I live where I want and in a house I like that my husband built many years before I met him | 0.07% | 1 |
| Compound,with walls and privacy from Biden's growing army of homeless drug addicts. | 0.07% | 1 |
| Ranch | 0.07% | 1 |
| Brownstone in Chelsea, NYC | 0.07% | 1 |
| Car Family Robinson | 0.07% | 1 |
4.
4.
Last question- Would you want your abode to contribute and be a possible asset to leave to family or friends or a cause?
An animal shelter.
16%
317 votes
Help the homeless.
13%
261 votes
Bakery or small café donations to the elderly, disabled, poor.
11%
219 votes
A pub or smoking lounge.
3%
57 votes
Not Applicable
57%
1146 votes
- Gardens yep, as far as assets... like to be able to provide for family when I'm gone, new home, same property
- Would love a cabin in the woods, far from the "maddening" crowd.
- na
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