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February 02, 2006
On Nightmares
I thought that I could never go through an experience as bad as buying my first house. How wrong I was. Now I'm trying to find a lot to build a house on. More specifically I want a large lot (2 acres at least), in or near Gridley, that I can build a house on. Prices for lots vary with absolutely no consistency or logic to their pricing. One lot, in a dumpy part of town, covered in trash, with a run-down house on it that will probably proove to need demolishing is going for $200,000. A guy in Live Oak wants $1M for 10 acres of bare ground. A place with a livable house runs for about $600,000. What a mess! When on earth did prices inflate this much? How can anyone afford to buy these places and pay for them. I have a good job that pays way more than what most people make and I can't afford these places. Anyone have any advice? A piece of land they want to off load? A sack of gold to donate to me? I'm accepting.
Posted by at February 2, 2006 09:39 PM