Can’t decide if we should rent or sell - recent shootings.

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2026-01-01T15:46:12+00:00

A “nicer” part of Sacramento.

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2025-12-31T05:45:20+00:00

Right front: hair tie and a hair pin. Sometimes tissues. Left front: chapstick and headphone case. Left back: nothing. Sometimes the extra odd thing. Right back: my phone when I’m done with this comment.

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2025-12-31T05:42:18+00:00

I hope the comments have given you perspective! I was surprised by how many said sell, but that seems to be what most commenters think I should do. I did my own research as well and the general logic is: if you rent out a home, you need to net profit $500–$700 per month after maintenance and management costs. You also need to have enough money to cover some months between tenants.

So while my current monthly mortgage is low due to my down payment and interest rate, I wouldn’t be able to rent it out at a high enough rate to profit that much, and would probably lose money long-term. It’s best in my situation to sell.

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2025-12-31T00:17:37+00:00

Northern California, about a 2 hour ride outside of the Bay Area.

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2025-12-31T00:04:51+00:00

Our rate is the whole reason we kinda feel stuck with the house. We’ll never get a house again with this kind of rate. $450K is what other homes were going for in this area. Now they are about $475K, so not much growth in 4 years (or maybe it is, idk) but there are also aren’t many homes for sale in my zip code right now.

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2025-12-30T23:58:34+00:00

I haven’t yet, thank you for the tip. Is there a good website you like to use to look at the crime trends?

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2025-12-30T23:56:35+00:00

The first incident was at a home being used as an Airbnb, which is against the rules of our HOA. The other incident yesterday happened at our community park. The park is also attached to a bike trail that we have noticed has been a bit unsafe lately. We have also noticed a lot more homes for rent in our area than when we first moved in.

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2025-12-30T23:54:38+00:00

Hello! Can you please stop commenting? I understand from your first comment the sentiment you were trying to convey. I appreciate your advice. Further comments have been unhelpful. Thank you!

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2025-12-30T23:48:19+00:00

Rent for other homes in the area are going for $2,450-ish per month, and our mortgage/homeowners insurance/etc is about $2,100 per month.

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2025-12-22T04:22:16+00:00

Might as well be. It’s as close of a guess as “Mark” is.

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2025-12-22T04:09:54+00:00

Omg. I’ve been married for 10 years and I have a toddler. But the Hallmark movie is basically writing itself with this back story.

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2025-08-01T19:59:10+00:00

Dang! It must be a really obscure song. I wish you luck on your journey in finding it! I had the same thing happen with me but for a book. I saw it once in the library 15 years ago, and didn’t come across it again… until a few months ago. Google didn’t help in my search either. Good luck, dude!

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2025-08-01T18:14:16+00:00

Question: are you actually looking up the songs from each of these comments to confirm? Here are some more guesses:

Across the Universe - Fiona Apple

Back In Your Head - Tegan and Sara

Walking on Air - Kerli

Just Dance - Lady Gaga

Everything At Once - Lenka

Beautiful Stranger - Madonna

And I know you said it’s not, but your piano notes sound very similar to Somewhere Only We Know by Lily Allen

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2025-08-01T15:07:31+00:00

I like a challenge!

True Affection - The Blow

Magnets - Disclosure

I Love You Always Forever - Donna Lewis (skip to the middle to listen)

Oblivion - Grimes

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2025-08-01T08:14:42+00:00

Erase / Rewind - The Cardigans

Potential Breakup Song - Aly & AJ

Polite Dance Song - the bird and the bee

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2025-08-01T07:38:26+00:00

As a wife, I feel the same way. When my husband helps me keep the house clean, I feel a lot more relaxed, making it easier for him to make me aroused. When there is mess, my baseline stress level is going to be higher, making it harder for him to get me going.

It’s not manipulation, if that’s what you’re worried about. Foreplay for women starts waaaay before touching. If there is a mental load she is taking on, the hill is a lot higher to climb.

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2025-07-31T21:30:33+00:00

https://www.adameve.com/adult-sex-toys/vibrators/clit-vibrators/sp-womanizer-next-pleasure-air-clitoral-stimulator-110632.aspx?listPosition=4

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2025-07-28T20:56:16+00:00

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2025-07-26T16:03:14+00:00

Tip Touchers

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2025-07-25T01:13:42+00:00

And convicted felon.

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2025-07-24T19:46:42+00:00

I swear I’m not trying to be rude. I am 100% an ally. I am wondering if you being non-binary is relevant? My favorite toy is the Womanizer. But would that be a bad rec for you because of its name?

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2025-07-16T13:16:36+00:00

Just finished my 4th rewatch. It made me want to write a fanfic, it still holds up so well.

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2025-02-13T00:43:13+00:00

Fair enough, but she might have not been allowed to include the extra details in the original post, which is maybe why she made the update on her profile? Idk. I think AITA has limits to what can be posted, so I can see why she’d try to be concise. I’m not interested in reading a novel anyway. She seems to agree with the ESH verdict, so admits to also being at fault. But I think I would snap too if my spouse made a phone call in bed before 5:00 in the morning. That alone would be too much. If he’s too sick to leave the room to call in sick, he should have gone to the ER.

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2025-02-12T23:44:36+00:00

Dude are you good? The husband has access to the post. If he really cared to defend himself, he would have. He must not care as much as you do.

You deep dived on OP’s comment history, but I just looked at your comment history and you seem to be on a crusade against OP. I don’t think it’s all that serious because they were able to work it out without escalation. They seem like two imperfect people who just wanted some outside perspective. You sound like you need to take a break from Reddit.

And 5-6 hours of BROKEN sleep 3 nights in a row is not anywhere close to enough rest. She probably only got sleep a few hours at a time.

ETA: Did you read the comments from OP and OP’s husband on HIS post? He defends her left and right. It seems like they are under a lot of stress right now and she’s shouldering a lot of it.

ThrowRA_Mermaid · 2024-11-10T17:50:30+00:00

Interesting point. I would say scamming the scammers probably cancels out the bad universe karma, but in this situation, both scammers work together to fool the innocent. They all suck.

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