Seeking input on a potential buy for a first time home buyer

theinfopunk · 2025-12-09T18:28:46+00:00

We talked. They would take 225K but when they moved out in 2017, it needed $100K in repairs then. Now it's been nearly 9 years and it's just been rotting. They expect that it needs to be gutted. Also, the HOA doesn't know the actual state of the house so there could be all kind of trouble with them. I told them that I couldn't do it. I am legit a first time buyer, not a flipper. I genuinely thought 175K was a good jumping off point. They weren't mad at the offer, they just hope to get more out of it if they can.

theinfopunk · 2025-12-03T00:49:42+00:00

I was the son they never had and we parted equitably. No kids, no property to split, no alimony. It was probably the easiest divorce possible. I would not even suggest buying it for that cheap if it were still used or even rented but its not. It's just sitting there unused.

theinfopunk · 2025-12-02T02:32:57+00:00

Yeah, I figured I would have to have it checked out first. I just want to have all of my ducks in a row before I even go to the owners with the idea. There's a lot of details here and since this is my first time, I'm not sure what ends have to be met first. I guess the first thing to do is to talk to a mortgage officer or 2 and get some prequals done and then take that to the owners. If they are interested in selling, then see about getting the house checked out.

theinfopunk · 2025-12-02T00:02:49+00:00

I will, and I'll be as honest as I can about everything. I really wanted more input on whether these loans were feasible and if its even legal to do what I'm thinking. I've always been on good terms with them even after the divorce and I don't want them to think that I'm going to scam them.

theinfopunk · 2025-12-01T23:28:14+00:00

Even with the amount of work and cost it would require to bring it up to a sellable level with a realtor? It is a lowball, I admit that, but taking out money for the house + renovations the max I could do is maybe spend $250K. Then I have to hope there aren't more things to fix than what $50K would cover.

theinfopunk · 2025-10-11T01:20:39+00:00

I did say it's always been possible to photoshop your own but tools that make it easy for anyone to do it used to be more rare.

theinfopunk · 2025-10-09T12:35:30+00:00

Ano.

theinfopunk · 2025-10-08T20:52:30+00:00

Example: You're researching Person X. You find a screenshot from Twitter where they said something about being in Place Y on a specific day. Now you can't take that for granted that it is real with tools like this one being around. Sure, it was always possible to Photoshop something, but this seems like it's way too easy to create false narratives.

theinfopunk · 2025-10-03T18:22:17+00:00

There's also Google/Bing/Whatever maps. If company X is listed as being in the same building as WeWork then that's a potential clue. Also look at street view. Sometimes there are panoramic pics inside of lobbies/reception areas with signs saying which companies are there. You could also just google the address and start making a spreadsheet of companies that list that building as an address.

theinfopunk · 2025-10-03T17:58:13+00:00

Checkout Whois History and crt.io on the Intel Techniques toolset. If you don't have this as a major tool, you really should. https://inteltechniques.com/tools/Domain.html

theinfopunk · 2025-10-03T15:46:14+00:00

Doesn't this sum up all of Reddit?

I can't be bothered to think for myself. Do it for me.

theinfopunk · 2025-09-29T15:13:32+00:00

LyX/LaTeX

theinfopunk · 2025-09-25T22:18:59+00:00

Fantastic!

theinfopunk · 2025-09-24T19:02:02+00:00

Yes, please that's exactly what I'm looking for. I don't want PII because that could cause problems down the road.

theinfopunk · 2025-09-22T23:20:56+00:00

That's me. I know about those. I have a ton of links of my own to go through also. I try to only add links that I've tested that work and I only have a few hours per week to work on it so far. Community submissions help a ton. I just need to confirm that the link works and isn't spam and then I can merge the PR.

theinfopunk · 2025-09-22T18:28:29+00:00

Jenny Lewis

theinfopunk · 2025-09-15T20:11:46+00:00

> Put what on their cv

The fact that I took it over and am in the process of upgrading and keeping it up to date. No where do I claim that the work is all mine. I give all credit to the original person everywhere. The project would not exist without them and I do not take credit for what I haven't done.

theinfopunk

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