THe NAC Lots-O-BFG KO2 Thread

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I'm gonna be stuck in Dover nh all day, anyone know stuff to do around there?
 
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some kid on cherokeeforum is making an exo out of exhaust tubing.
 
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some kid on cherokeeforum is making an exo out of exhaust tubing.

A guy I used to work with said he did that to his supposed 10 second Eclipse, I told him there was no way that would hold up to any sort of impact. His response was "I used stainless exhaust pipe, it'll be ok..." I had to resist the urge to beat him to death with the nearest blunt object.
 
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if the nearest blunt object was exhaust tubing. it would bend when you hit him. maybe that would have made him change his mind
 
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Ive decided to hold off a truck and spend my money on something I want more. Time to go on the hunt for a new place to live AND have garage space for all my tools. Im sick and tired of not having enough room for my junk. I have half of my tools in storage right now just because I cant set them up. I dont even know where Im gunna store the compressor Im getting off of Keith. I need something for myself, time to grow up and become a big boy :D
 
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Ive decided to hold off a truck and spend my money on something I want more. Time to go on the hunt for a new place to live AND have garage space for all my tools. Im sick and tired of not having enough room for my junk. I have half of my tools in storage right now just because I cant set them up. I dont even know where Im gunna store the compressor Im getting off of Keith. I need something for myself, time to grow up and become a big boy :D

Wow, that sounds easy!



:moon:
 
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Wow, that sounds easy!



:moon:

I know right. I can find plenty of places to rent, and a couple nice garage setups to rent. But finding them together is the tricky part. I wanna find a setup like Anthony did.
 
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Don't pay rent if you don't have to. Find land. Build what you want. Be happy.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and Santa was good to every one of you.
 
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I really need to do the same. After having a few discussions on Xmas eve I think I decided that it's time to move on from my current job and start applying for new work once the new year rolls around (esp since I have no interest in taking my CEO up on the offer to relocate to CA). I'm going to seriously start job (and home) hunting in/around NH sooner than later I think.
 
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Don't pay rent if you don't have to. Find land. Build what you want. Be happy.

Idealy yes. Financially no.


If I had the time/money to build my own setup, I would in an instant. I wish I could just find a garage for rent with a small loft above. I just want a couple bays to work in downstairs and a bedroom upstairs.

Garage space > living space.
 
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I dont have to worry about that anymore :doh:
Life moves on.
Permanently? There are other fish, unless you left a dark closet and only like the Jack salmon now, not the Jennie salmon.
 
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I just had an opportunity for a house purchase come up...would have been a solid 6 months of renovation (couldn't do it Ken style :D) but at the end of it, I'd have a nice place that I could easily sell - even in this market - for more than I'd have into it, including purchase price + materials + labor to redo it. Talking completely new second story, raising the foundation by 2 rows of block (jacking the whole house up), etc.

Regardless of the fact that it'd be a good buy, at the end of the day, I wouldn't be able to go 'home' to it and do the things I want to do. It's in the middle of a dense suburban neighborhood. I want to have multiple vehicles, work on them, have a shop area, have a place where I can play drums & guitar at 3 in the morning, etc. All things I can do at the current house I'm renting (with the exception of the shop, because I'm not going to build anything on my current lot due to my unique circumstances, but I could if I wanted to).

My current situation is renting, but at probably less than 50% of what the property and house should be renting for. Reason is on the attached photograph. My property border on the left is the black line, right is the paved road, back is the corner of that parking lot. The paved road & parking lot are part of the same commercial property, and the same company that owns that property bought the lot I'm currently renting. In the next few years they're going to expand the commercial lot and fill out that corner, but for now it's a nice house on a 200 x 200/250ft lot with a finite life span.

So I'm bordered all around by commercial stuff that closes at 5 PM, so I can do whatever I want, whenever I want, and it's fine. (Adam's been there so he knows what I mean).

I'm comfortable with the rent I'm paying now, so the last thing I want to do is put *more* money towards something I'm not going to like as much. After running the numbers on that last house, for the extra it'll cost on a mortgage, I'd rather build something from scratch on a larger lot, in a place where I'll pay less on taxes likely. For another $50-$100/mo on a 30-year note, I'll gladly do that.

So I'm keeping an eye on foreclosures, lot subdivisions, sheriff sales, that kinda thing. And if something comes up I'll make a move towards it I guess. But there's more to making a rent/buy/finance decision than just the pure economics of it.

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I understand what you're saying Chris. Like I said, sometime it makes sense to rent or for a multitude of reasons a person is forced into it, sure. But to pay rent at or very close to a mortgage payments is not the best plan, IMO.
Tons of reasons to rent, city living were property purchase is 6 figures, not wanting to deal with house issues, low income, etc.
I got lucky (and I truly believe that) that I'm able to hang out where I am now and save cash. Moving out now or before wouldn't do me any favors financially or otherwise. I've got a little bit longer here, but I hope to have the place I want as an end result.
 
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