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vodka:

--- Quote from: tronde on July 03, 2017, 04:39:08 pm ---
--- Quote from: WastelandTek on July 03, 2017, 01:36:37 pm ---

not even joking

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I think we must consider one most important thing "bluescull" said:

I plan to buy a house, for both investigation and to reduce cost of living. As someone might have heard, economy bubble is collapsing in China, and my parents' want me to buy a house in US as a safe deposit in case Chinese currency collapses.

This is not only about to find a place to sleep.

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But a house of the 158 meters per square  for only man, that is a bestiality in cost and maintenance. Now, i don't know that kind the lab  would want him , but i think that for living  an one person(eat,sleep)  with 40 or 50 meter per square  is sufficient and more cheapest.

Now about the rooms rent  , i see a risk too elevate. You never  don't know that sort of tenant find you, he or she might be a sons of bitches or adorable peoples .
http://www.lavanguardia.com/local/maresme/20170607/423229153751/calella-aurora-rodriguez-inquilinos-amenazas.html.
On the other hand, if you have tenants  have more probailities that by accident  of the tenant his home burns . The tenant will lose 500 bucks but you will lose all and if the insurance pays you will have many luck.
vodka:

--- Quote from: nctnico on July 03, 2017, 05:07:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: IanB on July 03, 2017, 04:16:31 am ---Keep in mind that the costs of owning a house do not stop after you have bought it. Unless you are buying a brand new house there will be routine and not-so-routine maintenance costs that crop up. Such costs can occur anywhere from yard work, painting, fences, plumbing, roof, garage doors, appliances, termites, all sorts of things. Everything you expect the landlord to take care of when you are renting, you now become responsible for. Not to mention annual costs like insurance and property taxes.

Before buying, get some estimates of typical annual operating costs from homeowners you know or work with, and make sure you will have sufficient income to cover them. Owning a house when you do not have a full time job can be a recipe for poverty.

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I agree! Also get the house checked from top to bottom to look for problems with rot and other potential money pits. To be honest: I wouldn't buy a typical US wooden frame house at all (except in earthquake areas)! Also check for things like quality of the sinks, taps, door handles, etc. That way you can see the current owners take care of their home or patch things up.

BTW another option is to have a house build so everything is new.

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And how do you see the defects on the house, if it is hidden? For seeing you will have to break the wall or the floor. Furthermore, there is an other question. Whom does the inspection hole if there aren't defect? The buyer or the seller?   
nctnico:

--- Quote from: vodka on July 03, 2017, 06:20:19 pm ---
--- Quote from: nctnico on July 03, 2017, 05:07:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: IanB on July 03, 2017, 04:16:31 am ---Keep in mind that the costs of owning a house do not stop after you have bought it. Unless you are buying a brand new house there will be routine and not-so-routine maintenance costs that crop up. Such costs can occur anywhere from yard work, painting, fences, plumbing, roof, garage doors, appliances, termites, all sorts of things. Everything you expect the landlord to take care of when you are renting, you now become responsible for. Not to mention annual costs like insurance and property taxes.

Before buying, get some estimates of typical annual operating costs from homeowners you know or work with, and make sure you will have sufficient income to cover them. Owning a house when you do not have a full time job can be a recipe for poverty.

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I agree! Also get the house checked from top to bottom to look for problems with rot and other potential money pits. To be honest: I wouldn't buy a typical US wooden frame house at all (except in earthquake areas)! Also check for things like quality of the sinks, taps, door handles, etc. That way you can see the current owners take care of their home or patch things up.

BTW another option is to have a house build so everything is new.

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And how do you see the defects on the house, if it is hidden? For seeing you will have to break the wall or the floor. Furthermore, there is an other question.

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An expert can see the tell-tale signs of previous leakages and you should be able to get into the crawl spaces for an inspection. A good thermal imaging camera is a very useful tool.
Look what Google came up with: https://www.homegauge.com/buyerseller/samples.html
PartialDischarge:
If I were you I'd wait. Maintaining purchasing power of money is not easy anywhere today. You are betting on a house which is ok, but the future is very uncertain nowadays . For example you mentioned that you can 100% get a H1B visa. I'd seriously question that figure, not because of your skills, but because under the current administration that may not be the case in the near future.
vodka:

--- Quote from: nctnico on July 03, 2017, 06:43:15 pm ---
--- Quote from: vodka on July 03, 2017, 06:20:19 pm ---
--- Quote from: nctnico on July 03, 2017, 05:07:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: IanB on July 03, 2017, 04:16:31 am ---Keep in mind that the costs of owning a house do not stop after you have bought it. Unless you are buying a brand new house there will be routine and not-so-routine maintenance costs that crop up. Such costs can occur anywhere from yard work, painting, fences, plumbing, roof, garage doors, appliances, termites, all sorts of things. Everything you expect the landlord to take care of when you are renting, you now become responsible for. Not to mention annual costs like insurance and property taxes.

Before buying, get some estimates of typical annual operating costs from homeowners you know or work with, and make sure you will have sufficient income to cover them. Owning a house when you do not have a full time job can be a recipe for poverty.

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I agree! Also get the house checked from top to bottom to look for problems with rot and other potential money pits. To be honest: I wouldn't buy a typical US wooden frame house at all (except in earthquake areas)! Also check for things like quality of the sinks, taps, door handles, etc. That way you can see the current owners take care of their home or patch things up.

BTW another option is to have a house build so everything is new.

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And how do you see the defects on the house, if it is hidden? For seeing you will have to break the wall or the floor. Furthermore, there is an other question.

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An expert can see the tell-tale signs of previous leakages and you should be able to get into the crawl spaces for an inspection. A good thermal imaging camera is a very useful tool.
Look what Google came up with: https://www.homegauge.com/buyerseller/samples.html

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I see many TV  programs of the reforms of houses, particulary of the USA & Canada. I can confirm that i see amazing things:  Beams floatings ,without support stand a full floor without collaping,
illegal stairs  without accomplishing with the laws of the local council, plugs with anti-reglamentary height,etc.  All this that i told, to the fooly owners have had that put more money for  resolving it and  they contracted to inspectors for inspectioning their homes but they didn't find nothing.

If i contract an inspector is by he informs me from the things that  i can't see. Because a broken binge or a slice on a door ,it is  small change, instead a rot beam , i may represent the live or the death, that i spend a fortune that might bring to bankrupt.
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