NOR-CAL General Chat.

[Spyke]

oh man sorry to hear of your wifes terminal illness... i cant even imagine what going through that must be like.

No worries man, appreciate it though. We all have our struggles to go through.

To bring a small glimmer of hope to this... we did manage to get a house at the end of March this year. One of my best friends (who I met via BMW meets and drives) is a realtor now and a damn good one I might add. He kept networking with other realtors until he found a solid house coming to market soon, but not yet listed on MLS. He learned through a few conversations with the listing agent that the sellers had a lot of medical bills and upcoming treatments within the family and wanted a quick close to have some liquid cash. He hustled his ass off, and though the official record says we closed in 14 days it was actually 5 business days. The lender was the worst part of the whole deal because they were sloppy with details and didn't communicate as well, but in the end everything went smooth, just fast and STRESSFUL. At 39 I finally have a place of my own, a garage for the cars, and the most peace and freedom I've ever had in my life. Still a long road ahead of us of course, but my little family is super happy.

If anyone needs an amazing person on their side, let me know and I'll share his name and contact info. Yes Cali is expensive, but that's because it's so god damn desirable. Nowhere else can you be in 7 different climates within 4 hours of just about anywhere within the state. The weather is amazing for the most part, we've got every culture in the world represented here, I grew up in San Diego, LA and now the SF bay area and I've never wanted to HAVE to leave. Really glad I didn't give up too easy.

[Pantless Spency]

I just recently started looking to buy for the first time too. Thought I was doing better than most, had about 60k cash set aside as a nice down payment, but started running all the numbers and just instantly gave up lol.

If I put (theoretically) 50% down on a 500k house, I'd still have to pay a good bit over 500k for the house after down payment. Fucking ridiculous. My wife is terminally ill so I'd have to do it pretty much on my own, the last payment would be well into my 70's unless there was some miraculous windfall of money in the future. Guess I'll stay renting.

oh man sorry to hear of your wifes terminal illness... i cant even imagine what going through that must be like.

yeah this market is insanity, I myself have been living with family for a while now and its been getting to the point where we need our own space. I'm currently weighing my options renting a home in the sacramento area, unfortunately that's where work is for me LOL.

dang i miss this place and my cringy 17-year-old-selfs post history. sup dewds.

I'm still 17 :P not much, just grinding thru life.

[CarsonE30]

dang i miss this place and my cringy 17-year-old-selfs post history. sup dewds.

[Spyke]

really just looking for a house tho, currently living with my in-laws. this housing market be shite tho, went and looked at a place for 525k started sitting down with their mortgage officer shes like yeaaaaa 6% interest, payments are about $4100 a month. I quickly gathered my things and left LOL

I just recently started looking to buy for the first time too. Thought I was doing better than most, had about 60k cash set aside as a nice down payment, but started running all the numbers and just instantly gave up lol.

If I put (theoretically) 50% down on a 500k house, I'd still have to pay a good bit over 500k for the house after down payment. Fucking ridiculous. My wife is terminally ill so I'd have to do it pretty much on my own, the last payment would be well into my 70's unless there was some miraculous windfall of money in the future. Guess I'll stay renting.

[Pantless Spency]

They all come back... I wonder how long until I have finished circling the west-coast and end up back in NorCal...

That office in Sausalito is quite nice, but my peeps down in LA are great

Vegas was cool but i missed it up here, much better weather, much more to see/do, and much less scorpions.

wb

time for shitposting

heheh shitpost allllll the time.



wish i still had an e30 but i still got some cars to tinker with. really just looking for a house tho, currently living with my in-laws. this housing market be shite tho, went and looked at a place for 525k started sitting down with their mortgage officer shes like yeaaaaa 6% interest, payments are about $4100 a month. I quickly gathered my things and left LOL

[2mAn]

Howdy boys hehehe, I'm once again living in Norcal :P

They all come back... I wonder how long until I have finished circling the west-coast and end up back in NorCal...

That office in Sausalito is quite nice, but my peeps down in LA are great

[kronus]

wb

time for shitposting

[Pantless Spency]

Howdy boys hehehe, I'm once again living in Norcal :P

[E30Kills]

Anyone have recommendations for bodywork and paint in the Central/NorCal area?

On a budget so it doesn't need to be concourse quality, but hopefully looking for something better than Maaco.

[meppadua]

I Haven’t been on R3v since i had to sell my E30 in 2015, after a couple BMWs (E90 328i and currently F22 M235i), I finally managed to get back into an E30. Got big plans for this E30!

[Cabriolet]

[QUOTE=kronus;n10075431]

move back!
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I want to but I don't make tech boi money.
After I get the 718, I have on order, we should be able to save enough money in 2 years. If the market stays stable. If it keeps going crazy, we will probably move to texas or somewhere else warm.

[bradmer]

If all goes to plan I'll be there on Saturday.

We are camping in the pits all weekend and have alpenweiss early e30's. Look forward to meeting up!

[mtech325]

Anyone headed to Sonoma raceway for hpde this coming weekend?

If all goes to plan I'll be there on Saturday.

[kronus]

What's happenin' people?
I moved to near Seattle 3 years ago and most days i cannot wait to move back.
It looks like there is a mad slump in the south bay market that if it keeps going I will be able to afford a 100sq-ft house soon.

move back!

What cars have you built and sold since the last time I saw you?

there's been some nice ones

[bradmer]

Anyone headed to Sonoma raceway for hpde this coming weekend?