Looking for a house is a pain
I'm currently looking for my first property. I want to buy a duplex that i'll live in and rent out the other side of it, and already have a renter ready.
The city provides first time buyers assistance if you take these first time buyer's classes. My gramps always said 'use their money, not yours', so i decided to take the classes. Apparently they are booked for months, but i figured i'd give it a shot. I signed up online friday night for classes that were 8am on sat. morning and went down early. I figured 1. its a free class, 2. its early in the morning. That means that there will be atleast a few less than motivated people for this class. And i was right. I was able to get my girlfriend and i both in there. My real estate broker was completely amazed saying that it takes most people an average of 3 months to get in that class. Basic stuff, but let me just say that real estate brokering in florida is a scam.
Anyway, all saturday and sunday i'm driving around looking at duplexes. The down payment assistance only comes if you buy in 'targetd areas' of st. petersburg. 'Targetd areas' means 'ghetto' apparently. There are a few small areas of the targeted areas that dont require body armor to check the mail, but most of the places are pretty rough.
And what makes it worse is that when a duplex in a decent area comes available there are flippers that will swarm the place like flies almost instantly.
Ok, im done crying now.
The city provides first time buyers assistance if you take these first time buyer's classes. My gramps always said 'use their money, not yours', so i decided to take the classes. Apparently they are booked for months, but i figured i'd give it a shot. I signed up online friday night for classes that were 8am on sat. morning and went down early. I figured 1. its a free class, 2. its early in the morning. That means that there will be atleast a few less than motivated people for this class. And i was right. I was able to get my girlfriend and i both in there. My real estate broker was completely amazed saying that it takes most people an average of 3 months to get in that class. Basic stuff, but let me just say that real estate brokering in florida is a scam.
Anyway, all saturday and sunday i'm driving around looking at duplexes. The down payment assistance only comes if you buy in 'targetd areas' of st. petersburg. 'Targetd areas' means 'ghetto' apparently. There are a few small areas of the targeted areas that dont require body armor to check the mail, but most of the places are pretty rough.
And what makes it worse is that when a duplex in a decent area comes available there are flippers that will swarm the place like flies almost instantly.
Ok, im done crying now.
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