Dude at work pissing me off, sell my car.

[Blackend SS]

I was lucky enough to buy my house when I turned 23 and bought this beautiful car later in the year. I couldnt feel more blessed. And everyone still gives me crap about how I should of invested the money else where when I had a paid off Truck. I just ignore it and take it as a sign of jealousy and envy, because it is true there is a lot of successful young people at our age.

[mhood]

I've always thought the saying should be: "Whoever dies with the most PAID FOR toys wins."

[Xmicro_SS]

Now is the best time to buy a piece of property, while the interest rates and property values are down. House values are somewhat cyclical, they will come back soon enough. They are pretty rock bottom depending on where you live. In my area the house prices went down about 20%, but they were up 200% in 6 years. Crowded area's like NY are all supply and demand, and there is always demand since most area's around the city are already built up.

I moved out of my house at 23 and at 40 still own my own house with 3 cars. It takes time either way. Wether you buy a car first and a house second or visa versa. It is all the money wasted on partying that will get you nowhere. You should look in your area for condo's or a small townhouse and start with that. Get the interest while it is good, because in this recession, we will be over 10% in the next 2 years.......believe me!

[AntzV]

I'm. 20 now n I bought the car when I was 19 by myself n people give me shit all the time cuz I went out n bought a car instead of a house but I'm saving up for a house whill still making payments on my car I was jus blessed with a good job while still living with my parents so I jus think a lot of people are jealous seeing a young man or woman driving such a new n sexy car lol so I just laugh

[gregus73]

if I had to do it again, I would have gotten a loft.
It appreciates faster, no yard work, and more fun.

It's just me, my wife, and someday a kid...not like we need a huge home.

[SummoneR]

Originally Posted by Fogey

But get the hell out of you parents home. You must have the self esteem of plankton. Mommy may say she loves having you around, but they have done their duty. Now go do yours and give them some life of their own.

Originally Posted by Fogey

There is some 33 year old who says he's living with his parents because he had some realtionship that went south and cost him a bunch of money, then the economy went south and he got laid off etc. Good god.
If you're a 33 year old living with mommy and daddy, you should be out hustling work, any kind of work and giving the money, every dime you make to your folks, not hanging out on a Camaro board. Every day one gets their sorry ass out of bed, they make decisions. A sufficient number of bad ones will put your in the shitter. Don't ask the folks to bail you out. I suspect they have their own issues (we all do), and they don't need dealing with your mistakes.

Originally Posted by Fogey

Boring is someone living with Mommy and Daddy when they're 33 nt

I'm sorry Fogey do you have some bone to pick with me?

You talk like I am some loser who lives at home because I made a bunch of bad decisions? and that I am boring by sitting on a Camaro board all day. Yet you feel your a much better person because you like to read post and call people pathetic and boring yet your sitting here doing the same thing... reading the forums.

If you really must know, yes my relationship did cost me quite a bit of money, and being unemployed made it difficult to get out of that debt, but I have, with the exception of my two car loans I am completely debt free. I do help my parents pay for things here, I pay my own food, and help pay utilities when I can. I do some contract work, but it is not enough to afford to buy a home currently. I am an unemployed Job Captain in the field of Architecture working to get my license. In case you don't know the unemployment rate is extremely high, for my line of work it is at somewhere near 40% nationwide. Of all the people I know in the industry I would say a good 40% of them are unemployed. SO before you go spouting crap out of your mouth about something you have no clue about, why don't you learn a little more about the situation. I would also like to add that while my father is working out of town until he can get relocated back up here. I am here to help maintain the house. Believe me if I had the choice I would have a house especially now with the incentives out there. But, taking an extremely huge pay cut tends to cut into your way of life. I have tried to sell one of my vehicles (just in case you ask) but it seems the market is not so well for private party vehicle sales right now either, and I refuse to take a $6k dollar kick in the pants for a vehicle I would like to keep and can afford to keep even if it means living with mommy and daddy (as you say) to pay for it, for the time being. I also happen to have an extremely good relationship with my parents, my family in general. I use to share rent with my sister even when she could not afford to live on her own, does that make me a bad person? No it means I love my family and I do what I can to take care of them, such is the case with having a third car loan in my name so that my sister has a vehicle to drive, along with having her and her kids on my cell phone plan so that I can keep in touch with them... again you speak as if you know me but yet you don't know Jack S&%t... My parents are elderly I am the youngest, and I plan to take care of them now and in the future as they have taken care of me from birth. Again if that makes me pathetic and a loser, in your mind, I don't really give a rats @$$ because I feel it is my duty as their only son to make sure they are taken care of. I appreciate them greatly for all they have done for me over my life, and I return the favor all the time. My current situation is not purely a take situation I give in return. Once I begin to work again full time it is my every intention to purchase a home, and to repay my parents for any other cost they may have incurred during my stay with them. So please next time, think about what you say before you say it. It only makes you look bad for putting others down just to try and make yourself look better.

[Ocx]

Originally Posted by highmark

Take the Camaro out. Meet some hot chick (with a house), Move in with her and take over the garage. Pay your share of the house. Rub it in co workers face and live happily ever after.

[Steve Dallas]

Originally Posted by two_wheel_mayhem

Keeps going on and on about how I should sell my car and buy a house.

He'd sell it if it was his, depreciating by the day he says.

Annoying as hell, I say "different strokes for different folks, if you had a Harley Ultra Classic that wasn't costing you anything, you wouldn't sell it."

He says, "well I have a house, but I need a new bike"

He needs that bike about as much as I need my car, and I already have 2 bikes.

He has a 2002 Harley electraglide classic that is his baby.

Everything with wheels depreciates.

Tell him it's being appreciated every day, and that's what really matters!

[HookemHorns]

Don't worry about what other's say and make your own decisions. I could see my SS and spend that $$$ elsewhere but I don't want to.

[motorhead]

Tell him to **** off and mind his own business or your break his head open.

[scythezo6]

Unless your job is permanent and secure and you plan to have children and get married, there's really no need to buy a house.

[matthook]

Originally Posted by Topdown

Actually... They are right, you SHOULD sell it and buy a house.

Who the hell only does the things they SHOULD?

Great point. I SHOULD drink so many glasses of milk or eat so many servings of fruit a day, or get 8 hours of sleep every night... but do I? Nope, not usually.

[SSGUNNER]

[Nameless]

Holy old post!