sinwgset - can I do MarioKart on the Xbox/Xbox360?
4get_No1 - if you mean by the start of next year, then you only have 9 mos! [James Brown]Do you see the light! Do you see the light![/James Brown]
Sagus - A 15 yr mortgage is smart move if you can afford it. My buddy has been doing the 15 year deal & is about halfway to the end of it. A few good investments (& some penny penching early on) made the difference over time for me/us. Paying a mortgage for something you own beats throwing it away on rent. They don't make any more real estate, so as long as you invest in an area w/ long-term market potential, you have a good thing (mortgage tax breaks are a plus also).
Noname - could've gotten it done a little sooner, but the condo was an interesting ride, to say the least. I had one deal go south at the 11th hour (papers were all signed & I was literally waiting for hte funds to role in when it comes out that the buyer's loan co. wasn't licensed to do biz in my state. My realtor said he'd never seen anything like it in his 17 years in the biz.) I upped the price & re-listed, got a 2nd buyer 3 days later who had had everything in line but his realtor was a nob (her 1st deal), & so she was over-scrutinizing every piece of paperwork. Took 5 weeks to secure the deal & another 10 days to get the $$$.