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Financial Aid / Re: omg im screwed- i need budget increase for CC and car payments« on: May 25, 2007, 12:14:39 PM »fyi: most people are upside down on their cars. getting royally screwed or zero down is not a pre-requisite. shrug, I haven't had a car payment in years. If people are continually upside down they're doing something wrong. 52
Financial Aid / Re: omg im screwed- i need budget increase for CC and car payments« on: May 25, 2007, 11:59:03 AM »I never said it was a stupid idea. I just said he wouldn't be walking away with cash. Walking away with cash isn't the point; getting rid of a car payment on a car he can't afford is. 53
Financial Aid / Re: omg im screwed- i need budget increase for CC and car payments« on: May 25, 2007, 11:52:51 AM »
We'd need to know how much Carmax would give him for the car (or how much he could sell it for private-party) before we decide selling it is a stupid idea, imo. I've never been upside down on a car I've owned, I don't see how thats possible unless you got royally screwed on a new-car deal, put 0-down, and missed payments.
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Financial Aid / Re: omg im screwed- i need budget increase for CC and car payments« on: May 25, 2007, 11:42:12 AM »
Either way he's got a car he can't afford. He needs to get rid of it. If he's upside down it'll probably just become more so as he goes along. Dump it.
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General board for soon-to-be 1Ls / Re: The "I Just Resigned" Thread« on: May 25, 2007, 11:33:57 AM »
Makes sense. I get to live at home with the wife & kids while I'm in school, so count on seeing me at campus 10-11 hours a day so I can study..
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General board for soon-to-be 1Ls / Re: The "I Just Resigned" Thread« on: May 25, 2007, 10:49:08 AM »
I can see that. You'd think people would want to live in this area, maybe not. That close to downtown seems like it'd be pretty desirable.
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General board for soon-to-be 1Ls / Re: The "I Just Resigned" Thread« on: May 25, 2007, 10:42:31 AM »
Buying is always better than renting, buying = get your money back afterwards, renting = throwing money in a hole. If you can find some condo to buy that puts your payments on par with a nice apartment on a 30-year note, do it - you can sell it after school to someone with similar financial sense and get all your money back less the interest.
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General Off-Topic Board / Re: Engagment Rings« on: May 25, 2007, 10:25:41 AM »Well, I have no intentions of getting engaged so it really is a hypothetical discussion for me Certainly not; the idea is to please her, so you're pretty much locked in to what she wants. It defeats the point to get a ring she's not happy with. I've been married a while already so my wife and I are probably a bit jaded on the whole romantic aspect of it. 
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General board for soon-to-be 1Ls / Re: The "I Just Resigned" Thread« on: May 25, 2007, 10:24:11 AM »
Sounds like townhome might be just the ticket for you. I definitely saw some townhomes in http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=southern+methodist+university&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.51141,92.460937&ie=UTF8&ll=32.835174,-96.772143&spn=0.003299,0.005643&t=h&z=18&om=1
that area the other day. Check realtor.com and see if there's any for sale. 60
General Off-Topic Board / Re: Engagment Rings« on: May 25, 2007, 10:18:06 AM »
Yea, and it didn't go well. /shrug
This is one of those personal taste things, if it makes you feel better to spend the money, of course do so I wouldn't attempt to talk you out of it. I'm just giving my opinion on the matter. Best of luck to you. |
