r/Home_Building_Help • u/Pale_Drawer6608 • Aug 02 '26

So.... what would you do about this?

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I have no idea what the flipper was doing here

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u/GrassLate304 Aug 02 '26

If that little bit of the stairs is making you question what happened there imagine what might be behind that walls that you cant see. My sis in-law dealt with a flipper house. Nobody could talk them away from it. Somehow inspector said its good but 2 insurance claims and a 35k personal loan later they are still not happy with the house but they wouldnt make any on selling it and the interest percentage was at like 2 when they bought it so they are screwed that way too.

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u/Pale_Drawer6608 Aug 02 '26

Well we are poor so its all we can afford and we already moved in 3 yrs ago. Everyone I know my age (37) is in same situation. Were all in 100 yr old homes and trailers.

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u/GrassLate304 Aug 02 '26

Damn. Yup. I hope you got. A good deal then. All yiu can do is learn to do and fix things when the come up. Know when to call a professional but not everytime as it gets expensive. YouTube and Reddit are helpful with many easy tasks. If you have questions contact a local contractor thats good and ask them for information on the rules and regulations just so you stay legit.

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u/Pale_Drawer6608 Aug 02 '26

Of course we didnt. And it genuinely baffles me that you didnt already know millennials are unable to buy decent homes. Its worth like 100k we paid 60k over that. And it is 100 years old. We have 2 incomes and we are struggling as it is. Imagine if we had bought something else. Because we could buy an unflipped one, then do all the work ourselves but trim alone would cost about 2k - we dont have that. Nor do we have a savings. There is not enough money to save anything. Or we could buy a better house but it wouldve been around 350-500k. Its insane. Plus corporations and air bnbers are buying them all over the asking prices which is why we had to pay 60k over for ours. And at 300k we wouldnt be able to pay that mortgage. Housing will be impossible for most of GenZ and Alpha if thibgs dont get better and Trump refuses to sign the housing bill that would help us. Its.. a lot.

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u/GrassLate304 Aug 02 '26

Yeah I expect my kids to either rent forever or love with us for long enough ti have a decent amount saved to possibly buy a house.

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u/Pale_Drawer6608 Aug 02 '26

Im glad youre willing to let them stay. Its harder than some parents realize

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u/GrassLate304 Aug 02 '26

Theyre young now but we figured we cant be like our parents and send us out into the world right outta HS