djw2112
Well-known member
It used to be that it was a great thing to own property. And by great i mean it was a good financial option, the average person could afford it, and other long term benefits were looked at as a positive.
But i am beginning to think that owning property is more than i can handle financially. Such as i just found out that my water bill (even if i dont use a drop of water) will be $40.00 per month and then what i use is ontop of that at about $7.00 per 1000 gals. And $70 a month for sewer as just a base rate which i did not budget either. So even if i dont live on the property its gonna cost me $100 per month for just water and sewer. And other costs that i did not anticipat such as huge utility deposits.
So it looks like ill either have to come out of retirement to afford to eat or ill have to cancel TV, internet, and cell phone. That will give me another $300 per month but my contracts dont end until later this year. And i certainly wont have enough to finish my fence any time soon or start other projects, even cheap ones. I may have to turn my 4 rail fence into a 2 rail fence in order to have the lumber to finish the one side and forget about the other side all together.
I thought i had planned this so well in advance, but seems everything i anticipated is not how it turned out.... I am not gonna give up but its sure gonna be hard living, and i hope i dont have any truck or serious RV issues or im sunk.
what a bummer! So where is the positive now days about property ownership, is it really just for the upper middle class now!
But i am beginning to think that owning property is more than i can handle financially. Such as i just found out that my water bill (even if i dont use a drop of water) will be $40.00 per month and then what i use is ontop of that at about $7.00 per 1000 gals. And $70 a month for sewer as just a base rate which i did not budget either. So even if i dont live on the property its gonna cost me $100 per month for just water and sewer. And other costs that i did not anticipat such as huge utility deposits.
So it looks like ill either have to come out of retirement to afford to eat or ill have to cancel TV, internet, and cell phone. That will give me another $300 per month but my contracts dont end until later this year. And i certainly wont have enough to finish my fence any time soon or start other projects, even cheap ones. I may have to turn my 4 rail fence into a 2 rail fence in order to have the lumber to finish the one side and forget about the other side all together.
I thought i had planned this so well in advance, but seems everything i anticipated is not how it turned out.... I am not gonna give up but its sure gonna be hard living, and i hope i dont have any truck or serious RV issues or im sunk.
what a bummer! So where is the positive now days about property ownership, is it really just for the upper middle class now!