Tomorrow our living hell ends: the sale of our house in California closes. I've scheduled the gas & electric turn off, final water meter reading, and termination of our homeowner's insurance policy. It's going to take another couple weeks to finish up the HAP side of things, but dude: can I tell you? I am SOoooooo thankful the house itself is off our backs. The rest is just paperwork. I am not exaggerating when I say now that I NEVER, EVER want to own another house.
And when you think about the way mortgages work, when you really read all the papers you sign at closing when you're the buyer, and they factor out your eventual total cash outlay for the house including the interest, you're paying nearly double the price you agreed to. After 30 years of mortgage payments, not only has the bank received its full repayment of your loan, its also received an almost equal amount of interest. I swear if I'm ever delusional enough to desire home ownership again I'm saving up and paying in cash so the banks that made billions while destroying the world economy don't get another penny of my money.
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