The AI-generated cat pictures thread
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Because insanely small. Very easy to bend something out of alignment. Those little tabs you see on the drive wheels? they're about 1mm wide by about 2.5mm long. That should give you an idea of the scale. It's teeny tiny. If you have big, clumsy hands, it will be a challenge. I ended up using tweezers to build mine.
BTW, the Darth Vader Tie fighter is very difficult to get together.
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If less than 25% of your monthly mortgage payment is going to buying down the principal each month then you are in too long a term. Interest is killing you with that long note. And if you cannot afford the payments of a shorter note then you might possibly have bought too much house.
For anyone contemplating buying a house, shop what you can afford in a 15 year note. You will pay tens of thousands of dollars less to the bankers and be able to save more for retirement (or hookers and blow).
For anyone contemplating buying a house, shop what you can afford in a 15 year note. You will pay tens of thousands of dollars less to the bankers and be able to save more for retirement (or hookers and blow).
My 900 square foot house fails your above test.
In many high cost of living areas it is actually a better investment to rent than to own. There are calculators online that will tell you when buying a house is actually a worse investmemt than renting.
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Of course there is also still NEW construction going on out here because the market is still selling postage stamp lots with 900-1,200 sq/ft McMansions on them, no garage, no yard, for the mid 300s. Anything with any land attached to it instantly becomes insanely overpriced.
I really like it out here, but I need someone in the family to die if I expect to own a place any time soon.