Falling Home Prices Could Be a Good Thing

Re:Falling Home Prices Could Be a Good Thing by 0xC0DECAFE2020 on Saturday February 11, 2017 @10:54PM (#13626603)

I'm in the process of researching alternatives to conventional housing. It's a fascinating area to research. The alternatives, particularly with regard to new building systems and modes of living, are available at reasonable cost. The road blocks in the way are breaking with tradition/mindset and filling the gap with regard to rent seeking revenues both public and private, but mostly public in the form of property taxes.

I see us being on the cusp of a change in attitudes and the way we value housing.

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Re:Falling Home Prices Could Be a Good Thing by S4M on Sunday February 12, 2017 @08:15AM (#13628179)

I had a colleague at a previous job who was living in a boat. He once told me tnat the costs to rent a place in the harbour, to maintain the boat and the utilities were about 400 euros/month, which is about the rent he'd pay for a small studio in Barcelona. The rents arec cheaper there but maybe in New York or San Francisco one can save lots of money like that.

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Re:Falling Home Prices Could Be a Good Thing by kogepathic on Sunday February 12, 2017 @08:57AM (#13628312)

> I had a colleague at a previous job who was living in a boat.

Sounds like fun! Do you know what kind of boat (e.g. motor boat, sail boat, yacht) and how much he paid for the boat?

Looking at sail boats, they're surprisingly expensive for a reasonably sized one (e.g. seafaring).

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Re:Falling Home Prices Could Be a Good Thing by matwood on Sunday February 12, 2017 @10:29AM (#13628761)

> Sounds like fun!

Exactly, it 'sounds' like fun. Years ago I had a colleague who did this. He tried to make it work and finally gave up. He did it to try and save money, so his sail boat was on the smallish side and everything he did ended up being a chore.

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Re:Falling Home Prices Could Be a Good Thing by S4M on Sunday February 12, 2017 @09:43AM (#13628527)

I think it was a sailboat. He told me it was relatively cheap (10-20k euros) but maintaining it was costly.

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Re:Falling Home Prices Could Be a Good Thing by steveax on Sunday February 12, 2017 @01:15PM (#13629636)

There's that old saw about a boat being a hole in that water that you throw money into.

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Re:Falling Home Prices Could Be a Good Thing by monkmartinez on Saturday February 11, 2017 @11:22PM (#13626708)

This is cool, and I really hope it goes somewhere. I own a home, but think the whole thing is stupid.

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