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duh

Iโ€™ve got a good mental compass. Throw me in the middle of nowhere, spin me around and drop me off- I can find my way home. Or at least point the direction.
Odd though- I get lost pretty easily going somewhere new. ๐Ÿ˜„

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Hi!

@BA1 (Previously Big-Al-One) Used to make them for people. He was really good at it! But heโ€™s gone MIA for reasons unknown to me. ๐Ÿ˜ž

If you find an animated picture (gif) online anywhere, you can upload and use that as your avatar.

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Hello, HelpQA!!

Thatโ€™s awesome! Weโ€™re very glad to have you. ๐Ÿ˜Š

If youโ€™ve got any questions feel free to make a post, ask here, or you can shout me directly. ๐Ÿ˜„

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Hello, HelpQA!!

Hello and welcome!

It's a little quiet around here now, but I think we'll be able to grow the community. ๐Ÿ˜„

It sounds like you weren't around for the original Help, correct? This site is essentially a "rebuild" of a site that some of us were on a long time ago.

Mind if I ask how you found us? ๐Ÿ˜Š

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Anyone have wisdom to share on home buying?

Itโ€™s pretty annoying. But honestly the hardest part is finding a place you can afford thatโ€™s acceptable quality. Thereโ€™s a lot of paperwork, but if youโ€™ve got a decent agent itโ€™s really not that bad.

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If one borrows money from a private person and repays them by working in their household - domestic cleaning, ironing, gardening, house sitting etc., does the money borrowed count as a loan or a wage?

If the money is coming in at regular intervals, itโ€™s a wage. If itโ€™s all up front, itโ€™s a loan, but you pay it off with the wage youโ€™re earning.

So wage either way, but depending on when you get the money determines if itโ€™s a loan or not.

- just an opinion. Not verified or official information. ๐Ÿ˜…

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conclusions and concussions are very similar, they're both points in which you stop thinking.

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Anyone have wisdom to share on home buying?

I think we found our house on Trulia, but we actually still went through Homie to handle all of the paperwork. Our first house and they were incredibly helpful. The house we bought wasnโ€™t even listed on Homie but they still ran all the paperwork and worked after-hours on a weekend to make sure we had he documents we needed. (We were closing in a rush.)
I canโ€™t speak higher praises of Homie. Incredibly useful compared to all of the alternatives.

Have you actually gone to see the houses yet? Looking around on the inside and planned where youโ€™d fit all of your stuff is a good way to see how youโ€™d be in the house.

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Anyone have wisdom to share on home buying?

Bought a house in Sandy nearly 2 years ago. ๐Ÿ˜„

Home buying is generally a pick 2 of 3:
* Location
* Price
* Quality

If you want a nice house in a great location- itโ€™s going to be REALLY pricey.
If you want to save money, you either settle for a crappy house or a crappy location.

My tip: start shopping now. Start looking at houses and playing the market. Figure out your price range. Start putting your paperwork together. (Youโ€™ll need proof of income for everybody on the loan, down payment, etc.)

I also highly recommend Homie. Itโ€™s a KSL app/service thatโ€™s free to use for buyers. Sellers can list their houses on there for a relatively small fee- and it takes care of all of the appointments and paperwork. We bought our house without a selling or buying agent- which can usually cost you 3-6% of your house, so you save a good amount.
I also know of a really cool mortgage agent, but heโ€™s in the South Jordan area.

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Hello everyone!

You can only invite users that are here, but that's how you'll do it! I don't have an email invite set up yet. When you type "@" you should see a little box with names and you can click on them or keep typing their name to search through. ๐Ÿ˜„

I don't think we've seen either of them yet. @Pianoman91894 stopped by momentarily, but that's all I've seen.

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