I wouldn't. If you can afford one house, I promise you can afford at least one other one. Buy the other one.
When buying a house, unless you're rich (which it sounds like you aren't), always buy it for what it is, not what it could be. Pretty much no matter what house you buy, most of your time and money will go towards repairing and maintaining it. That's not to say you'll never be able to improve it, but don't buy a house because you're planning to improve it.
That doesn't mean a house has to be perfect to be a good house for you. But it shouldn't have any major flaws or dealbreakers at the time you close you on it, no matter how easy you think they'd be to fix. (If they're really that easy, negotiate with the seller to get them fixed before closing.)
(Also, any house you have to talk yourself into buying is a house you're going to someday have to talk someone else into buying. I wish people could just make housing decisions based on what they like for themselves, but the financial burden is so massive these days that you really have to consider ability to sell in the future in order to properly protect yourself.)
I feel ya. If you have any questions, feel free to reply here or dm me or whatever and I can try to help. Can I ask what state you're in? Opsec is important, of course, but some people don't mind giving out a location at that level. (I don't make a secret of the fact that I live in Northern Virginia, for example. There's 6 million people in my area. Tf is anyone gonna do with that info? lol.)
I wouldn't. If you can afford one house, I promise you can afford at least one other one. Buy the other one.
When buying a house, unless you're rich (which it sounds like you aren't), always buy it for what it is, not what it could be. Pretty much no matter what house you buy, most of your time and money will go towards repairing and maintaining it. That's not to say you'll never be able to improve it, but don't buy a house because you're planning to improve it.
That doesn't mean a house has to be perfect to be a good house for you. But it shouldn't have any major flaws or dealbreakers at the time you close you on it, no matter how easy you think they'd be to fix. (If they're really that easy, negotiate with the seller to get them fixed before closing.)
(Also, any house you have to talk yourself into buying is a house you're going to someday have to talk someone else into buying. I wish people could just make housing decisions based on what they like for themselves, but the financial burden is so massive these days that you really have to consider ability to sell in the future in order to properly protect yourself.)
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I feel ya. If you have any questions, feel free to reply here or dm me or whatever and I can try to help. Can I ask what state you're in? Opsec is important, of course, but some people don't mind giving out a location at that level. (I don't make a secret of the fact that I live in Northern Virginia, for example. There's 6 million people in my area. Tf is anyone gonna do with that info? lol.)
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of course. no worries and no pressure. just would be remiss if I didn't offer help.