Date: August 19th, 2026 2:10 PM Author: French Point
That's a rental. We never made extra payments so I guess I did lock that in 15 years ago. Im thinking about taking a new mortgage out on that house to fund a third home and I'd rent out our current place (3.2%).
We put an offer last month on a water front house that had a separate adu. I was going to rent that as well. However they wouldn't budge off their price which I think is about $100k too high. That's another thing, the realtors say shit like well around $1.1 or $1.2 million...umm that's a hundred fucking thousand dollar difference, not some decimal.
I took it out early in COVID and rates were still dropping and they underwrote at a BS low appraisal value bc of COVID conservativeness. Plan was to refinance into a 30 year at a similar rate after 6-12 months taking ~$100k-$200k out with the corrected appraisal. But then I got busy. And by the time I got around to it, rates were up to like 4.5% and I chose to just stick with the adjustable.
Plan is to refinance it down to roughly 40% LTV. Monthly payment will not go up much with the paydown, but interest rate will be like 6.5% so plan will be to pay it down fairly aggressively.
I can't believe I fucked up by missing my refi window in 2020-2021.
Date: August 19th, 2026 8:52 AM Author: Brussels Sprout (Apropos of the Wet Snow)
real talk: the Fed needs to consider cutting interest rates in order to revive a frozen housing market-- the people looking to buy a house deserve as much
Date: August 19th, 2026 9:07 AM Author: Brussels Sprout (Apropos of the Wet Snow)
based on earnings yesterday and today, the housing and construction sector reflects a K shape economy where the upscale Home Depot stills prospers in the current frozen real estate market, while the prole Lowes is a sinking ship
Date: August 19th, 2026 9:25 AM Author: Brussels Sprout (Apropos of the Wet Snow)
oops, it wasn't quantitative easing by the Fed--instead, it was Scott Bessent at Treasury that took necessary action, just like when he punched Elon Musk in the face inside the Oval Office -- at least Elon took it like a man