Plus the military covers more than most of the fees associated with buying and selling

USA#X military does not cover any purchase/sales fees. We are eligible for VA loans, but those are actually more expensive than conventional loans and have annoying rules. It's better not to use one unless you don't qualify for a regular one.

Jesus Canada#1 you make out like bandits when you move

We do get a "dislocation allowance" to cover things like deposits, etc., but you get that whether you buy or rent. I don't remember how much it is. Maybe half a month's pay?

Also, the military pays the movers. Again, though, same if buy or rent.

Tell that to people that bought in 2007.

Depends exactly what and where you bought I suppose. I bought two homes in 2006 and even if I had sold in 2008/2009/2010 I would not have lost money.

In regards to selling now, I can't say it's a terrible idea. We are certainly much closer to a top than a bottom. If you are doing this as a lifestyle choice, I'd say go for it. If you are doing it purely for $$$ then personally I'd wait given the supply and demand dynamic in hot markets like Florida. Lumber prices going through the roof will only further hurt supply.

I don’t get it. What’s the point of selling every 2 years? Assuming houses go up in value, I could swap and pay fees every 2 years or I could just keep making gains on my current house. The latter seems more appealing.

One advantage is decluttering each time you move, if you're the type of person to throw **** out.

Assuming you don't move, getting a dumpster every 10 years or so seems about right

Or just live somewhere where the houses get dumpsters.

I think our definition of dumpster might be different.

It's certainly possible that you don't know what a dumpster is.

A dumpster is the big green thing behind 7-11 and every restaurant, I don't know what the huge elongated things on construction sites are called.

Those are called dumpsters.

I'm pretty sure a dumpster in the alley behind one's house would work quite well for de-cluttering.

Seems like the English language is lacking a term to distinguish. Bad first go off the the top off the dome, demodumpsters.

The word "dumpster", first used commercially in 1936, came from the Dempster-Dumpster system of mechanically loading the contents of standardized containers onto garbage trucks, which was patented by Dempster Brothers in 1935. The containers were called Dumpsters, a blending of the company's name with the word dump. The Dempster Dumpmaster, which became the first successful front-loading garbage truck that used this system, popularized the word.

The word dumpster has had at least three trademarks associated with it by Dempster Brothers, but today it is often used as a genericized trademark. All three trademarks have since either been expired or cancelled. Generic usage of skip or skip bin is common in the UK, Australia and Ireland, as Dumpster is neither an established nor well known brand in those countries.

Some call them home.

Personally, I find they are great for depositing things

Damn!

I knew that they were referred to as Dempster Dumpsters when they first appeared in my environs in the '60s. I never would have guessed that they dated back to the '30s. We thought that they were new-fangled technology.

Surprised you didn't see any of them growing up in the 30s

LOL

No need for them. Whatever the hogs wouldn't eat, we burned in the backyard.

Roll off is what the construction site ones are more commonly called, but yeah, it's a roll off dumpster.

Just wanted to give a heads up if you're selling a house or looking to. Hit up Zillow Offers and the other buyers.

OpenDoor 5% fees + 10k repairs + 0.5% closing costs
Zillow Offers 0.1% fee + 2500 repair + 0.5% closing costs

Realtors all wanted to come onto market 15-50k lower than the above offers along with 4.5%-6% realtor quotes. Redfin was lowest at 4.5% the realtors who knew the market were asking 5% and we had an out of touch realtor ask for 6% and lowest list price.

We signed with Zillow because of what we're saving in fees.

My dad called them skips. Hence, I call them that but nobody ever knows what I am referring to so I have to quickly correct myself and say dumpster. I think skip is mostly British.