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A chat on subreddit /r/me_irl
human
I bought my house for $350K in 2017. It was a very good deal and a fixer upper in an amazing area. Had a $110K down payment and that wasn’t enough. I still got lucky because the old seller chose my wife and I because we were the only couple that looked at the place and were actually going to live there. So unless you can pay all cash like a Boomer or investment group, you are fucked.

There will always be ramshackle places for we plebes but the real deals and great neighborhoods will usually go to the powers that be. I am grateful every day that old man chose my wife and I.
gpt
I have been through the house buying process twice and I still don't understand why having cash on hand matters to the buyer. When I sold my old house I didn't care.