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Traditional Catholic Faith => The Catholic Bunker => Topic started by: Mithrandylan on February 06, 2025, 09:53:45 AM
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Housing Opportunity: Traditional Catholics Wanted
Please PM me for details not included in this post:
A renovator friend of mine is completely renovating a home which, when finished, will be a 3 bed 2 bath with three stall garage (detached) ~1500 sq ft 1.5 story house. The home has had a basement newly rebuilt including floors/walls, all new wiring/plumbing, of course new sheetrock, flooring, fixtures, etc. My friend is looking for interested traditional Catholics, and is willing to even leave parts of the home unfinished (e.g. the basement), lowering the price, for a buyer who is confident/handy enough to complete the finishing process.
Social/Political/Religious Demographics of the area:
The home is located in a small town in the upper Midwest. The town is about 1,500 people in a red county of about 20,000 people, in a blue state of several million people. There is a small independent chapel (Thuc clergy) in the country about ten minutes from the town attended by 7-10 families, most of whom have small children, four of whom live in the town in question, almost all of whom live in the county in question. There is also an SSPX chapel with valid priests about 45 minutes away. I am told there is also a small SSPV mission about the same distance, although I don't have any experience with it. There are no nearby indults nor Eastern liturgies. This is a growing traditional Catholic community in a county that is still ~95% Anglo-American and geographically removed from large urban centers.
Economic Opportunities:
The nearest population center is a town of about 100,000 people ~45 minutes away. The population center has a strong manufacturing and healthcare based economy. There are many opportunities for construction labor both in the population center and surrounding area. Realistically someone who owns this home, unless they are entrepreneurial or have remote work available to them, will commute to the population center for work.
Who this opportunity is ideal for:
With a vision of subsidiarity, we are doing what we can to work on a local level to build a real, geographically based, traditional Catholic community where as many of our neighbors are trads as possible. Anyone interested in that kind of vision would be a good candidate for this opportunity. That said, we expect the following would make the best kind of candidate:
A young man, married or unmarried, who has not yet set down roots and/or is interested in uprooting himself. Given the sparse population of the area, someone who is willing to work construction or who can fit well into the manufacturing/healthcare industry (or who is already self-employed/remote) would have a lot more job security than someone else. There is no public transportation to speak of, so a driver’s license is a must. This is a four-season climate with real winters, so experience in (or at least willingness to learn) how to live with snow, ice, winter weather driving, etc. are important. Moreover, this is not only a small town but a town removed from urban centers so the ideal candidate will not be attached to/reliant on the modern amenities of urban centers.
Price and timeline:
The median price of homes in this county is 200-250k, but my friend will be selling for much less than that, and if you are interested in undertaking some of the finishing yourself, he’ll sell it for even less than that. He expects the home to be ready ~May/June 2025 (sooner if the buyer is interested in undertaking some of the finishing work).
Again, PM me for details.
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You might want to add the property taxes.
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You might want to add the property taxes.
The most recent property tax proposal (not yet approved, I don't think) was about $2,500/year.
ETA: for perspective, that would be a marginal decrease. Last year's property taxes were about $2,600.
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This sounds really interesting...but as long as my parents are alive we will probably stay where we are. Hope they find a good family to fill the house. :cowboy: :pray:
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Surely you could mention the closest largish city and larger metro area to this property without compromising anything ... to prevent people from inquiring about something that isn't viable just due to the location.
Why so cryptic? Seems really weird.
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Surely you could mention the closest largish city and larger metro area to this property without compromising anything ... to prevent people from inquiring about something that isn't viable just due to the location.
Why so cryptic? Seems really weird.
People like you are never happy. I've given basically everything except for the exact latitude and longitude of the location. It's the opposite of cryptic.
People who know me already know the answer to those questions. People who don't and who are interested can pretty easily narrow the area down. Or, as the post says, just send a PM ;)
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Did anyone mention... financing the home?
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Surely you could mention the closest largish city and larger metro area to this property without compromising anything ... to prevent people from inquiring about something that isn't viable just due to the location.
Why so cryptic? Seems really weird.
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Thank you, Lad! I was thinking exactly the same thing but I didn't want to say it.
Advertising a house for sale without even saying what state the house is located in?! The internet brings out the weirdest in people. Man alive.
I've given basically everything except for the exact latitude and longitude of the location. It's the opposite of cryptic.
:laugh1::facepalm:
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I know exactly where this is. Town and everything. It's too remote for my tastes, as it is literally in the middle of nowhere. Nearest big town is probably a mid-size college town in the state next over. That's the most I'll give away.
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Housing Opportunity: Traditional Catholics Wanted
I am told there is also a small SSPV mission about the same distance,
Can you confirm that? Do they have Mass most Sundays?
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Can you confirm that? Do they have Mass most Sundays?
I will find out
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Can you confirm that? Do they have Mass most Sundays?
Yes they do. Can you send me a PM? I seem to be unable to send you one. I'll send you a link to their chapel website.
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I know exactly where this is. Town and everything. It's too remote for my tastes, as it is literally in the middle of nowhere. Nearest big town is probably a mid-size college town in the state next over. That's the most I'll give away.
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Not sure exactly where you're thinking but the bolded is definitely incorrect.
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To Lad, Yeti, and anyone else to whom this applies:
Look, if you're actually interested in this project literally just send me a PM. Those who've sent them already will tell you I'll readily give up the goods. I just don't want the data to be easy to pull for Google, and I didn't want to put this in members only because of limited visibility.
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You all are already using a forum that puts special characters in certain words to hide various phrases from Google. You're being as mild as serpents and as wise as doves.
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Not sure exactly where you're thinking but the bolded is definitely incorrect.
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To Lad, Yeti, and anyone else to whom this applies:
Look, if you're actually interested in this project literally just send me a PM. Those who've sent them already will tell you I'll readily give up the goods.
This is utterly ridiculous that you can't name the state even. Depending on where it is, I might be interested, as a place to retire to after some kids move out ... but there are other parts of the country that I'd never move to. But I'm certainly not about to go on a fishing expedition by PMing you when you could have named the darn state and not wasted a lot of people's time. What kind of stupid mind game are you trying to play here? This would make me suspicious of the entire transaction, that you're trying to bait someone into.
I refuse to PM someone just to get general location. I understand not wanting to give a precise address lest it dox someone's identity, but general area, like "it's about an hour from Duluth MN" can cause absolutely zero harm and makes you suspect.
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This is utterly ridiculous that you can't name the state even. Depending on where it is, I might be interested, as a place to retire to after some kids move out ... but there are other parts of the country that I'd never move to. But I'm certainly not about to go on a fishing expedition by PMing you when you could have named the darn state and not wasted a lot of people's time. What kind of stupid mind game are you trying to play here? This would make me suspicious of the entire transaction, that you're trying to bait someone into.
I refuse to PM someone just to get general location. I understand not wanting to give a precise address lest it dox someone's identity, but general area, like "it's about an hour from Duluth MN" can cause absolutely zero harm and makes you suspect.
Oh poor you.
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I'm chuckling out loud at you trying to pass as interested in this project. Everyone here knows it's impossible for you to get along with others. You're here to hurl mud and look smart. Offer stands, though: if you can undertake the HERCULEAN task of hitting the "send pm" button and typing out "what is the name of the town?" and using the last ounce of your strength to hit the "send" button, I'll answer even your question. ;)
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You guys, just calm down and stop fighting each other over trivial things. You aren't each other's enemy. The enemy is the jew, and by extension the communists, muslims, atheists, homos, and Jezebels.
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You guys, just calm down and stop fighting each other over trivial things. You aren't each other's enemy. The enemy is the jew, and by extension the communists, muslims, atheists, homos, and Jezebels.
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"Gee, I just mentioned home financing... and now they're blaming everything on me"
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. I didn't want to put this in members only because of limited visibility.
It may still end up there the way this thread is going.