My Chocolate Chip Cookie Says It Is A Bad Time To Buy A Home

LOVE the cookie, Gary! I'd eat it anyway -- beauty and yumminess are in the eye of the beholder. As to your point, I couldn't agree with you more. I bought my first house at the age of 24 because I was told it was a good idea...and it would have been if interest rates hadn't been at 11+%, if I hadn't just started my career with student loans to pay off, and if I had stayed put for at least 5 years. Live and learn...and make your own damn decisions! -- Tanya in Montreal

Thats a scary looking cookie Gary. I promise I will never listen to what a cookie tells me even if it has a fortune in it.

Some people read tea leaves.  You read cookies.  You just never know where your next piece of good advice will come from. 

Gary...WOW you get advice from sources I would never think of...great post!

Gary...Good reminder to evaluate what makes a person to make wise decisions...How's 2010 going for you so far?

I've never seen a cookie that mad!! maybe he's mad because I hasn't bought before now :)

Too funny!  Chocolate chip cookies are my favorite but I'd think twice about eating that one.  It looks like a grumpy old man!  :-)  I think I'll wait for the next batch of cookies. 

I like your edible answer!  Why should we look to something that will be reduced to crumbs or be eaten up in a bite or two!  Equating the naysayers to a cookie shows the simplicity and absurdness of it all doesn't it?

LOL!!! I like that "Angry Cookies"!

Best to you in 2010

your friend in Charlottesville!

Hi Gary... Great perspective, but an even greater photo of the cookie!  I love it.  It kinda looks like Don Rickles to me!

Gary,

What a sad looking cookie. But, I bet it still tastes great!

If I found a cookie like that Gary, I'd just bite its face off and carry on!

That chocolate cookie said that could be my lunch today. Great point made in your blog. I am tired of all the paid shills on the finance channels who speak with forked tongue. I am with you, consult with a good Realtor and Lender who have your interests at heart, and make a decision based on your particular circumstances.

If one of my cookies turned out like that...I'd stop dead in my tracks.  But, I love the article.  Fortune cookies, chocolate chip cookies, black cats, walking under ladders....whatever.  Let's get this economy back on track.  Make a Realtor your best friend whether you are buying or selling now.  You need a good lender, a good accountant, a good hairdresser, definitely a good lawyer...and keep the realtor in case you need one!  You never know!!

My angry chocolate chip cookie says not to listen to naysayers. Consumers should look to their local market experts.

Gary, this says it all in not all that many words.  People should consider buying a home according to their individual situation.  I mean, du-uh!

Gary, I'm going to inspect all cookies before I eat them...I would hate to devour a face like that and not even see it. 

Rational reasoning and a good real estate agent is a much better recipe for success.

Gary - Buying a house is not always practical for everybody due to many circumstances.  You are so on the mark.  Buying is not about timing as much as it is about the personal circumstances. 

Hi Gary, very good advice, not everyone is the same and not all markets are the same.  My tea leaves on the other hand say..... :-)

Gary - you sure come up with some interesting photos and a blog to match.  You are so right! It is up to the individual buyer, real estate agent and mortgage broker to determine whether or not it is a good time to buy.