u/TiedHands

I live in a small rural town in the South (US) where the housing market is nearly nonexistent. At any given moment, there might be 10-15 houses listed on Zillow, usually a couple of modest homes close to my price range, and then the rest are all insanely nice homes way out of my price range. Got tired of the renting charades around here, contacted a realtor i know, she put me with her lender, got pre-approved, found a house i loved within my budget, put in an offer at $10k under asking price with them paying closing costs, so it ended up being $3k under asking price.

Had the inspection done today and it didnt go great. No real structural issues to speak of, but lots of issues in the basement when it comes to plumbing, pipes, ductwork, leaks, moisture down there. Also is going to need a new roof very soon, and a new hot water heater.

That said, im still interested in pursuing it, but i have no idea the correct course of action. I have a feeling that the sellers probably arent going to go much lower and are wanting to just sell as is, which would result in me probably having to put at least $20k into the fixes (just guessing the amount off the top of my head).

Where do I go from here? Im in a really desperate rental situation where I NEED to get out of here as soon as I can, and I dont want that desperation to cause me to make a rash decision. But even with said issues, the house is very livable and is in a better shape than what im living in now. At the same time, I dont want to sign up for a money put. All of this is new to me and I really am at a loss of where to go from here. Thanks for any advice or input.

40 year old below average guy here. I'm sure some of it can be chalked up to location (im in a small rural town in the South), but i get literally no matches. I did match with a girl back in November and we dated for a couple or few months, and since then, I've gotten zero matches. Ive gone through every little bit, refreshing my pics, changing up my bio and prompts, expanding my search parameters (age and distance) and nothing. Anyone else experience this regularly?

40 year old guy here. I would definitely say I have a bit of a baby face, but im consistently mistaken for younger. I usually get mid 20s. It happens to me at least weekly, and while most would take it as a compliment, and i normally do, I guess in some ways, it almost makes me feel like im not mature enough or something?

I was at a restaurant the other day with my Mom and the waitress said something about having a son around my age and I knew she didnt look that old, so I asked her how old she thought I was and she said about 26. I was laughing about it to some of my coworkers about it and one of them didnt know my age and was shocked and said she figured I was about 25. I even have a beard with lots of gray and thinning hair on top, which makes it even weirder. Am I weird for not really liking it as a compliment?