Gentle Giant movers were amazing during my last move. They’re in Riverside, but they were great.

Untechnically, Op sticking to the sand dunes is much less of a dick move

I had an awful experience with RL Davis. They used packing tape on my furniture and it ripped off the finish. They also weren’t careful with some of my boxes and a few glasses that were very important to me broke. I tried to get them to compensate me and they wouldn’t return my calls.

Help me understand the thought process that goes into buying a dirt bike without thinking about what you will actually do with it?

Untechnically he shouldn’t, since riding is prohibited, a dick move, and might get you shot at by an antsy DEM officer.

Yes. They can.

They'll shut you off

I still do it.

These classes do provide a lot of good info, especially for people who have no previous experience in the homebuying process. They are also a requirement for a Rhode Island Housing loan, so getting done up front just saves some time.

If it weren't for the bobba tea these kids would be millionaires

I wasn't saying it was you but I see it alot and I can't be the only one. I can't believe I'm getting down voted for saying that.....

Newport has tons of programs including the Historical Society, museum of Newport history, sailing museums, and obviously the mansions in the guided age neighborhood have tours and websites available for the history of the island too.

Check out Salve's online archives as well-they have tons of info about the island.

My wife and I are first time owners and we had a much lower down payment. But pmi is annoying but it beats renting.

High taxes, over regulation, over population with not enough homes to meet the demand and homes becoming too expensive to build because of high taxes, over regulation, inflation and rising cost of labor and materials.

What really needs to happen is lower the tax burden but that's actually just the easy part. The hard part is getting all the people jammed up in the small new england states to actually go to other places. It's a big country. South Carolina has beaches too.

Thank you so much for the info!

RI Housing does free “classes” you can take. We did it when we were first considering trying to buy a house and it was helpful. They give you a ton of info and can offer a bunch of resources (realtors, lenders, etc).

Some grants and programs require you take these classes to earn their certificate, which is why we’d signed up originally. Ours had a few q&a sessions as we covered all the topics.

Highly recommend if you haven’t taken them yet. There’s a class for single family home ownership and another for multi family or properties where you’d be a landlord.

https://www.rihousing.com/homebuyer-education/

Probably spending it all on avocado toast.

If you’re not already, work with a buyers agent. Our situation was similar, and then we selected an agent. They lined up private showings in our price range, most often before the house hit the market, and we found our home very quickly.
The seller paid our agents fees. Good luck.

Robert Andreozzi (Pizza Marvin - Providence). Sherry Pocknet (Sly Fox Den Too - Charlestown) Milena Pagán (Little Sister - Providence, RI)

I haven't been to Sly Fox Den Too, but Andreozzi and Pagan are both surprising nominations. I can't say it's common to see a Pizza chef nominated for a James Beard award. But Pizza Marvin has some fantastic pizza, so congrats to Andreozzi. I'm mostly shocked to hear Little Sister nominated for anything, since they have been sold out of food every time I've tried eating there.

Edit: My wife attempted to eat lunch at Little Sister today. Not surprisingly, they were sold out of pretty much everything. The only item they had was chicken, which was served undercooked.

if you don't know, you should try Waze

This is why I can't wait for self driving cars to take over. Most people are bad drivers, don't know how to drive or park, damage other people's cars and property. Insurance rates should come down dramatically or cease to exist

Buttonwoods Road in Richmond, next to the town Department of Public Works yard. It's a private site but open to the public not sure how it works but could be worth checking out.

It’s nuts. I bought my current house in 2018 for $500k and now it’s worth $800+. Prices are crazy!

There was other parts of the test. They didn’t make me parallel park. I have no idea

My nostalgia has me in the same situation.... I repeatedly say to my kids that I expect them to leave this state.