Buying my first/ last house. (restoring it to time capsule)
Really stoked for you. Glad somebody can afford to do something they want.
I had to sell a lot of my junk to get it there.
I'm not thrilled about some of the stuff that I had to part with, but I'd be stupid not to go after a house that I lost out on and was handed after.
I think the driving element was helping clean out Amy's great grandmother's house a year ago. We wanted it, but had no way to do it, even after HUD sat on it for the entire year and sold it last month. It was $50k out of my price range. This house would be, too, same era and 1/4 mile old neighborhood, if it weren't for the amount of mud jacking and gutter work that it needs here and there, I'd still be looking.
When I was cleaning out that other house that was made at the same time, the more I watched apartment buildings go up around my neighborhood with the new light rail that went in, it made me realize that if I sit around and wait until it's convenient for me, it may never be. The stupid legal weed market has skyrocketted all real estate, which is something I don't think anybody saw coming.
I kind of wanted to wait until I had more sales with my new business, but I'm either spending money on someone else's mortgage or my own.
At least this way, if I want to rip a wall out downstairs or replace the ceiling fan in my 7' ceiling that hits me in the face with a light fixture without getting bitched out, I can do what I need to.
