Here’s a before photo of the Main St. house, when I purchased it.

And here’s the after photo:

A few more before/afters:

Most of that’s pretty self-explanatory, so I won’t dwell too much on the work involved. It’s also not the best picture of the walkway/patio in back, as that picture was taken before it was finished […]

I’m currently in Los Angeles for a week, doing the freelance poker tournament reporting gig once again. It seems more than a bit surrel to be here, but not quite as strange as the World Series of Poker trip. These trips are actually a ton of work but they pay pretty well, especially since I’m […]

So, knock on wood, the Main St. house appears to be done. I have a few hours of general scrubbing and cleaning tonight, as well as putting up a few more decorations for staging and moving a patio set over, but a marathon day yesterday knocked out the remaining work.
Photos coming shortly (I swear), as […]

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I’ve got a little bit o’ spare time on my hands (amazing, I know) due to visiting the in-laws this weekend and picking up our new pet rats, Scribbles and Rip, from the rat breeder. Yes, indeed, you read that sentence correctly. Not only are my wife and I the sorts of freaks that have pet […]

Lo and behold, our offer of $84,500 for House #2 was verbally accepted this morning, and the selling agent promised to have the signed contract back from the seller’s later today. Have to say I’m a bit surprised, as they were asking $89,900 and (according to the selling agent at least) had other offers on […]

We submitted an offer yesterday morning on potential House #2 (the 3-1, 1900 sq. ft. house discussed in the last post), but I’m not exactly holding my breath. The selling agent claimed to have two more offers on the table, and our offer was for only $84,500 (the house is currently listed at $89,500).  They’d […]

Despite knowing better from past experiences, once again I seem to have overestimated my ability to get the last remaining 172,192 little jobs all done to get the Main St. house ready to list. Finishing up by the beginning of August led to pushing that back a week, which brings us to the present, where […]

Met with our realtor today to check out the Main St. house, as well as to look at five or six potential properties for the next go around. Good news on the Main St. front, as he definitely want to list it in the $90s and doesn’t think that’s crazy at all.  I threw out […]

Knock on wood, but the Main St. house should be finished and done after this weekend. There are some small things that’ll be unfinished like painting a few closets and replacing some window screens on the back side of the house, but the plan is to meet with our realtor on Monday and sign all […]