Aug
26
No House Work, Just Lots of Sushi
August 26, 2007 |
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 using vacation time from the day job, so I’m essentially getting paid twice for my time.
The Main St. house is all done, which is a pretty good feeling. We’re listing it at $94,000, which was actually a bit under wha our realtor wanted to shoot for. Fingers crossed that it moves reasonably quickly, as it’ll eliminate a lot of worry about tackling House #2, just from a financial standpoint. I need to get over my reluctance to dip into savings, even when it all makes sense, as I still prefer to fund all this REI wheelings and dealings with pure profits, etc.
The inspection for House #2 went pretty well. I was a little worried when the city came out and checked over the electrical stuff, as far as turning on service when it changes hands, and refused to pass it due to aluminum/copper wiring present together. The home inspector I use is an electrician by trade and he wasn’t too worried by it, as it’s essentially the connections that need to be replaced, and there’s no aluminum wiring used in the house itself for any of the circuits. The furnace is shot, which I already new and had accounted for, but the roof is in decent shape, which I wasn’t sure about. Some other small stuff but nothing major at all, and the plumbing and electrical is solid, which is what was worrying me most.
Pictures of the Main St. house coming shortly (I swear). I’m probably going to break it up by area of the house, instead of creating one big honking post.
