Dec
1
But I Swear I was Knocking on Wood
December 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Mini-crisis with the sale of House #1 yesterday, but it’s looking like it was averted. One of the items on their inspection was that the water meter was registering a tiny trickle of water somewhere that shouldn’t be there with everything turned off. They wanted us to track that down, fix the leak if one […]
Nov
29
If I Only Had a Boatload of Money
November 29, 2007 | 1 Comment
The buyers had House #1 inspected yesterday and requested only a few small repairs, didn’t ask for a price reduction, so things thankfully seem to be on track there.
I finally, finally should have electricity at House #2 now, as the electrical work was done yesterday, passed by the city inspection department, and I submitted the […]
Nov
27
Things I Am Thankful for: Sweet, Sweet Progress on House #2
November 27, 2007 | 1 Comment
Plenty of updates to share, as I’ve been on a dead run since last week and finally have time to catch my breath and post some updates, now that I’m back at the office at the day job. (Heh.)
Things are still a go with House #1, and we’re still shooting for a closing date of Dec. 11th. […]
Nov
21
House #1: Pending
November 21, 2007 | 1 Comment
Well, that was fast. After a quick conference with the wife and thinking it over during lunch, we countered the offer we got this morining for House #1 at $86,000 (with the same $2,500 in closing costs that they included in their offer, so essentially we countered their offer of $81,500 with $83,500) and they […]
Nov
21
Lo and Behold, an Offer
November 21, 2007 | 2 Comments
We’d pretty much resigned ourselves to renting House #1 and had signed the paperwork for our realtor to list it for sale as well as for rent late last week, so when I saw our agent’s number on my cell phone, I assumed he had a potential tenant lined up. Surprise surprise, he was calling […]
Oct
21
The Dreaded “R” Word: Renting
October 21, 2007 | 3 Comments
Fairly uneventful week in real estate land, as I continue to plug away at House #2, prepping kitchen countertops for granite tile, finalizing tile/paint colors, finishing out the framing for the two walls I opened up, getting the existing bathroom ready for tile, yada yada yada.
I did get our landscaping/trash haul-off guy out yesterday, who […]
Sep
7
Kitchen of House #1
September 7, 2007 | 1 Comment
More photos seem to have gone AWOL on me, as far as before, but here are a few before/after photos, focusing on the counter area of the kitchen, where the bulk of work went into:
Continuing the general theme of the rest of the house, I didn’t make any massive changes to the kitchen structurally, and […]
Sep
3
Back in the Land of Barbeque
September 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Got back into town last Friday after a week or so in LA doing another poker tournament reporting gig, and I have to say I’m pretty glad to be home. The trip was fun, though, and definitely not as stressful as the July trip to Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker. It was […]
Sep
3
Bathroom of House #1
September 3, 2007 | 1 Comment
After poking around a bit, I discovered I didn’t have any before photos of the Main St. house bathroom. Boo, me. I’m not sure how that happened, as I definitely know I took some, but they didn’t seem to get filed in the appropriate electronic bin, and now I can’t locate them.
So here are some […]
Aug
27
Exterior of Main St. House: Before and After
August 27, 2007 | 2 Comments
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 […]
