Buying property

[Lindsey]

Originally Posted by Blueyes

I think you should just move to Texas

Lol... if only it were that easy! If I started the process right now I might be able to do that in a year or year and a half Still an option, if I could get a good renter after buying a house!
Okay so I looked at two houses last night. The first one was just a little over my price point but has a brand new kitchen and bathroom. GORGEOUS. The rest of the house still needs some work. It is a 1912 house, with original hardwood in some areas and some original walls. They actually told my realtor yesterday they were just in the process of pulling it OFF the market to do the finishing up renos and then sell it for $30,00 MORE She told them that would put it out of my range so they let me look at it as it is now.
We went to the second house... the two story that was so cute on the outside... DISGUSTING on the inside. It would basically need to be gutted to the studs and completely redone. I just don't have that kind of money.
So we went back to the first one. Scott came over and my brother came over. The basement isn't usable, but it's dry and looks in good condition. Water heater and furnace are relatively new. The appliances (fridge, stove, washer, dryer, dishwasher, range hood) are all new. They did a half-assed job for most of the renos but I can redo them.
The upstairs... OH the upstairs! It's so beautiful! I would use the whole area as a master bedroom area. There are two dormer windows in one area, and the back is where the bed would be and there is a HUGE picture window, it takes up basically the whole wall and looks over the back yard. It's a half story so the walls are slanted up the sides which takes away some of the real USABLE area, but Scott was talking about building homemade dressers to utilize some of the space.
The problem is I'm leaving tomorrow and I'm not back until Monday... I'm not sure how long they will hold off on doing renovations to let me think about buying it as it is now
Oh, and it's a half a block from Kyle's mom's house and not a super great neighborhood... but on the other hand I can't even afford an apartment condo in a good neighborhood. It's not the worst part of town though... I think I'd just need to invest in an alarm system, and it gives me an excuse to buy another bigger dog