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planted water melons. lots of em.
mucho yard work all weekend.
appliances come Monday, then we start putting in our junk.
Put a few watermelons in square jars so they come out like this for fun:
Fits nicely in the fridge. It'll mold to the shape of the glass but you will have to break the jar when it is full.
Bap33
2011 May 12, 4:22pm
how does it spin on the vine with a block shape? That is pretty neat. May try it with a wine jug, just for kicks.
Bap33
2012 Dec 13, 2:54am
Alrighty ... just refied down to 3.5 from 4.64, the loan cost will be paid back with the savings in about 3 years. House appraised at $260K, into it for 191K total.
Completely repainted the exterior.
Built shelves for inside the garage.
Shop and cement around it were done last summer.
Finished off the inside of the shop, epoxy floor, slick OSB side walls, lots of lights and plugs, wired for Cat 5 and Cable.
Oh, and the epoxy floor was a real challenge. I wanted to have a metal flake over white floor, to give it a 50's vibe. Well, I muffed up the application of the metal flake, made a mess and used up $200 extra in epoxy, but now it all looks ok, just plain bright white .. no clear, no metal flake. lol. This story is much funnier while standing in the shop!
The only thing really needed to do, besides constant maintanance, is landscape and flatwork.
I have diced, graded, and worked the lot to smooth and flat, and ready to be made cool, just don't wanna go into debt for landscape and flatwork.
Cement is $100yd, my cost, on Saturdays, with a full truck and no stand by time. Running lots of sprinklers on a well is not my favorite thing either, so I'm looking at lots of flat work and mow-strips to allow for rock areas.
top-grade laminated Hardwood floors are awesome, and the dog cant scratch them.
Black Appliances look neat but are hard to keep clean and look like crap too much of the time. Kinda like a black car.
Fire stove is a harth mount and is amazing. Uses very little wood, makes lots of heat. House is at 80deg and kids walking around in summer clothes after showers at night.
The market is pretty strong around the area because folks want to get away from the scummy areas. That is the only motivator in this area, I think. Otherwise, it's farther to the store, DMV, Doctor, ect. No sidewalks around here, and that can be an issue.
Kids have friends all around and the court we are on the end of is the playground. In the summer months there are nights when there are 15 kinds between 7 and 12 out on the court with scooters, bikes, or balls, or just running around being kids. Not a bad situation right now. I'm sure when they are all teenagers I will be keeping my daughter closer to the house! lol
my gorillia guard dog is getting lazy and fat due to no more true guard duty.
Merry Christmas
Tenpoundbass
2012 Dec 13, 3:05am
welp ... the lender did not send docs, they sent more requests for stuff we should have had requests for a month ago, or more.
Or as I found, stuff you've sent tens times already in the last month.
leo707
2012 Dec 13, 3:06am
Congratulations Bap, sounds like it is going well. Thanks for the update.
I'm sure when they are all teenagers I will be keeping my daughter closer to the house! lol
Good luck with that!
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1)Followed a pre-forclo until it was REO.
2)Read the paper on the front door and went to the website listed.
3)Signed up to be able to bid on the property on-line style.
4)Property came up after a few weeks, I placed an offer on-line, they countered, I accepted their counter, and I just now signed and returned their addendum docs with my check for title via scan/email. I used a REtor lady that had been working with me for about 2 years (opening doors and submitting offers). She set me up with proper offer docs and such. The on-line REO selling company preferred I get an agent.
5) when those docs come back I go to my lender
It sure saved time and money not having to deal with some REmfer between me and the holding company. If you want, look into Altisource and you may like it too.
1800 sq.ft, 3/2 ranch built in '89, end of a court with 6 acre lot homes, built in pool, huge garage, 1.15 acre square (not a pie shape), in one of the more exclusive rural areas of 95301 ...............
honestly worth about $175 - 195K
accepted offer - $134,500
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