Wednesday, June 08, 2005

House hunting

It is almost cruel that this house in Floyd is on the market again.
http://www.navicamls.net/prospect/default.asp?k=105&b=237055&a=360&c=3993

We checked out one of the two houses in our price range that are for sale in the town of Blacksburg, and it was a very picturesque shack with one bathroom. The other is a seventies shack. You think I'm kidding?

We drove by a duplex that is for sale in the town on the street near the library, a perfect little neightborhood for kids. It is right on the edge of the Tech campus and is for sale by owner for 475K. If she can't sell it by monday, she is going to get a realtor and raise the price to 495K. I've just been driving around and occasionally looking up a house if it looks interesting. The house right beside the library is 780K. Sometimes I wonder where I am.

John keeps talking about waiting for the bottom to fall out of the real estate market. I'm counting on patience and a fixer upper older house in town.

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