July 31, 2009

Temporary description change...

With a little bit of luck I'll get to update this more frequently. I haven't posted since Christmas of 2008. I have temporarily changed the description from:

Here are some thoughts and rants that have crossed my mind. Take these with a grain of salt, a shot of vodka, two aspirin, and three more shots of some hard liquor (drinker's choice this time).

to

…tracking the trials and tribulations of a first time home buyer in a volatile economy.

That's right; I closed on a house today. Four hours and 30 minutes ago I stole a three bedroom, one bath, 1957 concrete block (old school concrete block) house with a two car detached garage, and a lawn tool shed that sits on three lots (.85 acres in this area) from two banks. The house was in a short sale (pre-foreclosure). The now previous owner bought the house at almost the top of the market. If memory serves, his plan was to buy it, fix it, and flip it to pay off a condo down in Hobe Sound. The house still needs some work. I'm starting on that tomorrow. The house has been featured on CNN, the ABC news station for south Florida, and the New York Times, just to name a few.

I'll post more later. Supper is ready.

Posted by Rob at 09:30 PM