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lynn2009
10-18-2020, 02:31 PM
^ Don’t let it psych you out.
If you find one you love put a strong offer in and just see what happens.
:)

It's soooo hard! Always pros and cons. But I think I am going to view a couple more this week. There's a 1940s cape code that needs updating, which is a mixed bag but I like because 1. the cost of the house itself is easy on my budget and 2. I can update it to exactly my style. Yard is fenced but chain link so I would have to replace that because my dog is truly a PITA.

carmen_b
10-18-2020, 02:34 PM
13 miles of hiking in three days !

I'm looking to re-create that ass you can bounce quarters off.

carmen_b
10-18-2020, 02:37 PM
^ I'm in the market too Lynn. I have found myself more and more drawn to selling my long term rental . My last renters smoked in it it seemed , had a cat even though there is a separate document promising they won't ( I'm allergic and hate how they smell also ) , AND made a fire pit in the back yard. I wish I was joking about all of it but it just took two weeks to get it reasonable enough to show. It also cost me $1100 even though my dad and brothers *generously* donated their time as labor.

Not that vacationers *wouldn't* do that type of shit BUT I feel like a little two bedroom desert rental house that could do $1000-$1200 in AirBnB money would cover a mortgage with what I could put down by selling the other one. Then I'd have half the month to just stay there myself . I'm looking within 1-5 miles of the two AirBnB's I already manage. I'm heavily leaning towards this but I have NO time line for the project . I will do this on my damn timeline. I really do think there is something to this idea. My numbers are realistic. I'm not thinking unrealistic stuff like " I will sell 20-25 nights a month ". I think I could knock this thing out selling just 10-12 nights a month.

You'll find your home so try to relax on the process and don't let people push you around on it.
If the house calls to you ..... make your move .
It can be easy to let a fast moving market cause anxiety but that frantic energy also has another point . There will ALWAYS be more inventory. People move and make life changes ALWAYS so there will be more homes to look at.

I don't know when you were pre-approved but check in with your mortgage person often because rates are fluctuating. If they can " do better " by another .3-.5 percent or something then make them haha.
:)

I honestly thought I'd make my next real estate move WITH a partner ( like buying a very nice house together ) but I am just kind of feeling ready to step it up NOW. My impatient streak got me basically everything I have in life so why stop with this haha ?

WendiStarr
10-18-2020, 02:55 PM
I'm not going to give up yet. Yes, the failure of the exam was a major blow, seeing as how I actually studied and put a lot of effort in to it, despite all the obstacles. There was material that I wasn't familiar with on the exam. It just means that I need to learn and study more. I can't give up now. My mom's jealousy and negativity towards me today is really fueling me even more to want to pass this exam.

carmen_b
10-18-2020, 03:02 PM
^ Exactly ! Don't give up. Persistence is everything.

https://gostrengths.com/what-is-grit/#:~:text=Grit%20is%20a%20personality%20trait,worki ng%20diligently%20on%20a%20task.

lynn2009
10-18-2020, 03:18 PM
Also ..... I don't know when you were pre-approved but check in with your mortgage person often because rates are fluctuating here and there. If they can even " do better " by another .3-.5 percent or something then make them haha.
:)

I honestly thought I'd make my next real estate move WITH a partner ( like buying a very nice house together ) but I am just kind of feeling ready to step it up NOW. My impatient streak got me basically everything I have in life so why stop with this haha ?

I do have my pre-approval letter. The mortgage person I'm speaking with hasn't decreased the interest rate but I think that's because she's not re-running my credit every 60 days either. She said my stats were perfect on day 1, so she's not going to re-run it until I actually have a house (which is super nice because it dings your credit score each time). To be honest I only got preapproved by my hometown bank. I applied with them and two other big banks on the same evening and they were the only ones who got back to me and told me my credit was frozen. She's just so responsive and easy to deal with and I'm fucking lazy so I'm going to use them.

Honestly I kind of want to switch realtors, but I don't think I would like any realtor. I think it's because there's very little they do that I couldn't do for myself, especially at this phase when it is only scheduling.

JGB2009
10-18-2020, 03:42 PM
Its hard to find pants that will fit a 15 year old when he is currently 6'5".

AChildOfBoredom
10-18-2020, 08:15 PM
Well, that’s two more that’ll be joining us for Thanksgiving. The Grizz and his wife are getting ready to move to Florida so they can be closer to their children and grandchildren, and they’ve been clearing out a lot of stuff. Since they don’t have anyone coming over, they were taking about maybe going to a restaurant for Turkey Day, which you could tell his wife was less than thrilled about. They came by today. I bought his big toolbox and some tools from him, and I managed to sell “the big banana” (my big yellow Snap-On KRL Series toolbox) last week, so I gave him the money from that towards paying off what I owe him, and he started talking about it, because his wife is a bit of a traditionalist, “holiday meals are meant to be had at a home”, that sort of thing. So why not have it in this one? They’ll be in Florida by Christmas, so they can spend it with their family then. In the meantime, they can have Thanksgiving with us.

LoveyDovey
10-18-2020, 08:44 PM
People who think they are inadequate tend to be really amazing whereas people who think they are the shit often suck.

Elektra Luxx
10-19-2020, 05:25 AM
Lynn2009 sweetie, your PM inbox is full.

JGB2009
10-19-2020, 02:13 PM
You have no idea....

lilylilylily
10-19-2020, 09:10 PM
I found a box of letters from high school friends in my moms basement, I always kind of knew she kept them but today I saw them so decided to take it and read them. Damn I miss those friends and those simple times before cell phones. (The early 90's). In one letter a friend wrote about all the pics she took of boys in the shower at school and how she cant wait to get the pics developed lol

JGB2009
10-20-2020, 04:36 AM
I think I am gonna try online counseling. Its kind of pricey though. Mentally I feel like I am drowning, hopefully counseling will help me.

carmen_b
10-20-2020, 08:36 AM
^ It’s helped me before !!
Even knowing you’ve got that person working with you once a week or so provides some help !

carmen_b
10-20-2020, 08:39 AM
I need to pimp these patios.

I want lay down chairs like you’d see at luxury resorts ( with comfy cushions ).

whirlerz
10-20-2020, 11:26 AM
Everything's slowwwwwing down, due to the pending elections>:(

AChildOfBoredom
10-20-2020, 11:28 AM
Two people in the shop tested positive for the COVID, so new restrictions are in place. Break room is closed. One person in locker rooms at a time. The latter doesn’t affect me. I took over the bay the Grizz occupied once he retired, largely because I bought his toolbox from him, and it’s a big 84” wide by something like 26” deep toolbox, plus it has 30” wide lockers attached at each end. Also has a space attached to it which includes a workspace with a computer, some shop manuals, and a small locker, as well as a tiny bathroom with a toilet, sink, and a small stand up shower. So I pretty much have my own private area where I can change and even shower privately, rather than having to stagger one at a time in the locker room with the other two women who work in the shop.

Also, sometimes I let myself forget how much of a redneck S is. She always does something to remind me, though.

WendiStarr
10-21-2020, 08:34 PM
I am the one parent who has been in baby girl's life 24/7 for the past almost 9 months. I'm the one feeding her, changing her diapers, putting her to bed, playing with her, and up with her every couple hours throughout the night. Her first word? Dada. Smh. Kids!

chanzep
10-22-2020, 10:35 AM
I am in such a mood today. I have a lot to do so hopefully I can shake it off.

JGB2009
10-24-2020, 08:39 AM
I just ordered a vintage bird chirping ornament off of eBay. I hope I ordered the right one.

WendiStarr
10-24-2020, 02:25 PM
We're going to carve pumpkins tonight.

LoveyDovey
10-24-2020, 03:13 PM
Sometimes when I need to wake up I have to eat something sweet. It makes me feel not so groggy.

JGB2009
10-24-2020, 06:05 PM
Sometimes when I need to wake up I have to eat something sweet. It makes me feel not so groggy.

I did this when I used to cam at night.

WendiStarr
10-24-2020, 06:23 PM
I've decided that I'm going to go ahead and do that paid IT project. I will use my boyfriend's bullshit tactic. Say nothing until I'm heading out the door, "I'm going out to make money. Bye", and just leave. If he can pull that crap,"I'm going up north for a week" or "I'm gonna help a buddy install some computer stuff" and go out with his butt buddy for beer for 6 hours or a spontaneous week long trip, I should be able to too, especially when I need to make money.

indiegirl
10-24-2020, 06:43 PM
I'm at the point I'm ready to buy an ambulance and humiliate the customers who want me to come see them "NOW" and ask them when I've/ They've arrived if everything is okay just to embarrass them. I get your horny NOW but have some fucking patience because they surely won't want me strolling in with a towel on and no makeup on

There is no NOW in my book. (Sorry for the rant. I'm getting fed up with being given zero time, let alone to even arrive with traffic)

AChildOfBoredom
10-24-2020, 10:50 PM
Today my mother sent me a text message, and it had a photo attached. AND the Amish girl made a pop culture reference.

That must mean the final seal has been broken, and this fucking world is coming to an end.

lurkingtitties
10-25-2020, 06:20 AM
I've decided that I'm going to go ahead and do that paid IT project. I will use my boyfriend's bullshit tactic. Say nothing until I'm heading out the door, "I'm going out to make money. Bye", and just leave. If he can pull that crap,"I'm going up north for a week" or "I'm gonna help a buddy install some computer stuff" and go out with his butt buddy for beer for 6 hours or a spontaneous week long trip, I should be able to too, especially when I need to make money.

Wendi I’ve said before that that man is a horrible abusive turd that you shouldn’t be with, I think my opinion is pretty clear, so all I’m going to comment here is...keep in mind that by continuing to stay with him and engage in these crazy bullshit tactics just to be able to work, you are setting an example for your daughters of what relationships are supposed to be like.

carmen_b
10-25-2020, 01:15 PM
^ Yup.

Use that $ to try and get a lawyer and just hit him with child support.

If you have a baby ( his baby ) he should just give you a year off already. Or even 3-6 months to just focus on baby. He really can’t cover mortgage / food for you guys just temporarily while baby gets a little bigger ?

You seem like you’d do better with a check from him v.s. HIM !

carmen_b
10-26-2020, 09:46 AM
I have such mixed feelings on shopping for the room for rent. I don't have much vacancy at my free living situation of living in the AirBnB business leftovers in the next couple weeks.

I keep telling myself that I'll get a *value* out of this via time saved. Living between two of them and J's on kid free days ( three places total ) was getting to be too much.

Good Bye ultra cheap living. At least it was a good way to survive corona times.

carmen_b
10-26-2020, 09:50 AM
I have some sadness that I rented my townhouse up North out.
I could have sold it and bought something awesome down here with the big down payment .

I still *can* eventually do this / scale up but I gave my renters up north that commitment They paid deposit Sunday and rent yesterday so it's " done " as of right now. They were the only ones who impressed me ( had the money ready right away + easily verifiable income ect. ) ! I didn't like ANY of the other applicants.

carmen_b
10-26-2020, 04:02 PM
I rented a room in a GORGEOUS home !!! :)

It’s done ! I have a base here South not just the vacant AirBnBs!

chanzep
10-26-2020, 09:44 PM
I am a member of a bartending group in Facebook . Today some one posted that they have got COVID from being at work even wearing a mask and distancing. Scary. My birthday is next week and I was thinking to go out.

indiegirl
10-26-2020, 11:47 PM
I'm remembering when I was a little kid and me and my sister had a full blown argument for a day over who got to be the pink power ranger for halloween. I tried to get her to be the yellow ranger. We went to the halloween store and they were sold out of it other than the male blue power ranger costume so that full blown screaming argument was for no reason LOLLL. Guess who was the only power ranger, my brother as the blue power ranger. We were so bummed!! Nowadays, I haven't been dressed up for halloween other than to strip clubs for halloween 3 years ago.

carmen_b
10-27-2020, 09:01 AM
A few weeks ago I had impulse purchased this gorgeous speckled stone rock with the intention to get a ring done.

I found an artist and he finished it today ( it'll be backed by silver in a really simple design ). He is shipping it. I'm excited !

The rock traveled from where I am up to the silver smith in Oregon and back. It's been on a journey and I know I'll love it.

The decision to create a custom piece was a celebration over getting over some hard ship earlier in the year and just treating myself. YOU yourself should treat YOU to something beautiful !!

carmen_b
10-27-2020, 10:46 AM
I just texted one of my clients that I " have the place to self 3-4:30 " .

I was texting J innocently . Just so he can bring his daughter up to view the house I moved into . Lol.

Multi texting - don't do it. Haha.

carmen_b
10-27-2020, 01:35 PM
^ my attempted save was that I was texting vrbo cleaners lol.

AChildOfBoredom
10-27-2020, 05:13 PM
My friend from the community… I’m pretty sure her son is crushing on S pretty hard.

WendiStarr
10-28-2020, 07:07 PM
I am a member of a bartending group in Facebook . Today some one posted that they have got COVID from being at work even wearing a mask and distancing. Scary. My birthday is next week and I was thinking to go out.

Oh shit! That's scary. Everyone I know who has caught it, weren't wearing a mask or social distancing. That makes me nervous now. I've been applying to any jobs around here, even in-person.

LoveyDovey
10-28-2020, 08:32 PM
Does anyone else here feel like this whole covid situation has aged them by like five years?

miss.a.p1600
10-28-2020, 08:40 PM
I am a member of a bartending group in Facebook . Today some one posted that they have got COVID from being at work even wearing a mask and distancing. Scary. My birthday is next week and I was thinking to go out.

yeah the paper masks aren’t as good but better than nothing

filtered masks are the best

but also hand washing/sanitizing is key too. The masks are worthless if you wear one but inadvertently proceed to touch contaminated surfaces then touch your mask/face/nose/mouth

it is scary because people like Trump unleashing their pathogens, sashaying around in public because they don’t want to isolate for 10days

indiegirl
10-29-2020, 04:12 AM
Me during the human anatomy section/physiology chapter discussing the penis: We can skip this chapter. I already know it without even looking

SnuffleUffleGrass
10-29-2020, 12:25 PM
Life in rural America- I'm dressing up to go to Wal Mart. LOLLLLLL

neverendingkneebruises
10-29-2020, 03:24 PM
Life in rural America- I'm dressing up to go to Wal Mart. LOLLLLLL

Hahah I feel this. I'm not really a person that likes to go to any type of clubs unless I'm working so I'll dress up for the farmers market, or bookstore, or to run errands. :D

The masks are giving me an excuse to do some bold eye looks at least!

lynn2009
10-29-2020, 08:21 PM
How much of a dick would I be if I asked a guy I haven't talked to in two years to do a pre-inspection walk-through of the house for me? We dated for a couple of months.

AChildOfBoredom
10-30-2020, 01:15 AM
Today was weird. The sojourning woman who worked the various carnivals, fairs, etc. as she traveled returned. So,of course I have a ton of questions about where she’s been and what she’s been doing since the pandemic, but didn’t really feel it was appropriate to bombard her with them. I just told her that the girls have plans for dressing up for Halloween, so I hope she’s ready for that. Which of course she is, since she has various costumes and such for all the events she works… holiday fairs, Renaissance festivals, etc. She doesn’t have any furniture here, so instead of sleeping on a cot, she chose to sleep in the garage in her van tonight. She has hookups for shore power to it, and she has heat, AC, etc.She said she has a job interview on Monday, so she might be staying for a while.

Aurora_Sunset
10-30-2020, 02:17 AM
How much of a dick would I be if I asked a guy I haven't talked to in two years to do a pre-inspection walk-through of the house for me? We dated for a couple of months.

If you didn't end on bad terms, I don't think it's that weird.

LoveyDovey
10-30-2020, 09:15 PM
Boyfriend's. Grandma has covid. I'm sad, I love Grandma. And I hope boyfriend stays healthy. I'm worried.

AChildOfBoredom
10-31-2020, 01:54 AM
Close encounters of the coworker kind. Answered the door for trick-or-treaters and imagine my surprise when I saw one of my coworkers from the tow truck job standing there, still in his work uniform. He had a woman and two kids with him… turned out, it was his wife and their two kids. So my reaction was, “You’re 40! That’s too damn old to be trick or treating!”. They were taking the kiddos out, and they wanted their parents to be in costume, so he just kept his work uniform on. So I gave him a rash about how lazy that was, but of course the kids got candy. So I grabbed two more bags, handed one to each of them, and said, “Here you go, mom and dad”. And I swear men never fully grow up. His eyes lit up the moment he saw we were giving out full size candy bars, while his wife smirked and said she wished there was an adult trick or treat with booze. So, we got her a glass of wine and that seemed to liven up her spirits.

Turnout was kinda low this year, though. That was disappointing,

lynn2009
10-31-2020, 07:58 AM
Does anyone know where to find good quality sports bras that last without that dumb padding that falls out in each wash?

whirlerz
10-31-2020, 09:31 AM
Does anyone know where to find good quality sports bras that last without that dumb padding that falls out in each wash?

Wash them by hand?