House?

[days_unfolding]

My stomach is upset, so I stayed home. I haven't been able to sleep though, so I should get some work done.

I'm pondering ways to save money, so I'm wondering if I should buy a house in Lincoln. I definitely prefer living in Bloomington, but I'd save on gas, save on commute time, and my mortgage payments would be smaller than my rent. The only thing is that I don't know what the housing market is like in Lincoln; someone I used to work with bought a house in Jacksonville, found a new job out of state, and had problems selling her house. Well, I'm not going to do anything right now. I should watch the listings to see how fast houses are selling.

However, I really like this house although it's higher on my price range (believe it or not). This one is nice and cheap, but I wonder what's wrong with it.

I also thought about buying a mobile home in Bloomington, but I probably should stay away from that.

Comments

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

Both houses are really close to work. I could bike to work (assuming that I re-learn how to ride a bike!) or walk.

[platofish.livejournal.com]

Holy @#!!#....... a house along the street from mine sold for 10 x that price......and its literally uninhabitable. They paid that much for the lot. The Bay Area house prices are back to being insane.

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

I thought that the Californians on my list would flip over the housing prices -;) There are some advantages to living in the boonies. I could pay cash for the cheaper one (though I'd probably go for a mortgage because I suspect that it needs a lot of work).

[sunshine-two.livejournal.com]

I'd wait and see if you're going to stay at this job. You're still relatively new.

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

Zara seems to know I'm not feeling well. She's being very subdued. I'm thinking about going to sleep soon and getting a good night's sleep.

One thing that I should do is start going to classes at Home Depot. I can't go to the one this Saturday because I'm taking the girls to the vet, but I can go to upcoming ones. I really would like to learn home improvement stuff. And the classes are free. I also bought a book called How Your House Works that describes how the various systems in a house work. I figured that it would be a good way to start my education.