Life is a whirlwind sometimes…
Roadtrip Update:
Sorry that they’ve been few and far between.
I’m currently waiting for Overlay.tv to finish going over the contract I sent them - and hopefully I will have $5000 for my roadtrip with-in the week. Everyone there has been a big help and the money will go towards acquiring a laptop, camcorder, gps, and pay for the outrageous gas prices for the trip.
I don’t know if $5000 will be enough for the whole trip - but I’m certain it is enough for the first half of the country. I’m hoping to pick up momentum and get sponsors / advertisers to keep it going.
Currently it’s been rough to keep updates coming — as my new house - doesn’t have running water or electricity. It’s quite a doozy - my wife and I also are between jobs as we just moved out here. To say the least it’s been interesting. I almost feel like a pioneer - living by candlelight errr I mean flashlights.
About our Move to Cleveland
Our house definitely needs a lot of work - we’re estimating it may take $10,000-20,000 to get it good enough to sell. But we paid $3000 to get the house, and currently it appraises at $115,000 in it’s current state - we figure when we’re done we’ll be able to turn around and sell it for possibly $140,000.
Not bad for a $25,000 investment (or less)…. We’re also planning on living in it for maybe 3 years, it’s rent free living, the house is huge - and the neighborhood is one of the fastest improving neighborhoods in all of Cleveland.
A cop we talked to a few days ago said that he’d pulled out more dead bodies off our street than reside in the cemetary - which was a bit startling - but he also hasn’t worked in our neighborhood in about 5-10 years.
According to the power technician our neighborhood has improved a lot - a local hospital has been buying up a lot of the nearby buildings and has built a huge hospital presence. They even have their own police force and have been making the entire neighborhood a lot more secure. A year ago they were even offering incentives for moving into the neighborhood - as long as you, or your children had no criminal history. Their’s maybe 3-5 foreclosures / boarded up houses and about as many houses that are currently being fixed up and remodeled.
I’m hoping to hold on to the house till the housing crisis is over then sell it, when it’s a seller’s market again. We do have some differing opinions as to the value of the home. When calling our insurance agent to get homeowners insurance - she suggested that according to an insurance appraisal 6 month’s ago the house was appraised at 340,000. I definitely like the sound of that, as soon as we get some of our repairs done - and get running water / electricity etc - I’m going to have another appraisal done and see what it’s really worth, I do know that it’s a 3 story house with over 3000 square feet. It’s a Victorian Cottage Style home.
Anyways - just thought I’d let ya’all know what I was upto.
I’m excited to get the roadtrip on the road. As soon as I get my laptop I will also be able to make a lot more frequent posts as well, currently I’m just able to connect via the library.
It kinda sucks, but I just keep telling myself that now I’m a homeowner, and things will be wonderful when we finally finish fixing up the house and selling it.
I must say I did miss Ohio - I missed the green / rain. It doesn’t rain as much in Utah. I don’t like the humidity all that much - at least the sweating part -lol … But I couldn’t stand being uber dry either.
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