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Title: Today Was
Post by: Robyn on December 28, 2006, 02:16:01 AM
Post by: Robyn on December 28, 2006, 02:16:01 AM
And it was a pretty day in Paradise, aka Maui. On the other hand, it was a bit of a downer.
We had convinced ourselves that, if we really scrimped and reduced our savings to zilch, we could just afford to buy a very small, very old condo here. A realtor blew us out of the water when he said that the price and the mortgage calculations we made didn't include about $10K per year in extra costs like land rent and condo fees.
Buh bye, old fixer-upper. Someone who needed a tax deduction bought the place, anyway.
Oh, well. Don't plan on moving to Hawaii, folks, unless you are earning at least $200K per year. Real people don't live here anymore unless they live with their parents rent free and work 3 jobs.
Tomorrow, it's supposed to rain. I think we should go out and have some fun, anyway.
Robyn
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. Now we can afford to go to Starbucks.
We had convinced ourselves that, if we really scrimped and reduced our savings to zilch, we could just afford to buy a very small, very old condo here. A realtor blew us out of the water when he said that the price and the mortgage calculations we made didn't include about $10K per year in extra costs like land rent and condo fees.
Buh bye, old fixer-upper. Someone who needed a tax deduction bought the place, anyway.
Oh, well. Don't plan on moving to Hawaii, folks, unless you are earning at least $200K per year. Real people don't live here anymore unless they live with their parents rent free and work 3 jobs.
Tomorrow, it's supposed to rain. I think we should go out and have some fun, anyway.
Robyn
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. Now we can afford to go to Starbucks.