It is almost Friday, Yay!

[dancerjodi]

We're looking at a condo tonight. Though it would be easier, the more I think of it I really don't want a condo. There are 2 other houses on the market now I want to look at - we'll see if Ken can work some magic and we can get in to see them tonight.

Today will be nuts:
Drove to work: 25 miles North
Will drive to meeting at Partners: 24 miles South
Will drive to Waltham to meet Ken: 10 miles North
Will drive home to drop off Brian's car: 14 miles West
Will drive to Marlboro to take care of the Di's animals: 50 miles South
Will drive to Somerville for the Salem Fires show: 28 miles North/East
Will drive home after the show, late at night: 21 miles West

Now do you people see why I want to move? I do something like this a couple of times during the week (never mind the ends of the earth we travel to on the weekends). I'm driving around 172 miles today (according to mapquest)! My poor, sad car. No wonder she's leaking oil.

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Re: On MSN today - Speed your home sale with these fast fix-ups

[mizdarkgirl.livejournal.com]

Beware of deferred maintenance. Buyers expect your home to be in decent shape. That means a roof that doesn’t leak, paint that isn’t peeling and household systems (heating, cooling, electric and plumbing) in good repair. If you’ve neglected your home, you face a tough choice. You’re unlikely to recoup much of the cost of your repairs in the form of a higher sales price, since buyers are unlikely to pay you a premium for maintenance you should have been doing all along. Yet not making the fixes may turn off buyers altogether. Talk with an experienced real estate agent about which projects you should tackle before listing your home.

Consider a pre-sale inspection. Hiring your own inspector before you put your home on the market can alert you to problems you didn’t know about, giving you a chance to fix them before they complicate -- or ruin -- a potential sale. If the repairs are expensive, you may face the same difficult choice described above. But that’s better than being surprised once your home is in escrow.