Toying with ideas....

So, we're keeping this hush hush....cause really, it could pan out to nothing...... but we're (being Mike & I)... looking....

The housing market is horrible right now--- which sucks for those selling, but great for those buying, especially first time home buyers. A few old friends of mine that were still renting apartments or living at home have finally become home-owners thanks to the crappy economy!

Anyhow....out of curiosity, i was checking out real estate in Southern Mass....there are a LOT of foreclosed, vacant homes...for like $130-$140k!!!! Holy crap!!! I have my eye on this one lil fixer-upper Cape...its about 20 minutes from where Mike & I grew up (and where our family is). It is about 4 houses down from a GIANT pond (fishing, boating, swimming, etc).... Mike and Rich actually used to fish there back when we lived in Taunton.

Anyhow...its all just looking...... but, I will admit....the IDEA is FREAKING ME OUT!!! Oh my. Ya'll know how unhappy we've been for so long....but when I really think about it....it excites me and scares the living shit out of me! I go back in forth.........I LOVE our current home....its comfy and cozy. I love NH for it's beauty and no income or sales tax. I love the slow pace of things. However, there are a lot of cons.....like, there is fuckin' NOTHING to do.... no malls, we're 2 hours from the ocean, and almost 3 hours from friends and family. Property taxes & vehicle fees are retarded up here too..... so really, cost wise...it is all relative in the end.

We've gotten comfortable, i think. Even tho miserable..... comfortable. I LOVE our home in the spring/summer. The garden, our HUGE yard, etc.... we really got a great deal on it when we got it (it was an estate and had been vacant for over a year...so they negotiated well).

We're pretty sure we'd break even on selling our current home (we put a TON of equity into it....so that gain would wash out with the shitty current property value)....IF someone even buys...thats the sucky part....there are a TON of homes for sale around here with NO bites. Im also scared of all the expenses of moving. And moving into another fixer-upper. We went into major debt fixing up our current place so it was more up to date and livable. We'd have to do that all over again, and we dont have any $$ banked to do so......

(Shhhh...but i also applied for a Marketing Coordinator job down there too.......)

I guess it would all depend on if/what we could get for employment, obviously.

But it is exhilarating to play around with these ideas.....I am amazed how much Mike is suddenly into all of this...... its like a switch flipped for him.....i think our current job issues was the final straw....as my rock of a job....is now not so rigid.