The force is strong with you, young jedi. Yes, that is a tempting one and probably my leading candidate if I were to fall off the wagon now. I have one more season of will power (and a lease) so the Fall will be earliest temptation and more likely to get a lowball taken seriously (I would love to pick that one up for 250k, that would be below 1992 pricing if you took into account that it went new for 225k and the pool and landscaping is easily worth 25k. Ones like these are drawing a crowd right now but come September it should thin out. Can you imagine pulling a 1992 price, they’d have to add my face to Mt. Rushmore. However I will need to buy those “run flat” tires because I’ll probably have t-shirts made for the kids that say “my dad bought his house for less than you paid new 16 years ago and all I got was this lousy t-shirt” and I’ll order personalized license plates for my car that read “92price,” the neighbors will have a schedule as to who’s turn it is to slash my tires.

I talked myself out of it because I’ve had enough of pools, the utilities alone probably add $200 a month, care and maint, it’s a $500 a month liability, community pools ar better for me, more to look at. The other huge drawback is the kitchen will need to be completely ripped out, cabinets and all. Those 1992 jobs came with whitewashed oak and the owner obviously slapped on some red paint and destroyed any chance of refinishing it. It also looks like linoleum/pretend tile and white tile counters….ick. A worthy project at 250k but for 300, it’s within a few bucks of some that are already dialed in and I’m lazy. I’ve come this far, might as well go for the brass ring.