Things have improved.

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1. Plumber replaced the hose and fittings that has rusted through. We can delay digging a latrine for another week.


2. Handymen from management company showed up and repaired the door jam, so we can theoretically leave.


3. They also brought a shop vac and sucked most of the water out of the carpet.


4. Currently, we have a space heater and a fan blowing warm air over the affected area to help the carpet dry.


5. Store run later. New mop, Febreeze or something similar, and the usual kmass of liquids.


6. When I went to dump the wet clothes and like in the washer, they previous user had left it set to spin cycle again.

Things may change. There's a condo available in my mom's building (it's actually the one at the base of her stairs.) It's everything we want: ground floor, off-street parking, washer-drier, diswasher, and quiet. The problem is we'd have to be able to buy it. Yeah.

The good news is prices are tumbling, and this property is a bank foreclosure that has been empty for close to three years. We're going to wait until we get our W-2s come in, then call the Real Estate folks and talk to them. There worst thing that can happen is they say no, or can't make a deal that meets our abilities.

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Just to remind you...

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Your VA bennies will allow you to finance the entire thing, if it is under their price-ceiling, and you can afford the actual mortgage payment. I think if you can, you should go for it.