Reply #13: On the brighter side ... [View All]

... I'm in the process of closing on a house that's sat on the market since last July. I've had my eye on it since November and have watched the price drop from $84k to $65k (my accepted offer).

The seller is a multi-property owner who I guess could be considered a flipper - lives in a gorgeous estate up in the luxury part of the city, and buys these little rundown old bungalows on the fringe of the arsty district, renovates, re-sells and walks away with a nice profit.

Personally I don't give a crap what he does with his money, I'm just glad he made enough of the necessary updates to this little house (roof, furnace, water heater, central air, kitchen) and lowered the price to something a normal person could afford so that I'm good for probably 10 years ... works out for both of us, in this situation anyway.