Looking back, I have a lot to be thankful for in my first year of single family home rehab and gardening. In fact, this started as a list of 5, then it grew to 10.
1) The extended Homebuyer Tax Credit. For all the people who will be on the other side of those newly renovated houses....keep buying!!
2) My First NSP Closing (more to come)
3) The Development Divas' sense of humor. Sometimes the reality of the enormity of the task we have taken on stresses us all to the breaking point. Still, we manage to smile, or even laugh: "Smile though your heart is breaking/Smile even though it's breaking..." -- thanks, Nat King Cole!
4) Patient family and friends who never complain when I go on ad nauseum about my work or when I spirit them off to look at my properties when we're just supposed to be going to the grocery store.
5) Really great real estate partners. There are a lot of posts here about real estate professionals who are behave less-than-professionally, but our partners (agents, inspectors and assorted consultants) are really a hard-working, fun group of top-notch experts who are driving our program to success.
6) Funny, friendly and unforgettable neighbors. From Rottweiler Phone Neighbor to the great kids on Gopher Pause Lane to all the others who just stop to wave, gossip or demand that I not put a renter on their street, all the neighbors make sure this work is never boring.
7) Our continued safety. I make light of crime, but I know we are all very lucky that we have not had so much as a frightening near-crime experience.
8) The varied decorating ideas I get from touring houses: How about putting roofing shingles inside the bathroom? Rustic!
Or using your kids' hands to spruce up the ceiling?
Or even documenting your love of live band music mural-style?
9) Pansies that don't stop blooming.
10) Smug, home-made, home-grown food.
1) The extended Homebuyer Tax Credit. For all the people who will be on the other side of those newly renovated houses....keep buying!!
2) My First NSP Closing (more to come)
3) The Development Divas' sense of humor. Sometimes the reality of the enormity of the task we have taken on stresses us all to the breaking point. Still, we manage to smile, or even laugh: "Smile though your heart is breaking/Smile even though it's breaking..." -- thanks, Nat King Cole!
4) Patient family and friends who never complain when I go on ad nauseum about my work or when I spirit them off to look at my properties when we're just supposed to be going to the grocery store.
5) Really great real estate partners. There are a lot of posts here about real estate professionals who are behave less-than-professionally, but our partners (agents, inspectors and assorted consultants) are really a hard-working, fun group of top-notch experts who are driving our program to success.
6) Funny, friendly and unforgettable neighbors. From Rottweiler Phone Neighbor to the great kids on Gopher Pause Lane to all the others who just stop to wave, gossip or demand that I not put a renter on their street, all the neighbors make sure this work is never boring.
7) Our continued safety. I make light of crime, but I know we are all very lucky that we have not had so much as a frightening near-crime experience.
8) The varied decorating ideas I get from touring houses: How about putting roofing shingles inside the bathroom? Rustic!
Or using your kids' hands to spruce up the ceiling?
Or even documenting your love of live band music mural-style?
9) Pansies that don't stop blooming.
10) Smug, home-made, home-grown food.
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