The paperwork is all signed, the transaction is over, and since it’s now a matter of public record, I’ll disclose a little information.
My tiny little townhouse, which I bought for $131,000 in 1998, sold 7 years later for an astounding $428,500.
I’m bewildered, astonished, and feeling ever so much better about all the renovations I did before selling.
And I’m not worried about being poor in California, that’s for sure.
So, I spent about an hour writing a really long blog entry, filled with complaints and observations about my trip to Disneyland this last weekend... and by the time I tried to save it, my blogging software had timed out [more...]
I’ve been doing a bit of research for yet another attempt at renovating and updating g-world — I’m planning on regenerating it into a more camp, googie, late 50s motif — and I came across this [more...]
After reading this I’d have to say that the moving and car company fiascos really seem pretty tiny at this point. Gotta keep things in perspective….
The median house in Santa Clara is $6xx,000
The median income in Santa Clara (for a family of 4) is $9x,000