No time to blog

I don't have time to blog. I'm losing valuable market time by not having my house on the market right now!!

So, last week, the realtor who sold me the house came over to do a market analysis. She basically said I could get about 2x what I paid for the place. That's pretty good, considering I only owe about 25% more than I paid. Something like that. Basically, I could net enough to make a decent down payment on a condo in Boston. Boston, which is, according to Chronicle, almost the most expensive place to live. They suggested tonight that Brockton and Lowell are the next two up and coming places for first-time home buyers. Since I'm not a first-time home buyer, and I already live in an old mill city, I'm heading straight for poverty and moving to Boston.

Before, however, I need to clean out 7 years worth of stuff, and paint. Tonight, 8 grocery bags of clothes got dropped in the donation box. There's plenty more where that came from, so it's going to be a busy week. If I'm lucky, the house will be on the market in a month and I'll be out of town by fall. Raise your glass to optimism! I did, twice, earlier tonight, when I cracked open a free bottle of wine. Peace brand wine.

Next up on the list: selling crap on Craigslist. Though, I sort of thing I'm going to be listing things as "$20 or best offer, you take away". I'll be negotiated down to free, after they see the stairs.