As DW and I quietly celebrate our 58th wedding anniversary, we spent some time on Zillow going over some of the 22 houses we owned or lived in during our years together. Two of the memorable ones were back in the 1960's , when we lived in Cape Cod.
The first was on Martha's Vineyard, which we rented, and almost bought except it was a little out of our range @ $30K... so we rented for $90/mo. It's now a B&B that rents for $8400/week in the summer.
The 1720 House - Home
Current value here:
152 Main St, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568 | Zillow
The other house, we did buy, for $10K.. in Falmouth Mass. We borrowed another $1200 for a new furnace and remodeled kitchen, both of which I installed myself. despite having no building skills.
Here's the current valuation:
http://www.massrealty.com/cape-and-islands/falmouth/home-appraisal/68-oakwood-ave-falmouth-ma-01507
Most of the other houses have doubled, tripled or even quadrupled in value, including my Rhode Island birthplace home, which was $6500 when we were married, and just sold for $254K.
A few hours of Zillow and Street View, and a whole lot of memories. Thinking that taking promotions and moves might not have paid off as well as just keeping my store manager's job, and living on the Cape. (naw... too much fun in the interim).
Life is Good!
Now... did you miss any opportunities?
The first was on Martha's Vineyard, which we rented, and almost bought except it was a little out of our range @ $30K... so we rented for $90/mo. It's now a B&B that rents for $8400/week in the summer.
The 1720 House - Home
Current value here:
152 Main St, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568 | Zillow
The other house, we did buy, for $10K.. in Falmouth Mass. We borrowed another $1200 for a new furnace and remodeled kitchen, both of which I installed myself. despite having no building skills.
Here's the current valuation:
http://www.massrealty.com/cape-and-islands/falmouth/home-appraisal/68-oakwood-ave-falmouth-ma-01507
Most of the other houses have doubled, tripled or even quadrupled in value, including my Rhode Island birthplace home, which was $6500 when we were married, and just sold for $254K.
A few hours of Zillow and Street View, and a whole lot of memories. Thinking that taking promotions and moves might not have paid off as well as just keeping my store manager's job, and living on the Cape. (naw... too much fun in the interim).
Life is Good!
Now... did you miss any opportunities?
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