The Goat Pen

eCat wrote:

AlabamAlum wrote:I don't think credability is an issue. I would have never known about it unless you had said something and you only knew because you heard it from them. And what the new owner does with his property doesn't make Chip and Joanna or the show less credible imo.

As far as lost viewership, I cannot imagine thinking to myself, "I would watch that show with Chip and Joanna where they flip houses, but I heard that some of the houses they once flipped are now being rented out. RENTED OUT??!! Fuck them, fuck that show, and Fuck Waco! I'm gonna watch 'Cutthroat Kitchen' instead as a protest!"

whatever...its their premise. If they feel its necessary then more power to them.

eCat wrote:the wife and I are thinking about selling the house next year and getting a smaller nut.

while I like the burbs and really like our location, we're kind of at a point where the things we want to do to our house to make it more enjoyable for people entering their 50's (mainly first floor master/first floor laundry) would end up costing more to renovate than we'd get back and we'd still have a big ass house that I don't want to keep maintaining. The other part of the equation is with no kids there is no reason to keep paying the tax base we are to be in a good school system.

so we're trying to decide - move further out in the country or move back into the city - find a brick 4/2 ranch with new mechanics.

initially we thought country and just recently we bought some land within spitting distance of the ohio river near Chilo but turns out I don't want to live with white trash neighbors when I'm an old man so we're probably going to sell it or see if the boy wants its.

Now I'm leaning toward living in a buffer neighborhood to the nice ones - like Fairfax, Linwood or Bellevue. Hard to find a first floor master in these old neighborhoods built in the 1920's but you can pick up 1500 sq ft renovated cape cods all day long for less than $175K.

I'm also thinking about flipping a house with a guy at work. While I was looking for house I found one that seems to be ideal for flipping. We've been talking about it for a few years now.

Anyways....I'm ready to mix things up and kind of get out of the routine I have.


I realize most of you don't have any idea of the locations I mentioned but you get the gist of what I'm talking about.

AlabamAlum wrote:You ever watch any of the flipping shows on HGTV (I swear I'm not gay) - looks like fun.

Owlman wrote:All I can say is check the flood zone. There will be a lot more 500 year floods.

Jungle Rat wrote:I love the location of my house. Smack dab in the middle of both downtown Montgomery and Blue Ash. Easy walk to both. What part of town e?