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ljgeoffThis morning I woke up thinking about our housing situation and money. I've never been in this situation before -- we have too much housing.
At the end of December, Mike and I jumped at the chance to purchase a home that was being sold on land contract. It's a great little home, well built but needs a lot of work.
The plan was that we'd move into the house and Jerome and the kids would rent the 3-bedroom double-wide that we're currently living in. We own the trailer, and pay a monthly lot fee.
But Jerome doesn't want to live in the trailer. I think that he just wants some distance from us and I can understand that. We're always coaching him, and I think he's feeling like he always has to perform when he's around us.
This morning I was just spinning some ideas, and I saw this ad on craigslist:
$500 family of three in despered need of home (lansing)
hello we are a family of three that are in emergency need of a home or appt. we are looking for anything thats available , but prefer a two beedroom to three . we need a place as soon as possiable , we are in a bad position and need a prayer please . this is for me a 35 year old male ,my fiance 34 years old and our son 15 months . if there is anyone that can please help would be really appreciated. thank you very much and god bless.
Who would answer an ad like that? Yeah.
We just met the couple this afternoon and showed them the house. They're gonna call us tonight. They really liked the place, even said that it was a lot nicer than some of the rentals that they'd seen. What we discussed is having them stay there and pay rent, which we would funnel back into the house for repairs. The guy half of the equation has done a lot of carpentry work, and he and Mike were already talking about how to go about the ceiling repairs.
We'll decide how the housing is going to play out once the repairs are made. Because there's a new twist in this weird equation.
Last summer, I began gardening in the yard of an abandoned house, across the street from us. Well. That place has just gone up for sale. We could knock down the house there and move the trailer onto the slab. Just a thought.
Thing the second is that we're meeting with *another* day care provider this evening.
Last week, we met and hired a young woman to watch the boys, and they had a good day. Yesterday, when Mike went to drop the boys off, she wasn't there. She hasn't returned our calls or emails. It's like she and her little boy have fallen off the face of the earth.
At the end of December, Mike and I jumped at the chance to purchase a home that was being sold on land contract. It's a great little home, well built but needs a lot of work.
The plan was that we'd move into the house and Jerome and the kids would rent the 3-bedroom double-wide that we're currently living in. We own the trailer, and pay a monthly lot fee.
But Jerome doesn't want to live in the trailer. I think that he just wants some distance from us and I can understand that. We're always coaching him, and I think he's feeling like he always has to perform when he's around us.
This morning I was just spinning some ideas, and I saw this ad on craigslist:
$500 family of three in despered need of home (lansing)
hello we are a family of three that are in emergency need of a home or appt. we are looking for anything thats available , but prefer a two beedroom to three . we need a place as soon as possiable , we are in a bad position and need a prayer please . this is for me a 35 year old male ,my fiance 34 years old and our son 15 months . if there is anyone that can please help would be really appreciated. thank you very much and god bless.
Who would answer an ad like that? Yeah.
We just met the couple this afternoon and showed them the house. They're gonna call us tonight. They really liked the place, even said that it was a lot nicer than some of the rentals that they'd seen. What we discussed is having them stay there and pay rent, which we would funnel back into the house for repairs. The guy half of the equation has done a lot of carpentry work, and he and Mike were already talking about how to go about the ceiling repairs.
We'll decide how the housing is going to play out once the repairs are made. Because there's a new twist in this weird equation.
Last summer, I began gardening in the yard of an abandoned house, across the street from us. Well. That place has just gone up for sale. We could knock down the house there and move the trailer onto the slab. Just a thought.
Thing the second is that we're meeting with *another* day care provider this evening.
Last week, we met and hired a young woman to watch the boys, and they had a good day. Yesterday, when Mike went to drop the boys off, she wasn't there. She hasn't returned our calls or emails. It's like she and her little boy have fallen off the face of the earth.