minor update
May. 30th, 2006 09:06 pmI have an appointment with my realtor for Thursday evening to go back and look at the place on Lakeshore again, with measuring tape in hand and a critical eye to exactly how much TLC would need to be applied *immediately*.
Meanwhile, also asked Karen to run the numbers again (complicated equations: selling mutual funds makes taxes go up, paying mortgage interest makes taxes go down, but if income is too high there is the dread specter of the Alternative Minimum Tax, aieeee! so glad I have friends who are tax accountants since I would be helpless to figure this out on my own :)
I am feeling kind of excited about the place on Lakeshore (mmm, that view! ah!); also waiting eagerly to see if my realtor's predictions will prove to be true re: more things coming on the market after Memorial Day.
Meanwhile, also asked Karen to run the numbers again (complicated equations: selling mutual funds makes taxes go up, paying mortgage interest makes taxes go down, but if income is too high there is the dread specter of the Alternative Minimum Tax, aieeee! so glad I have friends who are tax accountants since I would be helpless to figure this out on my own :)
I am feeling kind of excited about the place on Lakeshore (mmm, that view! ah!); also waiting eagerly to see if my realtor's predictions will prove to be true re: more things coming on the market after Memorial Day.