"rhys" wrote
That's a good point. The bird-in-the-hand theory is great if you are
doing these sort of upgrades for yourself and your own piece of mind
and completely chuck out any illusions of boosting the resale value.


Tell me about it.

We got a great deal for $15,000 and put another $25,000 into it if you
count the value of my labor.
You can find an old post somewhere in the archives where I say that we
would be lucky to get $17,000 if we sold it

OTOH this is a good ace to have in the hole if my wife starts talking
about selling it. We can't afford to sell it

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Roger Long