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The 640-square-foot house has new pictures; they aren't pretty.

There is new exterior paint, but it is still cash-only, so it seems like that money would be better spent on whatever it needs to qualify for a conventional loan.

Of course, how much paint do you need for a 640-square-foot house?

Half of what Mom's house needed the 2 times I painted?

One-third since she has a 2-car garage?

Homes.com has larger images than Zillow:

The outside looks fine, but it has new paint. How often do you see plastic over the windows and doors?

That is a tiny shed! If I replace that with a 32x20 shed it would be as big as the house!

I hate to suggest cutting down trees, but it doesn't seem like you can do much without murdering trees.

If only there was a convenient place to dispose of tree corpses!

Where am I supposed to find wood for this stove?!

It seems like everyone's solution to a remodel is to demolish the cabinets and replace them, but not even I like these, but I don't like the paneling, or the tile backsplash. This seems like a bad place to put 1/4" drywall over the paneling, but if you put 1/4" plywood over the cabinets it would work out.

What if you just refinish the doors and drawers?

Everything looks ancient. If the sink isn't shallow I might just replace the faucet.

Is a mini fridge supposed to go next to the sink?!

I always want more storage, but removing one cabinet and whatever is above it in order to fit a standard refrigerator would make sense.

That stove is as old as my sister?! Can I just replace the knobs?

Paint them? I am sure that would last!

Of course, you could prime and paint the stove, but what do you do with the marks around the knobs?

I don't know what else is wrong with this house, but it needs a new floor in the bathroom!

Too bad we don't know what else is wrong with this room:

Is this the best angle of this room?

Was there ever a stove here? We rented a house in Mesa that was designed for some kind of a stove--in the Phoenix area. It just had a square vent coming into the house and Dad periodically needed to tape a new garbage bag over it, which periodically filled with rain.

I think those require a good seal.

What is that square of missing paneling next to the door? It is more than twice the size of that outlet face, so I don't think that is it!


I abruptly received a new supervisor yesterday. Hopefully he doesn't change my reports and refuse to tell me what he didn't like or have me completely redo a packet 6 times for a client that I don't have anymore.

The new agency has four clients so far for me, with a higher rate, so eventually I should be able to look at normal houses around a quarter million.

That house in Taylor sold--after over 100 days.

When I tried to find it I found this... thing: $79,900 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 480 square feet 5512 Turkey Run Rd, Pinedale, AZ 85934

Eighty thousand dollars seems like a ton of It is on a larger lot, but it is a much lower price-per-square-foot than the 640-square-foot house. Is this large for a tiny house? It is weird how the first picture is of the side, but the front looks terrible. I don't know what is going on next to the front door and the 2 windows are weird. I figured there was a reason one window was so high and I was right.

It has a loft and I am unsure that it has as much headroom as mine does at its highest point!

It has a much larger lot than the other house, though, larger even than Mom's, and it says Owner May Carry, so that might have better terms than the construction loan that I would get for either of these.
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