Our last try for a house before heading north.

WE have only a few days left here in Florida, then it is back up north for about a month, then back for some more house hunting. So I think this is our last trip down to our house hunting grounds, Deltona.

On the way down we pass this exit to Daytona, it is  LPGA BLVD. But I like the palms and Daytona Beach in large letters. Then on down a little is this hospital bordering I-95. I asked Sherry to get a picture of it, I like the architecture and design, neat.

We Looked at a once beautiful and expensive home, Only $70,000. It is on a small lake and has its own pier on ½ acre of land. Great place for the RV. But it is out of our budget. Purchase and repairs would take it a little over $100K but it would then be valued at $180K. An example of the repairs, here is the back veranda, overlooking the lake. Note the right side has fallen about 4 feet, not good. I want it (of course) but it is out.

This is the last one on which we made an offer. It is a small 2 Bedroom, 1 bath bungalow minor work needed. Room for the RV, They are asking $40,000, we offered $41,500.   For a man from NC that doesn’t make sense. In NC if you were to ask $40,000, offers would be $36/$38K.

I built and sold houses for years, at first I set a reasonable price, but NEVER got it. The first house I built the lady who bought it actually asked, after she owned the house, "Now, why did you sell so cheap?" I learned you had to price your house like car dealers do cars, price it a little above reasonable and folks feel good when they bargain with you.

But like some old song said about California, Florida is a brand new game (for me). So, for the first time,  we offered more than they asked. But Imma thinking someone else will offer more.  If so, we can live with that.  There is another on the horizon, and it will be here when we return from NC.

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Do you see photos that folks feel are religious? I saw one the other day that captured a spirit leaving the body at death and one that showed a spirit walking on lake. Soooo here is a picture of the same hospital above when I asked Sherry to get a better picture of the Hospital. This is NOT photoshopped:

Lo and behold, the spirits leaving the hospital, they must have had a rash of deaths.   To be honest when I reviewed the pictures tonight, I was startled, until I realized the ‘spirits’ was a white cloth lying on the dash and reflecting in the windshield. Remember Teleprompters?  Another Mystery solved. SOOOO I will not submit it to the Pope..........

Nite Shipslog

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We took this in the Studebaker Museum in South Bend.  It is an early 20's beauty.