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If you ever want to buy a house go for a foreclosure. They might need a little TLC but you can find some super cheap. Our house looked horrible from pictures but in reality it just needed paint, floors, a patch over a hole in the roof, and a window to be livable. We have other things that need updating but those are things that can be fixed over time.

It really was an incredible deal. I wouldve never actually bought it without telling her, but the deal was just so hard to find that I just wanted to move as fast as I could on it . As soon as I found out it was available I drove 7 hours to see it. I agreed to buy it but we werent signing the papers for a few days and I wouldnt have signed without her approval. I know I shouldve done things different though.

and Id say it only took us another $10k if that to get it like it is now.