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Full Steam Ahead On The House and Co-Op!

Posted on the September 18th, 2007 under house,Interesting,Levittown,Personal by

Well folks, my golf days are soon over! We have a closing date of this Friday on the house we purchased.  I also have the Co-Op sold, and the bank appraiser is coming tomorrow to look over the place.  So I’ll have to miss work for a bit twice this week, but at least tomorrow I can work from home.   I am very excited, I can not WAIT to get out of this Co-Op.  It was great for the first year, but then after that it drove me nuts that I could not just walk outside to fire up a BBQ or smash a golf ball or two.  It is going to be a quite a hectic next 6 months or so, because most, if not all of my free time will be spent renovating the fixer upper we just purchased.

I hope to document most of the renovation process with both my camera and my camcorder.  I did get a beta invite to Justin.TV, they allow you to broadcast live (stream) a video feed from anywhere to anyone wanting to watch.  If I can some how get my renovation progress to broadcast from the house I’ll do it.   I do not think I will have a broadband connection from there the first few weeks, so I’ll just tape and or photograph the progress and post it when I have time.

Reality of a “real” mortgage is really hitting me, the past (almost) three years have been quite easy with the Co-Op.  We shall see what will come of this, keep tuned in.

My Crazy Fish

Posted on the September 16th, 2007 under Apple,Interesting,Personal by

Found my camcorder today, I haven’t used it in a while. Since I have a Mac, I ran out and purchased a DV Cable so I could get the moves off of it and into iMovie. My first little movie is below…

This is my crazy goldfish (I think thats what it is) he is about 2 years old now. He likes to move anything and everything in the tank, including picking up the gravel and spitting it out on the side of the tank.

Long Island Real Estate – What we used to find our house!

Posted on the August 24th, 2007 under Interesting by

Just a few suggestions on what we used for find the house we just purchased… I am sure some of you know these already, but for those that don’t here are a few GREAT resources!

http://Zillow.com – The Web 2.0 of Real Estate Sites

http://PropertyShark.com – GREAT SITE! – shows everthing

http://MyNassauProperty.com – Property Taxes and other important info for Long Islanders

http://MLSLI.com – MLS Long Island Listings

http://www.advancedfundingsolutionsinc.com – great mortgage guy, with amazing rates! tell him John sent you

http://maps.google.com – maps / directions / aerial photos

http://maps.live.com – awesome closeup aerial photos