I've bought it at larger Safeway and Giant stores, ones with large spice sections.

My husband and I had our third date there! A+ date spot.

I'm currently in the process of renovating a 1920s rowhouse, living there while we do. If your house is livable as is, I'd recommend considering not gutting it. Obviously this depends on personal preference, but the quality of the woodwork and plaster walls in these old houses is so good, if they've been reasonably maintained they're so durable. We've also found that our house is better insulated than we expected, we suspect due to the plaster and brick construction. Our plan is to not touch most walls. We updated a lot of the electrical, refinished the floors, and updated some plumbing without moving any fixtures before or as soon as we moved in. Over time we plan to make some exterior repairs, replace the kitchen cabinets and countertops and take out part of the wall dividing the kitchen and dining room, replace most bathroom fixtures, and add mini-splits for AC. It's a lot cheaper than gutting the house, but we also like it because it preserves the integrity of the home and leaves things be that have stood for 100 years. And I love our plaster walls and radiator heat. Just my two cents from a different perspective.

I have a car and will offer a ride if it's not far out of the way, or sometimes if I know that it will be very very inconvenient or expensive for the person to get home otherwise. I don't regularly offer rides that will add more then twenty minutes to my trip home. The exception is if someone has done me a favor, then I'll almost always offer a ride. I'd be mad if someone expected me to go more than twenty minutes out of my way, barring very exceptional circumstances.

I know people who had a very drawn out closing for different reasons. Agree that they're trying to get out of paying those taxes, they probably sat on the property and left it vacant for awhile. I would be prepared to have more repairs than you expect for a newly renovated place, since the developers might not be the best. It could still be worth it if it's a good deal with a better interest rate, though. Definitely get a real estate lawyer, and talk to that lawyer about switching real estate agents. I feel like having their agent and yours with the same company is not great in a combative situation. You can eventually force them to follow through on the contract they signed with you, I believe. You may need to escalate, though.

They seem to have deleted their account. So weird. My guess is someone who's been sucked into the whole "cities are deadly war zones" bs.

Lol whoever that was reported me to Reddit and I got an automated message with crisis intervention links. I must be on the verge of a breakdown for thinking it's reasonable that someone wants to live in this beautiful, thriving city I've called home for 15 years.

Please ignore the ridiculous person spamming this thread. Good advice elsewhere on the thread for not getting scammed on craigslist. I'd also check Hotpads.com and FB marketplace. It's a little early now for listings to be up for January, you should find more stuff as it gets closer.

How would you get there without a car?