Kind of like a frog in a slowly boiling pot, you don't realize how bad it is getting until it's too late.

With your price range, in West Lafayette I would look at the areas north of Meridian St. and near Happy Hollow park. 

Buying stuff for the sake of buying it once you have a lot of things it doesn't really matter unless people put their worth on that kind of stuff which can be a hollow existence in and of itself.

We have attempted to kiss many frogs in my market over the past year plus.

When walking on the property the floor sounds very hollow.

For example, fiber board instead of sheetrock, nicer windows, better plumbing fixtures, solid vs hollow core doors. 

And remember that in that pond of frogs is a princess somewhere.

Usually hoping to get a free stay. so to the theory that I owe them beyond the cancellation policy or that we share the pain, rings very hollow to meMy town is tourism.

He has become the benchmark that we use as we move into other markets.Banker: We recently went through a game of kissing many frogs to find our prince.

This was another game change for me years ago.Other good productivity books I read:7 Levels of Communication - Michael Maher (Has productivity process but more about how to utilize your network if you are in sales)Eat That Frog - Brian TracyAtomic Habits - James ClearFocus - Stephen Covey