Live in Lowell, buy two houses, save time, energy, money on your commute, and embrace the arts scene and cultureS-- plural emphasized.

Other than rain of course ;) Cost of living was low, taxes were low, personal freedom was high, I really liked the culture that used to exist here too before pretentious yuppie corporate culture completely took over.

I think the welcoming culture and the sharing of knowledge is my favorite aspect of the biggerpockets community.

And if you move inland how much will you miss the beach culture, because it is different.

Bottom line - its kind of a street rat culture, lots of low-level hustler types who like to post checks to their social media, rent flashy apartments, and other silly stuff, but the good ones do well.  

Much hard work in front of us but we will celebrate tonight!

It's monthly at the Celebrity Theater every second Monday.

If you have one of those cool shower inserts like you see at Home Depot all is great and cheap, if you have tile and cultured marble and the like the price skyrockets quickly.

Nice folks, fairly major airport, culture.

These are personal expenses, and only a portion of them can be deducted via home officecannot treat drinks with your band as a business expense, with an occasional exception like maybe a celebration of a new album releasecannot deduct "business attire or stuff I will wear at a show."