Well... the beautiful thing about Bigger Pockets is that you can talk with the folks off line, too.

New York City's a beautiful place, I'm trying to move their soon myself!

When the sun is out, the house is filled with all the natural light and it makes it very positive.

It's a beautiful thing.

I prefer the woods natural look, protected by 2 coats polyurethane.

personally, bruny, i am of the nature to try to get something as cheap as i can get it. its kind of a " i win" stragedy. lol. the better i do, the better i feel about it. from the the numbers you listed, $162 seems ok. they came down $27,000, you offered $59,000 less than original. my guess is that was a lowball offer for you. most banks aren't going to settle for a lowball offer anyway. i think i would come back at $150,000. you have come up a decent amount and are willing to assume other liens on the property, and you would be offering a reasonable amount to the bank for it. sure, they came down further than you went up, but if you add in the other liens, i would bet you pretty much meet in the middle

When I put down the satin poly the floors did not look new and fresh because they had natural defects.

Beautiful renovation!

In fact, it's beautiful (beside their shower walls).

Hi Karl, here's just my 2 cents...I'm Italian and of course Venice is surely a beautiful city.