MI Love: Greenacres - All the neighbors will stop by

I mentioned yesterday that we had a meeting with our contractor (Rufino Labra of Labra Design Build, who should really get his own MI Love post at some point, but for now you can visit his website to see his portfolio) to figure out if we can afford to fix the house.

I arrived to our house early and sat on the porch to wait for the realtor - and I decided to wave at cars as they drove past. Most waved back. Some called out hello. Rebecca laughed at me, but I'm pretty sure waving was the right thing to do.

We had a productive meeting; I love watching Fino's problem-solving process. We're still waiting on a couple items from the inspection, but we tentatively have a plan in place to get the house livable, though it will be a few years before it's restored to its former glory. (How long? Part of that depends how many of you volunteer to spend a few Saturdays helping with projects.)

And then our next door neighbor came home as we were leaving and stopped to chat; he said once we close and move in, all the neighbors will stop by to say hello. He acknowledged that high insurance prices are an issue and that there are other challenges, but he also said he wouldn't want to live anywhere else, and after every single visit to Greenacres, we can see why.

Now we have to close.