Repair used to be affordable. It isn’t, now.

Almost every person we’ve hired to fix anything on our house has ended up screwing it up.

My goal now is to keep it holding together until I can retire and then fix it myself.

I’ve found that with time, patience, and a willingness to learn, I can get better results than most “professionals”.

With any luck it will be in good, sellable shape by the time I die, so the kids can get some money from it.