[77blazerchalet]

Reality is what it is. I was so close to buying a home in Phoenix during the big housing boom on a couple of different occasions, but was outbid each time. Now the irony is that I could buy two homes for the price of one, but the decision to semi-retire two years ago reduced the cash reserves.

A big back yard would have made working on the thing so much easier, as opposed to only hours at a time on weekends at my parents' HOA-controlled neighborhood, with its fierce restrictions about working on vehicles in driveways.

Not to worry too much, I'll continue to be a Chalet nut, just without an actual Chalet for a while.....