As an investment, real estate is entirely dependent on local conditions. If your area is booming, how sustainable is that growth? Is it tied to a specific industry? Also, do you want to stay in this community for the long term?

Nowhere near as a high as the Pru, but Yotel’s roof deck in the seaport has some nice views.

Don’t beat yourself up too much. You learned something about budgeting that will serve you well in life and we’re not talking about ruinous amounts of money here. Sell what you can now and regroup. Being down $3K will feel better than being down $6K.

Might try The Foundry in Kendall Sq. It has a metalworking shop. (I can’t speak to whether it has a lathe.) Alternatively, if you have an electric drill that you can strap to a work surface, stick the bolt in the chuck and turn the head down with a metal file.

There’s a lot of communities surrounding Worcester where the rent is lower.

It might be helpful to specify what type of engineering your degree was in.

Believe it or not, Target sells pretty good quality towels. I wouldn’t consider them extra fancy or high-end, but I have some that have held up suprisingly well.

Do you have a work visa? If not, you’re options for earning income will be limited.

Agreed. I should have mentioned that looking into permitting is important. If the existing shed is grandfathered in, some jurisdictions will allow you to replace with the same dimensions with prior approval.

It’s difficult to asses from a few pictures, but it might actually be more cost effective to demolish and rebuild from scratch.

Probably not. MA DOR requires an agent of an exempt organization to provide Form ST-2 AND ST-5 to waive meals tax.

Look for 18/8 stainless steel. It’s a good balance between price and durability/corrosion resistance.

I could see Coach in the North End. But no one lives in the Seaport. Not back then.

Thank god. If there’s one thing we desperately need is more labs!

I believe you can decline Masshealth coverage and that counts as loss of coverage, which is a qualifying event.

Why not just get on your husbands insurance now?

You can appeal for a closer location if you can demonstrate a transportation hardship - like no access to a car and public transit won't get you there by the appointed time.

Google 789 Main. It still stands.

Well, I’m glad that’s settled. Moving on…

You can try shoe goop for the places where the rubber has worn away. These might not be salvageable though. Rubber does eventually wear out.

NIMBYism aside, cutting down a bunch of trees to install solar doesn’t make much sense to me.

Beautiful! I could sit there all morning with a hot cup of coffee.

That’s pretty cool. Beast of a saw too.

https://www.mma.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/muni_forms_of_gov_2017.pdf

I agree the yes/no was counterintuitive and it’s very plausible that skewed the numbers a little.