Urban Poly Princess

Ugly, ugly snow. I love my covered parking BUT I wish parking at work was covered. The Salt Lake City Library downtown has covered parking but that's the only one I can think of. None of the County libraries have that.

I know I'm going to live in SLC eventually so it might be better for me to move away after my Logan time is done so I have that experience BUUUT I REALLY hope my husband can be a mission president that'll let me live somewhere else before I end up in Salt Lake. I like Salt Lake and there is nothing wrong with moving there permanently, I just know I'll end up there for the most part and this is my chance to move somewhere else for now. I appreciate it sooo much more now that I live on a farm. Of course my mother is there and my family is all over the valley and then George is in Utah Valley. I want to be extremely successful in Real Estate there which is why I have to make a concerted effort now. I need to treat it like school. Starting here will give me valuable training and experience I can take with me to Salt Lake.

I need that mindset to get through the time I have left to fulfill my commitment here. I am in school to prepare me to really work in Salt Lake City. I don't know ANY Poly real estate agents in Salt Lake City. Wait I do know Tilema Latu. She actually offered me a job to work in her office for 28,000 a year. Yeah NO thanks!!! That was NOT something I wanted to do. I only had my bachelor degree in English then BUT I was a collections trainer for First Security Bank and I knew I wanted to return to graduate school eventually. STILL I made more money than she was offering me. I don't think so!!! I don't know if she's still doing that.

I'd like to move to a City Creek condo downtown. That'll be close to my mother and actually if I can convince her to move there she can stay late at the family history library and just walk home to sleep when she's done. They are building a new city library a couple blocks from her house and with the new Traxx stop it can't be hard for her to get around now. My mother's location now is actually ideal. I should just remodel her house. I'm not sure what she'll let me do. I still want a City Creek Condo although a Gateway Condo or any Condo downtown would be fine for me. I want a 3 bedroom with 2 full bathrooms AND a powder room off the living room/dining room.

One thing I like about my mother's house is that because it's a house there are no HOA fees. I loved living in the Belvedere on Main. What I didn't like was paying for a parking space. Because my mother has a house just out of downtown she doesn't have HOA fees OR parking fees to deal with. The Avenues and Federal Heights are nice but I think priced ridiculously. My mother's house is in Rose Park and I haaate that BUUUT she's never been bothered because of that and she is in walking distance to downtown so it really is a good deal. Actually it would be great to buy the lot next to it and demolish both homes before putting something nice there. I don't like the neighborhood however. There is no way I would raise my family there.There is a huge Poly community there and I do like them BUUUT the white population is not one I'd want to have anything to do with there. I attended my mother's ward with her a couple times and I didn't like it. I also met her visiting teacher and her family. AGAIN, I don't want to associate with them or raise my children in that environment.

Nothing's really bad. I think near any downtown however are the bad neighborhoods and the expensive neighborhoods. Anywhere in the valley is nice and not priced badly. I like Draper, South Jordan and even West Jordan is nice. They are all good neighborhoods to me to raise families in. Glendale is probably the worst near-downtown area. I've been to the grocery store in Glendale. It feels awful just walking in to the store. Welfare Square is in Glendale. That is weird. There is the LDS Employment center, a DI, the church bakery, the bishop's storehouse and a place where you can buy food storage items. The distribution center is in Glendale too on the other side close to West Valley. There's a metal fence surrounding both areas. Of course there is!!! One thing I am happy about is that although I feel awful in those areas I think people are reluctant to mess with me because they can see right away that I'm not white. A stereotype but one I'm happy to exploit in those situations.

I like the Avenues, Federal Heights and Sugarhouse. I also like Cottonwood Heights but it is far from downtown and I like being close to everything including the airport. When I am a real estate master I should be able to find something that has the space I want without being ridiculous in the Avenues or even Federal Heights. Hopefully I'll make the money that'll let me afford a house in Federal Heights. Working in libraries, even if I'm a director I'll never make over $200,000 a year. I'd like to own several income-properties that will give me the time I want to spend raising my children well and allow me to travel and serve in any capacity in the church.

I need real estate to supplement my income.

I attended the Tongan single adult ward in South Jordan when I lived there. I did attend the Tongan singles ward in Glendale briefly but I hated meeting in the ghetto and the people there were ghetto too. I like the Planned Community Daybreak right near the Oquirrh Mountain temple in South Jordan. The community looks like Seussville. I got to see several homes there when George was considering moving there. I don't know what their weird obsession with Utah Valley is. I would love to raise my family in Daybreak or anywhere in South Jordan. It is more conducive to children. Even if I can't have my own physically, I will adopt children.