Too good to pass up

After weeks of searching for a house that was close to both my daughter's and son's new schools, we found a semi-affordable house with a ton of potential. After driving around the neighborhoods that would be central to both of the school (which are on the east side of the city but on opposite ends) for what seemed like weeks, we called on a sign in the yard of a house we had previously dismissed because of such poor pictures on the MLS. After walking thru, we made an offer the same day and negotiated for four more days. The house is roughly 50k less than anything we can find in the neighborhood, and although it needs some TLC, it is very large and has unbelievable views. The biggest problem with a house like this is that after fixing it up is very difficult to sell and move away from (there is too much emotional attachment). It might be a good one to fix up and pull a bunch of cash out of to invest in other projects to avoid moving. We have to be out of the house we sold in November, that we have since been renting, in April. I'll post some before and after pictures of the renovations we make to the house.