Trip from Utah to Ohio: $1000; Owning a home outright for $3,000 = Priceless.

IF you’re not aware - my wife and I just bought our first home. This is huge since we’ve had months in the past two years where it has been hard to come up with our rent, without borrowing from relatives. Due to hard times our credit was shot, but thanks to the housing crisis - foreclosures are plentiful. We bought a triplex about 1 mile from Case Western Reserve College. It only cost us $3,000 - yes it needs about 5-10,000 in repairs but it appraises over 100,000 and is in ok shape all things