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Looking at jumping ship after kvk to a new kingdom. How to choose one? F2p Current stats: tc28 with full t9s. My concerns: I'm currently in top #1 alliance in this kingdom, but I'm tired of being the weak one amongst the whales. I made a joke recently; a your mom joke, and when confronted i apologized immediately, i was trying to be funny not insulting. Growing up the 90s we all made your m{m jokes constantly and this one was innocent (what are they looking at? Your mom) anyways made this joke to a leader whale and they basically told me to do exactly what they say or else. 🙄.

Is there a kingdom that isn't filled with a bunch of sensitive power tripping whales? I'd rather be in a new kingdom and help my people excel, rather the the lowly one swatted down constantly.

Update: i realize i just don't like the game enough. so i deleted my accounts. Problem solved.

This is my 5th flip and it's the first home I've encountered where the yard, front and back is dead - dead grass, no landscaping at all. Normally I'd toss in irrigation system and sow grass, do some perennial beds and mulch to make everything pop.....BUT the wtaer cost in this town is crazy high (high mtn desert) and there are water restrictions almost every summer. So watering grass is insanely expensive: my neighbor has beautiful grass but pays almost $600 a month just watering 😳.

I don't mind SOME xeriscaping, but on a 1\4 acre of land, that's just ugly to do 100% of it. Likewise a 1\4 acre worth of grass is cost prohibitive. What do y'all do, or what would you do in this situation?

I go through about 1 book every 2 weeks. I love authors like laurell k Hamilton, charliane harris, patricia brighs, llona andrews, etc.

But i can't find them, or authors like them with free audiobooks series. Some have 1 or 2 in a 8 book series but thats it. I'm poor and can't afford audiobooks. I also can't read paperback or evooks because I have RA and my hands just can't hold the book or device anymore.

Any thoughts for solutions?

Edit: yes i use libby and hoopla.

Remodeling a 1947 home on slab. The master bedroom isn't that large, so an abundance of dressers would limit walking space and framing out a new closet would reduce space prohibitively. The closet is 3'x3' and en suite bathroom currently has a toilet & sink. We could knock out the side of the cloest wall for a larger closet 3'x6' approximately or keep the tiny closet and put in shower only (no tub).

This is a flip house so yes, adding value would be great, but i like to keep in mind potential buyers that won't buy a home because the master bedroom has no real closet. Thoughts?

Edit: the house is 3bd, 1.5 bath. The full bathroom is by the 2 smaller bedrooms. Putting a shower in would mean an elevated shower of 8"-12" because of ancient slab. Closet would mean dealing with plaster walls which is it's own nightmare.

Just bought a fixer upper, like severe neglect for at least 10 yrs. My spouse and i are very mechanical so we love the prospect of sweat equity. The house is 1947 on slab foundation on half, the other half was added on in 1960 and has a crawl space. The walls\structure are cinderblock.

We noticed a little slope, downhill side, upon inspection and assessed that the house settled byt the cracks and repairs were obviously made a long time ago (10-20yrs) and have not increased since, so we aren't concerned about instability. BUT the floors in the 1947 front part (uphill side) of the house are quite a bit more sloped than we realized after previous owner got his stuff out (his stuff and carpet we ripped out hide much of the slope.

What we are concerned about is the best way to flatten the floors. I know drywall, carpentry, remodeling kitchen and bathrooms, my spouse knows hvac, plumbing, electrical, water & sewer. But we've never dealt with slab work before. The flooring is directly on slab, no wood subfloor.

As a wood worked my first thought was to shim up the floors with wood joists and subfloor plywood, but that seems like it would screw up every doorway and they'd all have to be raised and redone. The slope in the majority of the house is largely unnoticeable, even inspectors (2 previous from potential buyers) didnt ctach it. BUT it bugs me. And it really bugs me in the master bedroom because with nothing in it and carpet ripped out it IS very noticeable. Like half the room isnabout and inch higher than the other half, but adjacent living room is not noticeable, so if i shim up the master bedroom there will be an obvious raised platform to bedroom. Sigh.

What are the solutions here?! Again, I don't need foundation suggestions as the settling occured many years ago and has not worsened. I just need ideas to level out the master bedroom floor without it being wicked noticable from the living room.

What are my options here? Thanks in advance