I found myself in a very similar situation a few years ago and figured out that it was much more cost effective to spend my time just fixing the house instead of working more at a second job (or overtime on my first job) and paying someone to do the fixing for me.
Plus you'll be equipped to fix any problems that come up and when stuff breaks you have nobody to blame but yourself!
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I found myself in a very similar situation a few years ago and figured out that it was much more cost effective to spend my time just fixing the house instead of working more at a second job (or overtime on my first job) and paying someone to do the fixing for me.
Plus you'll be equipped to fix any problems that come up and when stuff breaks you have nobody to blame but yourself!