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    Looking for a space to call my very own

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    It's me again! I am putting the fininshing touches on the new place and hope to have some pics or two to show you all.

    Here's my next question and forgive me if this is the wrong location.

    As I mentioned in the first post, I purchased my home before finding land to rent. I actually purchased 2 homes due to my indecisiveness :)) Once I found some land I determined which house was better suited. The problem was, my prim allowance was very small and the house unfurnished took up mostly half the prims.

    So I found a new house with much lower prims half of the 1st place and it is furnished. In the process of deciding which house to use and which house looked best on the property, I unlinked the 1st house. When I went to derezz it, I had to take the items back piece by piece (not fun at all). There are now hundreds of house pieces in my "obejects" folder some with proper names, others not so much. What am I supposed to do with them? When I go to rezz the 1st house in the future will it be a complete package or will it do it piece by piece?

    Also, one other thing - in the process of rezzing the 2nd house I somehow lost one of the front doors. I searched the inventory and its not there and I thought i might have palced somewhere else on the property by mistake. I'm still unable to find it. Is there anyway to somehow do a "find" for it?

    Username and Display Name

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    So, I went through the process of finding just the right name for my avatar. I've figured out how to remove my username from displaying in the (bubble over my head) and only show my display name. But for some reason, everyone continues to refer to me by my username (ellerc). Is there anyway to change my username or disable it from appearing anywere? I wish I had known when I registered that my user name would haunt me. lol 

     

     

    can't upload new profile picture

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    Thanks for the tip about updating the profile via the browser! I was still unable to do so and I received the following error: 

    AccessDeniedInvalid according to Policy: Policy expired.045C9616F15A3113pmI3vLRkRnpiWjK/m3hwhxm0lp1KFALJXIF0uZ9o6NQx46m8qXjNpIevil9hq3vJ

    I should mention that I'm using Safari 5.1. 

     

     

    can't upload new profile picture

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    I'm having a similar problem but I'm using Firestorm-Beta. I successfully changed my profile pic using Phoenix by uploading pic from my local drive not inventory. However, using Firestorm my profile pic is a gray box and the option to select the pic from my local drive is no longer available. Only my inventory and library. I've tried to drag and drop the pic there with no luck. 

    All of the help items I've read indicate that I should be uploading the pic from my local drive (even the Firestorm wiki) but the option isn't available.

    What gives? 

    Looking for a space to call my very own

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    Thank you all for  the information! I was even able to visit a few places suggested here.

    since I originally posted my question; I finally made up my mind (well sort of lol). I purchased both of the houses but will plan on using one. The house that I plan to live in has a footprint of 35x26 and uses 240 prims unfurnished (with lighting). 

    So accounting for furniture and extras(?) i will probably need at least 400-500 prims (maybe more). I'm not sure here since I don't know how many prims are usually needed to live comfortably. 

    After reading the suggestions here and looking around online for available land; I've concluded that I could afford to spend at most $1200L/week. I would still like to pay on a month to month basis. 

    GIven this new information, is my land search realistic for my needs? Are there places I should focus my search?

     

     

    Looking for a space to call my very own

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    I'm 2 weeks in on SL and have decided that i want to A) purchase a house (pre-fab) and B) find somewhere to put it. Currently, I've been living with my bf at his home but i would really like a place all of my own. I don't foresee this arrangement changing soon but it would be nice to have my own space and a place to put it eventually. 

    I'm having trouble decoding the lingo between buying and renting, parcel and homestead. I prefer to not invest too much money into land (either renting or buying) as I'm not sure how involved in SL i will be after say a month or two. My RL schedule has become very hectic. 

    I'm fairly certain that I would prefer living on a private estate vs.. the mainland but I'm flexible there. Also, I've narrowed my home search down to 2 possible prefab homes (30x35) and 2 possible 20x16 skyboxes (as I'm not sure which is the better option budget-wise). As i understand it, skybox "land" is pretty much the same as land in that the land below is yours to own as well. Is this correct? 

    I would like to keep my budget for land/rent at $20US/mo (max) and have the flexibility to pay monthly and in advance. Is this realistic, where can I find this space in SL? Does anyone have land to sale/rent within my budget? 

     

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