Third Rejection...

Our offer on the house was once again rejected. We came up $5,000 from our last offer and they finally did at least verbally counter- $500 under their current asking price. Good news is that if they stick to their current pattern of dropping the price every 30 days, we'll be able to come together on December 15th (approximately).

This is good news but if we get our offer accepted in the middle of December we will get a house but not really by Christmas. We would still have to go through the loan process and that would take at least a month. At that point the only way to get our house for Christmas would be to be able to offer cash. With cash in hand you can sometimes close in about 3 days! The title is held by the bank so that makes the title search very quick and easy at least. What do you think?

Another option would be to wait until spring when their price would match what we offered earlier. I'm not sure that is a good idea as one reason this house isn't good for just anybody is that it doesn't qualify for conventional financing with so much that needs to get fixed up. You need to have 3-1/2% of the price for the down payment. Once folks get their tax return monies then they might be able to pull this off but we'll have sufficient to match the cash needed before 2012 when the price drops in December.

You're sure to do impossible things.....

Lyrics | - Follow Your Heart lyrics

My speakers aren't currently working :( but I love the lyrics!

You're sure to do impossible things
If you follow your heart
Your dreams will fly on magical wings
When you follow your heart
If you have to journey far
Here's a little trick
You don't need a guiding star
Trust your thicker, get there quicker

You're sure to do impossible things
If you follow your heart

You're sure to do impossible things
If you follow your heart
Your dreams will fly on magical wings
When you follow your heart

North or south or east or west
Where to point your shoes?
Which direction is the best?
If the choosing get confusing
Maybe it's the map you're using
You don't need a chart to guide you
Close your eyes and look inside you

You're sure to do impossible things
If you know where to start
Your dreams will fly on magical wings
When you follow
Just trust the swallow
And always follow your heart

Questionable Square footage....

I went and visited my friend Eve and she got to show off he new house... NICE! The white carpet wouldn't work for my family but with just two kids she seems to handle it well. Her home is over 3,000 sq feet and it seemed bigger than the one we're looking at. It also has amazing closets everywhere!

I stopped by and measured "the house" and it only came up with 3,070 if I included the garage space. Not the 3313 they advertise. The county records show 1769 and 1044 unfinished. Total on that is 2813. The county says the garage is 319 sq ft so if I deducted the county's garage estimate from the 3,070 I get 2751 sq feet. That doesn't sound nearly as big. According to our agent Stephanie, the square footage is always an estimate and you have to confirm it yourself. Interesting.

I remember our big house in Oregon. It was over 3,000 sq feet of totally usable space. They measured from the inside and they also didn't count it as livable space if the roof was slanted and you had to duck! It's sure a lot easy to measure from the outside like Idaho does but a house that's 3,000 square feet in Oregon is sure a lot bigger than a 3,000 square foot house in Idaho.
Always,
Vickie

Feeling Better

So I was down today. Don't know when it started but just couldn't get it in gear. Hope you like the songs I added and that they give you a boost like they do me!
Always,
Vickie

Smash Mouth-All Star with lyrics

Just because I like it :)

Rodney Atkins - If You're Going Through Hell

Thank You - Ray Boltz

To all my friends and visitors. Thank you for coming, for caring.... my love goes out to you all today!