Restless Tension

Clouds
April 10, 2007

There has been a lot of activity on our house yet no offers. Yesterday I came up with a brilliant plan of possibly rebuilding on the same lot something my husband seemed to be a bit interested in. After all the location is great but would be better with a bit more privacy something that could be established easy enough. In my mind I had already resided myself to no movement on the house meant no action. Frankly I'm getting tired of the spit & shine routine anyway. The house showed Wednesday evening then the real estate called asking if an outside agent could show at 1 pm on Thursday. I got that news just after getting out of the dentist's chair so had to scurry home instead of the nice leisurely shopping for a wedding shower gift. After the showing I eyed up the asparagus I had picked up on the way home wondering whether to process it or not because the real estate agent had call to say not to go anywhere. I assumed that meant they were wanting to show the house again that afternoon. Then I got another call asking when my husband would be home. Just after six o'clock she arrived with the first offer.

The offer is almost perfect. The potential buyer(s) are investors speculating on flipping the house. There are no conditions regarding the buyer selling their house or finding financing. They aren't interested in any of our appliances. The offer is $27,000 less than our asking price and apparently they got their offer price from the property taxes assessment that is always based on the value 5 years ago. Since we already dropped the price of our house in order for a quick sale to secure the new house we aren't willing to go much lower so we counter-offered with a slightly reduced price As I type this they are in negotiations with their real estate agent. I suspect things will be going back and forth today several times. So now we wait with restless tension...