This week we both leave for a month, putting us in the curious situation of committing a push to close on a mortgage for a house that will stand empty for a month. Our realtor and mortgage agent are our star players right now, finding the cheapest handyman to do some touch-up painting to pass mortgage inspection and assuaging the worries of the seller to hurry up and close already before their next mortgage payment (not that we'd ultimately mind....). Those women are a god send. If you are ever looking for real estate in Michigan, let us know.
We drove by the house a few times during the past two days of breaks in the storms wondering when the painters were ever coming, and finally had to make some phone calls to light a fire. That's what cheapest buys you, I guess. Today it was done, yay!
Saturday Curt went to a mortgage counseling course given by a local community service group and learned a little bit more about borrowing mass amounts of money, but mostly learned that the counselor was mighty impressed with how right-on we are in all our considerations and actions.
Last time we drove by we saw a cardinal sitting atop the sold sign. Now we just wait.
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Oh, man, waiting for escrow to close is almost as bad as waiting for a baby to be born. My advice is to find lots of distractions -- maybe by planning a killer housewarming party! That's what I'd do, anyway.
Time for an update!
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