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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 7:36 am
RN: Nope, no contingency! 95% of 278 is about 264. If they want that, and they'll cover closing, we'll go for it, but hey, we have to give that 255 a shot, cause hey, ya never know!
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Jeep
Member
10-17-2001
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 7:38 am
RN, Escapee I just sold my mom's home a few weeks ago. Asking price was $229,000 and it sold for $215,000 which is just a bit more than 5% less. The only reason the $215,000 was accepted was because the buyer waived all the house inspections and he paid the closing costs. Otherwise, I would not have gone that low. A big however is that in just a few weeks, the housing market around here has slowed quite a bit. My realtor was fussing about all the empty houses on the market. I think there's more felxibility with offers now. Good luck! If you really want the house, keep negotiating until you get where you want to be with the price and closing.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 7:40 am
RN: I am really getting my hopes up, I know!
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 8:31 am
Right now I am drinking a really bad cup of coffee. I don't know what possessed me to try this flavor. It's peach. Peach coffee??? What was I thinking? Actually, I've had Mocha Valencia (orange) before and that was yummy. But this peach. Bleck. Escapee, good luck! Whoo!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 8:34 am
RN: Here's hoping! I should pop over to the discussing religions thread and get some prayers.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 10:05 am
RN, I think that's a really fair offer. If the house is vacant, you are an approved buyer and the market is slow..sounds like an offer I would accept! good luck.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 10:29 am
RN, our house was on the market for over 150 days before we got an offer and we had gone down 10% on the asking cost already. we got full price (the 459k we had dropped to from 499k) and had to give 10k back in closing costs. things are really slowing down in a lot of california areas... go ahead and try the 255k. the closing costs will probably be between 6 and 7k, so the owner would get about 30k less than their asking price. have you gone to www.zillows.com and put in the address for the house you are looking at? it will tell you what is basically 'worth', although they wouldn't have pool or remodeling or anything special 'valued'. when i first went to zillows, our house was valued at 471k, which was above the 459k it was then listed at. last week, it was only listed at 449k. what's funny is that this 'new' house we paid 270k for was listed at 249k when i first went to zillows and now it's up to 263k! gosh, i have soooo much to still do. but the dining room and living room look great, although the living room is a bit 'crowded'. i don't care. i want both chairs and the couch and the little reading area with my two tell city chairs from the 60's! it just feels 'homey' to me, although i am sure others would want a much 'simpler' room. i have a lot of family up here and there is nothing worse than having seating for 4 and having a dozen people over! our bedroom is getting there. every time i think i have it under control, dh stores some boxes of things he 'doesn't know what to do with'. i do. when he's not looking, i sneak the boxes back into the garage! LOL kendall was having a barking match with a neighbor's dog yesterday and another neighbor got pissed. there are a lot of dogs up here and you always hear some barking off in the distance, but you just get used to it. well, not this gal. she went to the neighbor with the great pyrenee and complained. we weren't home, so that gal called the people who used to live here. those people reached my dh by cell phone, only he's back in los banos for a couple of days. so there i was, eating my super nachos, playing bingo at the casino and the casino manager comes over to tell me there is a problem and to call my dh! so i call my dh and he tells me and i think the dogs are out on the street fighting, and i have just spent 86 bucks to play bingo and i'm going to have to leave. well, he discovered kendall was still in our backyard, the other gal had taken her dog in and there really wasn't a 'current problem'. so i got to finish the games, but i couldn't hit costco and home depot and go visit my step-dad. as soon as the games ended, i had to get my butt home (45 miles). i get home and kendall is sleeping at the front door. i go to the neighbor with the great pyrenee and she tells me kendall is no problem for her and it's the gal on the other side of her who hates dogs and complains everytime kendall and buddy 'visit'. oh, and by the way, did i know one of my shoes is by the fence?! that sneaky kendall! i saw an ad for a 6'x12' cyclone fence pen but it had been sold already. we don't leave kendall in if we are out more than a few minutes because he still likes to get into things left where he can reach them, and with tons of boxes of stuff, he would have a field day! i was supposed to go to costco and home depot today if i could, but i don't want to leave kendall in the house, i know that buddy is out--so i can't leave kendall outside or they'll have their barkfest--and i can't leave kendall in a hot car while i'm shopping. gosh, i love that varmint, but he sometimes creates a logistical problem! he does sleep like a baby at night, but none of the stores i need to hit are open 24 hours! 
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Irishtxgrl
Member
12-07-2005
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 5:51 pm
RN my kids' are being rowdy before bed and driving me crazy but at least they are going to bed
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 6:01 pm
Right now ... my legs are killing me from my first 3 days of going to the gym. Between the eliptical and bicycle I am so sore!!! 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 6:14 pm
Rn my kidlets are already in bed and amazingly haven't gotten up yet. Darren came home early from work sick as a dog and has been in bed since earlier this afternoon and I know right now he's laying there watching tv awake so they can't sneak past, lol.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 5:45 am
RN: We went back over and scoped out the house again. So, we are offering them 267000. That and our closing costs puts it up to 275000. There are no other offers, so hopefully they'll bite.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 7:49 am
RN, i can't see why they wouldn't take that offer, escapee. it's basically full asking price minus some closing costs. if they don't take it, they are fools!! good luck. oh, and i don't envy you the actual 'move', although i doubt anyone has as much junk as we do! DID YOU GO TO ZILLOWS TO SEE WHAT THEY HAD THAT HOUSE VALUED AT?? late tonight dh and dd and friends with two of their 4 kids are coming. i need to not only get this house in better shape, i have to get the motorhome clean for the parents to sleep in. i do have the bedroom part of it all done--cleaned, vacuumed, fresh linens, etc., but since we used the motorhome as the world's largest samsonite suitcase, we still have things packed in it. i am not even going to open the storage compartments underneath. they go all the way through and are stuffed with both camping gear and boxes from the move. i hope dh will be able to get dd's yearbook today. can you believe they are coming 3 weeks after graduation? my dd had to use a notebook for her friends to sign. i think it's disgraceful that you pay 70 bucks for your yearbook and it comes too late to have anyone sign it. not only that, but supposedly 'spring sports' did not make it into the actual book and the yearbook company is making an extra CD with those pics and it can be purchased for 15 dollars! the kids graduated may 25. yearbooks are supposedly coming today. when my dd told the school she was physically moving, they did not want to pay to mail it to our new address. well, too damn bad; if it's not there today, they have to mail it. it's their fault it's being done late to start with. they forgot to tell the company that we graduated earlier this year than other years since they changed the entire school calendar to have the kids start in the middle of august and get out in may. vaca, good for you sticking with the gym routine!! i know when i first get on the treadmill or take those first steps outside my yard to take the dog for a long walk, it's hard to get going. once i'm off, it's okay, but getting started is a bear! war, how's darren doing? is everyone else staying well?
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Metoo
Member
02-22-2005
| Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 7:52 am
RN: It's been a sad few days at work. My co-worker passed away unexpectedly Thurs. morning while getting ready for work. When she didn't show up at 1:00 pm, I started calling her house and cell phone. After about 45 min. I called her son and he went to her house and found her. Funeral was Sunday. Her passing has affected many of us. We will miss her.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 8:59 am
RN, wow, how sad, metoo. i am so sorry.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 9:13 am
Right now, how tragic, Metoo. I am so sorry for the family and for you and your co-workers.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 9:27 am
RN: In the writer's corner, I think we should have a "short storie" thread, and share stories we have lived or written or should write.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 9:35 am
Right now, I'm sorry to hear that Metoo. Escapee, Where is the writer's corner? If you like you can put in a request for us to create a folder for short stories.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 9:38 am
RN, Tabby, one of the schools that two of my kids graduated from doesn't hand out yearbooks until the following year! My other dd's school gives them out at the e.o.y. but no pics after say January! rip off!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 9:38 am
Writer's Corner
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 12:06 pm
RN, how sad is that to not hand out yearbooks on time?! especially as my dd was a senior and will not see most of the kids for years since we moved 300 miles away. it just stinks!! RN, escapee, thanks for tearing me away from my work LOL...i went to writer's corner then to latest books being read and then spent half an hour trying to think of titles for janet evanovich's next novel.... frappincrap, i'd best get a move on here!!!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 3:40 pm
Right now ... me and my sore "going to the gym" legs are going to take my dog out for a walk. If I don't come back, send for a search party. I'll be on the bench waiting!! LOL!! 
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Buttercup
Member
09-10-2000
| Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 4:17 pm
RN, Vacanick...
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 4:40 pm
Right now ... Maggie and I made it back. Call off the search party. I think I need a nap! 
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 4:42 pm
Right now, I remember when Vacanick could barely walk a couple times around the track. Yay Vacanick!!!
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 4:42 pm
rn, thanks for checking in Vaca...i'm calling the search party off now. good on you for going to the gym.
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