Monday - 2nd Showing for a recently divorced woman with 2 little kids. She brings a contractor to understand options to expand the garage and driveway. She continues to LOVE the house but no offer that evening.
Audra and Maci Enjoying the SNOW & Warmer Winter Weather
Tuesday - Still no news on her offer but 2 more showings.
Wednesday - The Low Day! We received a call that the lady is attempting to figure out the best mortgage amount given some recent new information on her alimony compared to what she had been told by the judge previously. Therefore, she may offer but likely not as quickly as we need. In the same breath, our realtor shares that the new house took someone through it and they are making an offer. If the sellers accept, that puts us on the clock to sell our house/complete inspection etc within 10 business days. Lots of tears later, we put a plan in place. I wrote a letter to the seller's realtor and sellers explaining who we are and hoping to buy time (thankfully that seemed to work), we also understood how best to do a bridge loan so we don't lose the house and while doing all this our realtor gets a text from the showing on Tuesday night. A single guy (recent veteran) LOVES the house and is ready to write an offer. They want to come back for a showing Thursday evening and will be ready to progress - prayers are answered!
Maci Teaching her Brother to Dance HA
Thursday - I have a hair apt after work and check my text messages maybe every 10 mins. On the drive home our realtor calls and Clint/I call him back 5 mins later. We learn they are putting in offer in at only 5k under ask!!! DEAL SIGN AND BE DONE! We finish the purchase agreement that night, our realtor explains our timetable so they get their inspection scheduled for Saturday. In the meantime, our realtor gets a hold of the new house and we have yet to hear we have been put on a clock since they are likely excited to hear we have a signed purchase agreement. We went to bed with smiles on our faces.
Friday - Talked about it all day at work as many knew how sad Wednesday was, the turnaround we had on Thursday and then the excitement of Friday! After work I headed to the west end for girls night - what fun news to share! We did a little shopping and then dinner/margaritas - always a good time!! We also had another showing as we should keep doing those in case of back up offers.
Costume Kim Potato Head Fun!
Saturday - The usual dance followed by a trip by the new house, some errands and lunch all in an effort to stay away from the house for the 3 hour home inspection. We haven't heard back yet on any specifics from the inspection and given MN has higher likelihood of Radon, they are running that test and will pick up for results on Monday. After getting home, I dozed watching some TV and woke to texts from Clint and the realtor as the Friday night people also loved the house and may still write an offer (even though they would be a back up.) We ended our Saturday by heading to Maple Grove and having dinner at a Mexican restaurant - yummy!
Sunday - Started the day with Church/Sunday school and then drove around a bit before settling on Benhinna for lunch. We got home for some lazy time around the house - finishing laundry, ordering groceries, watching TV, coloring, naps etc. After dinner, I am looking forward to catching up on some work in front of the TV with the Oscars on in the background.
Please send good thoughts that things continue to move in a favorable direction with both houses throughout this week. We feel like we are so close to having this crazy time behind us and enjoying our new family home. We also appreciate all the well wishes and sanity saving conversations.
Lots of Love,
C, K, M & C
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