We put an offer in last night
Our realtor spends a lot of time in Vegas and this is his favorite part. He sat us down and told us our options, including the subtle nuances in the fine art of negotiation. Go too low, he told us, and you risk annoying them. Sometimes it makes sense to edge up in your opening price a bit in the hopes that they just take it. Plus, he says, sometimes bidding low right off puts you into a heated transaction where you may end up paying more because emotions get involved. So we went with a low-middle bid.
It’s kind of horrifying to talk to in real life people about the house. For one, it’s embarrassing to admit that we’re planning on buying it before we sell this one because that seems so insane. Also it feels like we shouldn’t have enough money to do that. I keep putting down the house. I go like this, “It’s a great location! But the yard is a mess. The kitchen is laid out really well! But the lighting is horrendous. It has a lot more living space! It smells funny.”
See, you don’t want to be too confident or excited about your endeavors; that’s a midwestern thing.
Because of the possible house-to-be, I’m not going to the writing conference I was thinking about in the spring. I’m not sure about this. It’s expensive but I was hoping the investment would be worth it to get me all inspired and stuff. But then I was thinking that what with the house and all the homeschooling activities coming up and then the high holy days and then the regular old American and Christian holidays, I’d be lucky to get any extra time to write before the New Year. So I came to the conclusion that ambition and inspiration is not something I need more of right now since what ambition and inspiration I have is actually a terrible burden that makes me feel put-upon and bitter.
But I’ll admit to a good bit of yearning.
All of this is to lead into this month’s Your Commentary at Literary Mama. Please weigh in over there!
Good luck Dawn. I understand the “we must be insane” thing and the “how can you have money to do that” thing (frugal husbands, what can I say?). But sometimes it is absolutely right. It was for us and I’m feeling good about it working for you too.
“See, you don’t want to be too confident or excited about your endeavors; that’s a midwestern thing.”
I think that’s pretty international.
Good luck on the house, so nervewracking!!!!
i’ll second what marie said about it being international…
good luck with the house!
i can relate to the creative yearnings and inspiration being tempered by time and other obligations. just with painting instead of writing. i’ll have to head over to literary mama too.
Good luck! I think you guys are doing the right thing, everything will work out fine. (About two posts ago: I *love* the way your kitchen looks - you’ll probably miss that
We also had brand new appliances in our old kitchen, those were hard to leave behind).
I also second Marie’s comment.
P.S. Madison looks great! She’s so chubby, I feel like squeezing her
What happened? DId they accept your offer or not??