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Oh Barb-it's upsetting what this whole process is doing to you and DH. I know it's easy for any of us to say but please try and relax-your health is very important.
I know, we are a mess...but we are trying to hang in there and take care of ourselves. I sound like I drink a lot, I don't, but i was wiggin out this morning...i did make the bed and wash off my crocs...they were dirty from the trip...will do some laundry and make some calls to agents...
I will report later...
Yes LaceyEx how is it going there, sometimes I get so wrapped up in my own nightmare I tend to forget you all have your own going on.
Great idea..How about once we ALL get sold or bought and settled, we go on a cruise? We know each other well enough, maybe just a short 3 or 4 day one...
Any takers? Now, THAT is relaxation...
I am willing to play travel agent for all interested, will have to be next year to give us all time to settle, I think it would be a lot of fun...we could call ourselves some funny name and have t shirts made...suggestions appreciated...
ok, we had the broker's open. Good feedback, and they all thought the house was priced right with this latest reduction. We also had a showing; someone who saw it when it was first listed. Hopefully she likes it better at this price!
Fingers crossed! Good luck with the second showing, reduced price buyer! Sounds hopeful.
Thanks for all of your support, and good luck to all of you. I think my shirt will read "Bloom where you're planted." The only good thing is that my house is spotless.
dogmom- I hear ya! Do you mind babysitting my 5 yr old angel on that cruise: )
We talked to our agent again today. She doesn't want to drop the price, said we've had good activity. It is maddening- we had a flurry of activity over hte holiday weekend when we relisted- that was surprising to me and I felt optimistic it was going to happen soon. Now we are below all the new listings on price and our house is PERFECT. The only thing we "could" change is to paint the whole thing boring beige and get rid of our designer colors. But I don't think that will do anything. This whole living in limbo thing is driving me crazy too- I told Dh yesterday I'd either gain 10 lbs from stress eating, become an alcoholic or both. I'm trying to take advantage of summer w/ my daughter and go to pool (which we pre-paid for the year- thank Goodness) and do yoga. I am not sure it is helping. We really want to just slash the price but our realtor thinks it is too soon- I am just anxious b/c we really NEED to close by September 1 or we have to sell off my 401K which with the market, is dropping thousands by the week. We calculated our income and it doesn't cover the 2 large mortgages now and we'll have to pay living expenses out of savings. We are thinking about a bridge loan.
What is the saddest to me of all is that we listed our home back in March to REDUCE our expenses and our DEBT. Look where it has gotten us. I hope it changes quickly and I am thinking of all of us struggling now.
We are getting about 3-4 showings a week I guess. We go there about every other day to air out the home, do yardwork and stage it if there is a showing. The home is impeccable. I think a lot of people are sitting on sidelines. I think the ONLY things selling (and I'm in a very desirable neighborhood) are the fire sale deals. Well, we'll be one of those soon if it keeps going this way.
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