1 month today

Today was the first "lookers" in a month. There is a coldness between the realtor and myself. I'm on his case about getting anyone in, to look.
The lookers were here maybe 15 minutes. The realtor was like pushing the lookers through, "OK it is time to go". I felt like he was doing this just to appease me.
I wish I had a copy the the crappy picture he has posted on 30 websites of our house. Out of focus, too far back to see any details, and dark. "OH, IT's OK" he said, ya right.
Oh well, we will be gone soon...
I screwed up. Never go with the first realtor that walks through the door.

Still Waiting

Neither house is still not moving. But we are. Packed up much from the house which is in the RV now and taking to Tori's. We're going to fill 1/2 her garage.
Serviced the RV and ready to roll.
Gave the Ivanhoe Realtor hell for only 2 lookers in 5 weeks. I was doing better than that.
Can't get the Realtors in Sherman to call the Chase Short Sale negotiator's boss to push our sale through.
And you know I'm a patient person...
Serviced all the bikes trying to use up some of the several cases of oil I bought.
Finally decided we are taking the Venture on our trip and leaving the dirt bike at Tori's.
Linda's getting her mother situated so we can leave.
Hitting almost a 100d outside.
No cover on the pool so the water is evaporating fast. I have a hose dripping several gallons an hour.
BORED!
Can't wait to hit the road Jack but we have to come back...

Well isn't this going nowhere

No action on the Calf Creek Sherman property, no action here on the El Paso house sale, no projects, most have quit riding Sat's, it's getting hot out, the roads are boring, went to Sierra Blanca for the 150th time last week, got the realtor's requests done by getting rid of the Nicky Nacks and some stuff on the walls. Packed up much stuff and put it in the shed.
Waiting and my lack of patience aren't agreeing.
It's been weeks since we went camping. So we went to Elephant Butte NM on Friday. Got a good site with a view of the lake. The lake is about 1/2 full, better than 2 years ago when it was down to 7%. Was cool enough in the morning to turn on the heat and by afternoon had the A/C on. Sat. I went for a ride on a road parallel to I-25 to Socorro NM. Actually I had not been on that road because we always take the Interstate going to ALBQ. Went by Basque del Apache national park. It's a wild life sanctuary used by ducks and geese in the fall and spring, but of course I was not there at the right time and the roads were dirt. These are not much fun on the Venture at 800#'s.
Sunday morning I drove out to Winston NM along side the Gila Mtns. The roads are curvy and fun. Great scenery. Temps and winds were just perfect.
Drove home Sunday afternoon. Linda said gas was cheap on Montana so we gassed up there. They were cheap alright... the only give ya about 85% of a gallon. The mileage computer said we burned 26 gallons and got charged 30! Will never go there again.
RV runs great. Still and probably will always be working on rattles and squeaks. We have an annoying noise that comes and goes at right at 55 mph that I like to travel at. OF COURSE....
I'm more relaxed, have more to do out RV'g, wine tastes a lot better, can't wait to move on.
Now how do they know what the Milky Way looks like when we are inside it and it is 100,000 light years across? Oh Ya, the Moon Sat. night was a waxing crescent and Venus was the brightest I've ever seen it and they were right next each other, Way Cool

Interesting developments

Well the Sherman Calf Creek Ln house/property is back on. They called us asking to extend the contract. We did until late Aug. That's 4 months!
In El Paso, we were getting 3 phone calls a day and 1 looker. They were are all "Looky Loos".
Most phone calls are "How Much"? I say $175k. Good Bye....
How would you do the owner financing? When did "For Sale By Owner" become Owner Financing? I said, can you afford $175? Most just hung up. Can you afford $1500 a month payments? More hangups. What would our terms be? 25% min down ($45K), 8-10% interest depending on your credit rating (it would be bad), and payoff in 12-15 years. Would I live 30 more years, Hell no! That did it for everyone else.
Now were getting the speculators, scam emails, our unanswered questions, & realtors calling. Just ask the email scammers to call and I never hear back. HUMMM
Ya I could sell it for 2/3rds our asking price today.
Ya the closing costs will be $10-15k.
Ya the market is dropping.
Ya we want to move
Ya it will take months....
The good news we can wait but....

Very frustrated

Our 2nd bid on a house has fallen though. This time the owner's lender will not commit to when or how much the short sale will be. It most likely will go beyond the June 30th cutoff to get the $6500 tax credit. This house was neglected and needs a garage so it would be another $25+ grand to get it in shape. The septic needed a $1000 pump.... And on and on....
We have spent 3 days going thru hundreds of homes on the internet.
Our criteria: Not in a town, separation from neighbors (spell that reduced dog noise), taxes under $2k, 1500 min. s.f. house (that is 600+ less than this house), within 20 miles of shopping, medical, jobs (for sister in law, NOT ME!), 1+ acres, within 60 miles of our daughter, in semi-decent shape (there are a lot of bad ones out there), DW or modular homes are OK, a garage, shed or barn for the bikes/car, not 2 stories (getting too old and been there done that), 3 or more bedrooms, a least a few trees (there are a lot of barren lots), and a place to park the RV. (That is more than I thought, hummm?)
Now this house and the "For Sale By Owner" is getting good response. 1-4 calls a day, 1 visit a day and a couple of families that can afford this home. Keeping it maintained, clean and available is going to eventually sell it. Many want a low price, owner financing but don't have a decent down payment, want a cheap interest rate, and 30 years (we'll never live that long) pay off. Ya right.... We not the idiots like the feds did to the housing market!
Were hoping we don't have a place to live, if this house sells.... I good situation, it is much easier to buy than sell.....

Just waiting

Waiting on the lender on the Sherman property to approve the short sale so we can pay it off. Short sales are when the borrower asks for less than the property is worth, the lender has to make up the difference. The borrower has gotten into trouble not making the loan payments.
May know something by the end of next week.
Got someone to look at house in El Paso. We are meeting Sunday to see about financing. Lots to negoitate.
Sold the 98 1100 Yamaha Virago. It was a great around town bike, but not a road bike, it vibrated too much over 60 mph. I'm down to 4 bikes, poor me. Left the brown 1100 Suzuki at Tori's. When we take more bikes we will take a lot of small stuff to the new, to us, house in Sherman. Will have to make 2 trips for the 3 bikes.
Concerned over all the junk the previous owner's leaving on Sherman property. A 1950's trailer, a huge pile of pure junk that should have been taken to the dump, and much more around the shed and old trailer. House inside needs some painting, wall hole filling, a septic motor, and the skirting has many holes, all needs replacing.
The idiot did several projects and did not finish them. Like the wall between 2 bedrooms was removed and the carpeting was not replaced and the ceiling was not finished off. He is a typical contractor.
What is a Gazebo? What function does it do? Won't it be hot/cold without HVAC? Is the door big enough to fit a motorcycle or car though? Maybe if it had a bed in it.....? To me it's another money pit! This one is above ground, the one in El Paso is in ground.

1st Weekend

Listed the El Paso house starting last Thursday. Posted on Craigslist. Not 1 phone call. Over 800 homes for sale listed in Zillow just on the East Side of El Paso. Listed on Zillow also.
Zillow says housing prices are dropping even in El Paso. We were at $175k they say 167k now. Boo.
I've done many more fix-ups. The latest was staining the cabinets in the kitchen and both bathrooms. They look considerably better.
I've got the worst to do yet, I've put off for 2 years. Painting the garage. Painting the laundry room and installing new flooring.
The house in Sherman. We put a bid in for $50k, they countered with $65k. I think the septic will need work. I may recounter with $60k and they have to inspect the septic system. I don't want to go higher. The double-wide home does not have any book value. And it may need a lot of work.