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[George K]

@Horace said in Bad timing:

They have no time limit in the earnest money contract.

You need(ed) a better lawyer.

[Mik]

@Horace said in Bad timing:

@Mik said in Bad timing:

Is it in the Houston area or Austin?

Houston. Near Katy.

Nice area. You'll have the amenities of a large city without living in one. Take a Sunday drive out to Chappell Hill Sausage Company. Yum.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Horace said in Bad timing:

@Mik said in Bad timing:

Is it in the Houston area or Austin?

Houston. Near Katy.

I was in Katy earlier this year. Far enough away from Houston so that you're away from Houston, but close enough so that you can still get there if you really have to.

Have you been to Buc'ees yet?

[Horace]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Bad timing:

@Horace said in Bad timing:

@Mik said in Bad timing:

Is it in the Houston area or Austin?

Houston. Near Katy.

I was in Katy earlier this year. Far enough away from Houston so that you're away from Houston, but close enough so that you can still get there if you really have to.

Have you been to Buc'ees yet?

Nope, but I've heard good things.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Horace you too will buy your lunch at a gas station store!

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Bad timing:

@Horace you too will buy your lunch at a gas station store!

Just don't eat the gas station sushi, particularly in Texas.

[Doctor Phibes]

@George-K said in Bad timing:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Bad timing:

@Horace you too will buy your lunch at a gas station store!

Just don't eat the gas station sushi, particularly in Texas.

The Buc'ees gas station in Katy has 120 pumps. The place is nuts. The chairman of the committee I was on lives near there, and he just raved about it.

[jon-nyc]

I spent a few months in Houston in 1999. Believe it or not, I was consulting for Haliburton while Cheney was CEO.

I never met him, but my boss updated him monthly.

[kluurs]

Good luck on the house sale. My worst was the house before the one we're in. It was a large Victorian - 11 bedrooms, 6 baths, corner lot in George's town. I actually got to sell it 3 times - each of the non-starter sales took it off the market for a time. I got to spend 18 months living with my ex-wife - glad there were 11 bedrooms and all - but even nicer to escape.

[Horace]

@kluurs said in Bad timing:

Good luck on the house sale. My worst was the house before the one we're in. It was a large Victorian - 11 bedrooms, 6 baths, corner lot in George's town. I actually got to sell it 3 times - each of the non-starter sales took it off the market for a time. I got to spend 18 months living with my ex-wife - glad there were 11 bedrooms and all - but even nicer to escape.

Goodness, what a nightmare.

[89th]

@Horace said in Bad timing:

@kluurs said in Bad timing:

Good luck on the house sale. My worst was the house before the one we're in. It was a large Victorian - 11 bedrooms, 6 baths, corner lot in George's town. I actually got to sell it 3 times - each of the non-starter sales took it off the market for a time. I got to spend 18 months living with my ex-wife - glad there were 11 bedrooms and all - but even nicer to escape.

Goodness, what a nightmare.

Yeah but that was probably before George moved nearby.

[Horace]

@89th said in Bad timing:

@Horace said in Bad timing:

@kluurs said in Bad timing:

Good luck on the house sale. My worst was the house before the one we're in. It was a large Victorian - 11 bedrooms, 6 baths, corner lot in George's town. I actually got to sell it 3 times - each of the non-starter sales took it off the market for a time. I got to spend 18 months living with my ex-wife - glad there were 11 bedrooms and all - but even nicer to escape.

Goodness, what a nightmare.

Yeah but that was probably before George moved nearby.

I wonder if George was one of the buyers who backed out.

[George K]

@Horace said in Bad timing:

I wonder if George was one of the buyers who backed out.

[Horace]

We accepted the offer and the earnest money has been wired to escrow. The closing in the offer contract is set for 21 days from now. The only other hurdle is the loan contingency, but the buyer is paying 60% down so the loan is not huge. Time to start looking at movers. We'll stay at an Airbnb for a month or three, and see where we end up. I need to get a PO box in that area. Should have done that when we visited last time. I am going to attempt to hold my mail, go to Texas, Get a PO box, change my address, release my mail. Let's see how that works. Should probably go flawlessly.

[George K]

@Horace said in Bad timing:

60% down

Whoa.

[Copper]

@Horace said in Bad timing:

I am going to attempt to hold my mail, go to Texas, Get a PO box, change my address, release my mail. Let's see how that works.

For what it's worth, I had good luck with that when I moved. The post office did a good job.

I have had the mail stopped while on vacation 3 times this year, no problem.

Also, some of the places we didn't notify about our new address got the new address anyway. I assume they found out from the post office.

[Horace]

@Copper said in Bad timing:

@Horace said in Bad timing:

I am going to attempt to hold my mail, go to Texas, Get a PO box, change my address, release my mail. Let's see how that works.

For what it's worth, I had good luck with that when I moved. The post office did a good job.

I have had the mail stopped while on vacation 3 times this year, no problem.

Also, some of the places we didn't notify about our new address got the new address anyway. I assume they found out from the post office.

That's good to hear.

[89th]

Yeah I've also had good experiences with the USPS, mail forwarding, holding, etc.

@Horace a tip regarding movers. No matter how good they are, I strongly suggest placing something in one of the moving boxes that transmits a GPS location. When we moved from VA to MN (we used International Van Lines, who later subcontracted to a smaller company for the actual work) said it would take 10-14 days with fine print saying it could potentially take 4 weeks. Well the fine print was correct. It took 25 days and, almost worse, as we waited, the moving company could not provide a specific location/status of our items, only that we would be notified when they are 1-2 days away. I really wish I had put a GPS item in the boxes so I could track where stuff was on a map.

[Horace]

@89th said in Bad timing:

Yeah I've also had good experiences with the USPS, mail forwarding, holding, etc.

@Horace a tip regarding movers. No matter how good they are, I strongly suggest placing something in one of the moving boxes that transmits a GPS location. When we moved from VA to MN (we used International Van Lines, who later subcontracted to a smaller company for the actual work) said it would take 10-14 days with fine print saying it could potentially take 4 weeks. Well the fine print was correct. It took 25 days and, almost worse, as we waited, the moving company could not provide a specific location/status of our items, only that we would be notified when they are 1-2 days away. I really wish I had put a GPS item in the boxes so I could track where stuff was on a map.

Good idea, thanks 89th. Do you have suggestion for a gps tracking gadget? I've heard great things about Apple's Air Tags. Lots of TNCR posters are huge fans.

[89th]

I don't have them but yes the apple air tag should be a perfect solution. You could test it out by going to a bar and slipping the air tag into some lady's purse. Then later she will have an absolute roaring laugh about it when you show up to her door to tell her about the test.