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  • HoraceH Horace

    @Mik said in Bad timing:

    Is it in the Houston area or Austin?

    Houston. Near Katy.

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    Doctor Phibes
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    #40

    @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?

    I was only joking

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    • Doctor PhibesD 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?

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      Horace
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      #41

      @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.

      Education is extremely important.

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      • HoraceH 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.

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        Doctor Phibes
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        #42

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

        I was only joking

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        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

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

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          George K
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          #43

          @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.

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • George KG 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.

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            @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.

            I was only joking

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              jon-nyc
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              #45

              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.

              Only non-witches get due process.

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                kluurs
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                #46

                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.

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                • kluursK 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.

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                  @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.

                  Education is extremely important.

                  89th8 1 Reply Last reply
                  • HoraceH 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.

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                    89th
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                    #48

                    @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.

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                    • 89th8 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.

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                      @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.

                      Education is extremely important.

                      George KG 1 Reply Last reply
                      • HoraceH 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.

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                        George K
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                        @Horace said in Bad timing:

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

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                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          Horace
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                          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.

                          Education is extremely important.

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                          • HoraceH 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.

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                            George K
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                            @Horace said in Bad timing:

                            60% down

                            Whoa.

                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            • HoraceH 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.

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                              Copper
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                              #53

                              @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.

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                              • CopperC 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.

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                                Horace
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                                #54

                                @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.

                                Education is extremely important.

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                                  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.

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                                  • 89th8 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.

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                                    Horace
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                                    #56

                                    @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.

                                    Education is extremely important.

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                                      89th
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                                      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.

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                                      • 89th8 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.

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                                        @89th Great idea, thanks again. I have just the outfit. I think it would be funnier if I wear my black jump suit and balaclava. Then when I reveal myself, we'll have a huge laugh about the fact that I'm a total stranger.

                                        Education is extremely important.

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                                          Today is the most important day in the march towards closing. The last contingency will be removed. It was the only contingency. The loan one. I don’t think the buyer will have issues with their loan, but my understanding is that contingencies can always be used to pull out of a deal regardless of the reason. Yesterday the buyer visited our home and spent an hour absorbing the feng shui, or something. They didn’t find anything wrong, but came back with a question about whether the seller can tell them anything about the house. That question went from her agent to my agent to me, and that was my agent’s mistake to have me answer that. I wrote about the windows in need of repair, which were identified in the inspection. My agent had gotten an estimate on that repair, which came to $1000. My agent sat on this estimate, since, by our agreement when we chose her as our listing agent, she would pay for small repairs necessary for selling. We will see how the buyer reacts to this news of a thousand dollar repair. They have today to negotiate or protest or back out. Otherwise their 20k earnest money is at risk if they want to back out. I figure if push comes to shove the two agents can pay for the repair.

                                          Education is extremely important.

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