Ok, so if you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you must know that we have been house shopping. And you know that we made an offer on a house yesterday. I’m sure you are on the edge of your seat waiting to hear what happened.

Frankly, so am I.

We toured about a half dozen houses last Friday night. Then about two dozen on Saturday. It was fun, but at the same time, it was a beating. By Saturday night we were exhausted. I had taken pictures of every house, inside and out, because I knew they would all run together in out minds. I ended up with over 100 pictures.

The market around here has been crazy. There are a ton of homes for sale, but the good ones, the real deals, are only on the market for a few days. We had several on our list to see that were contracted before we got to them. So we felt some urgency on picking one to make an offer. We finally decided and started the paper work.

Then I realized, there was a lot about our choice that I didn’t remember, so I asked for another tour. Monday, around lunch time, I met our realtor and went over the house with a fine-tooth comb. There are some little issues, but nothing we can’t deal with. So, I submitted the offer.

I asked our realtor when we should expect to hear back. She said she had talked to the selling realtor Sunday night and Monday morning. He asked her to send over our offer as soon as possible. He would be waiting for her email. Now, to an average human being, like you or me, that means the sellers were eager to get the offer and we should expect a prompt reply, right?

At 5:30 (PM!!), I left a message for my realtor. I apologized for bugging her, but we’re property virgins and overwhelmingly anxious. She called us back about an hour later. (She had been with a client.) As soon as she listened to our message, she had called the selling realtor. (He was also with a client.) Finally, he emailed her with this… (This is his entire email.)

Seller is on a cruise ship you most likely will not hear from them for 3-4
days.

GAAAHHH!!!!

Stay tuned for further updates as they develop… eventually.

This, I believe, is a first. This week’s white board quip is a bit of self glorification. I’m pretty sure this is the first time I’ve ever had a white board quip in which I was the original author. When I said it, those present told me that I must put this in the queue for my white board.

I would say that it is not in the specs, but… HA HAAA!  WHAT SPECS?!  FOOL!!