Difficult Decisions

This week I had to make a difficult decision to cancel my contract on my new house. The Sales Manager was putting the pressure on now that the house is pretty much done. I could sell my house quicker if I lower the price a bit but if I did that, I couldnt afford the down-payment on my new house. So after much thought and review of my options I decided to cancel my contract now while I could still get my earnest money back. Unfortunately that is only 1/3 of the money that I put into the new house.

I could have continued with an addendum to the contract where they would be able to put the house on the market and I would have right of first refusal. This is where I would have 3 days to either walk away or buy the new house without the contingency on selling my house.

The Sales Manager had already been rude to both of my agents when I first switched over to them. Which is unfortunate since they could have worked very well together not just with me but with other opportunities.

Anyway he was pretty rude with me when he called me to tell me about putting the house up and at one point laughed at me when I asked a question. I told him I didnt appreciate it and that it is unprofessional of him to do that. He also was totally denying that he had told me I would have until July to sell my house. Unfortunately I didnt have that in writing as I thought I did. So I after I drive by the house I saw that the sold sign was gone and that an 'available' sign was now up in the yard. So the next day I called and spoke to his boss and filled him in on everything and after discussing with him and my agents I decided it was best to cancel the contract.

So now I am pondering my next steps on what to do when my house does sell. We thought about lowering the price, but after reviewing the comps in the area; it really is priced right so I will hold off a little longer. There are some different options I am considering for what I will do when my house does sell. I will share those at a later time. :)

As we all know everything happens for a reason!

OMG! Why I dont like cats...

So the day before I was supposed to leave for my cruise. I was in the garage looking thru boxes for a few things and out from behind some boxes runs a cat. Apparently a cat has been hiding in my garage for some time now. My guess is that it had been there for about 4-6 weeks. I am thinking it got in when my agents 'staged' my house and stored stuff in my garage; which had been about 6 weeks prior. About 4 weeks before I had found poop in my garage and assumed it was Gizmo's but wasnt quite sure when he would have done it. Now thinking back I am pretty sure it was this cats. I immediately went over to my neighbors because they had been missing a cat for a few weeks now. Turned out not to be theirs but they have since sorta adopted it. We had a heck of a time getting it out of my garage. It was very scrawny and scared. I have no idea how it survived for that long in my garage.

I will post about my cruise soon. I still have to download pics.