Today was a long and busy day, but at least we are starting to get a grasp on what our options are. We visited 4 apartment complexes and drove by a few others that we were able to cross off the list without even visiting. Of the four there was one we liked and one that we would need to wait until Sunday in order to view the unit that we would want. We also visited one rental house and we viewed two units here in our current complex that are still owned by the property management company, however during the course of the day one of them got rented (but luckily it is not the one we would want if we stay here)!
Tomorrow we are scheduled to visit a 2nd rental townhouse and we are trying to arrange visits of 3 more properties as well. I am guessing that by Sunday afternoon we should be ready to do an application and hope to sign a lease on Monday.
Meanwhile I called the company that I thought was the mortgage company, but it turned out that they were just hired by the mortgage co to change follow work orders. We have gone to the county assessor's and recorder's websites to follow the trail, but are having trouble getting to who exactly owns the property these days. It makes me so angry, 'cause it appears that the landlord started to default way back in September and that this has been a LONG time in the making.
Since we are on a month to month lease our goal is to have a new place by July 1 and to be moved out by July 6 at the latest, with really hoping to have everything moved out by July 4. Of course the landlord is not returning our calls and he lives in San Diego, so it's not like we're going to show up on his doorstep. Michelle, I so wish that you had taken the bar already!!!
Oh, and on top of this, Ty split his chin open at daycare this afternoon and we had to make an emergency run to urgent care. It was pretty small and not even really bleeding, so he ended up not getting stitches 'cause it only would have taken one or two and the doctor felt that the trauma of restraining him and the lidocaine shot would not be worth it for the slight difference it might make in the scarring. The doctor then was going to steri-strip and butterfly suture it shut, but he was (correctly) worried that Ty would rip it right off, so we settled for a bandaid and neosporin, which lasted less than 10 seconds. So, all in all, not really a big deal, but just one more reason to make this week memorable!
Have a great weekend everyone! I hope to have some good news, by the end of it, so wish me continued luck!!!