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[franandaj]

Congrats on getting your loan application approved. I hope the owners accept your offer without a counter.

Just catching up on my 2D life at the moment. I feel so out of touch.

You have been more MIA than I have! So, IF the seller accepts our offer on the first go around, AND they don't take us up on the "rent back" option that we allowed in the contract, escrow will close sometime between when you land at LAX and depart for, is it Phoenix?

So I guess what I am also saying is that we are about 45 days out from the start of your trip!

Awesome to one step closer hopefully Friday will bring great news.

I'm hoping sooner than Friday. I'll go nuts waiting!

That was a great lesson about house buying in America thank you. I hope they don't counter offer!


Over there do folks make one offer at a time only? So does the seller only consider one offer at a time or have they got multiple offers on the table from other people? One more question...if they accept your offer does that become a legal contract or can either party still pull out?

Good luck! And good luck selling stuff on ebay. How much will you get for Fran btw lol...

It depends on how hot the real estate market is in the price range. When my parents put their house on the market, they held open house on Sat/Sun. By Tuesday they had 5-7 offers at 20-25% OVER their asking price. That is because the Chinese, who are fleeing the mainland with their hundreds of millions of dollars in riches, want their kids to go to the school which I graduated from.

The house we want is different. It has been on the market almost five months. The one other offer they recieved fell through. We don't know why. Evidently this woman is motivated to sell. She has already dropped the price once. If we are her only solid offer, she might take it. I will say that this house is priced above the median home in Long Beach. That may also have something to do with why it has not sold.

Also we have 72 hours to change our minds, but I think once the offer is accepted and we accept the acception, if we back out we lose the deposit. However, upon inspection, if something awful is discovered we can counter offer. We already know about the electrical, but there is still termite inspection, and others that I will learn about when we get there.

I think eBay will kill our auction if I try to sell Fran. Besides she is priceless.

Congrats on the loan approval. One step closer.

I sure hope so! I couldn't sleep last night. I think I'm worrying about the money and whether or not we get it.

No they just put out the dooney and bourke style. It is like negative film

After both you and Cynthia specifically said Dooney, I went and looked at it online, its cute, I may have to check it out at the Disney Dream Store. I mean we already have a boatload of Disney gift cards, so that really isn't spending, since we already have the sunken costs, right?

That is a very good price.....

I'll have to go to my computer and post the link before I pack it up and we get on the road.

 

[rentayenta]

This is fantastic!

 

[glaserjm]

Congrats on the home loan being approved...it's such a headache to go through that waiting! We just closed on our house a few weeks ago and I remember waiting for loan commitment to come through was the worst part, even though I knew we were qualified! Since they tightened up the mortgage market after the housing crash, there is so much more you are required to produce and I feel like the underwriting process takes so much longer! We almost had a last minute fall-through after we were already approved because Joe lost one of his credit cards and had to order a new one. Capital One gave him a new account number and our mortgage company freaked out thinking we were opening up all kinds of new credit before the home closing.
We had to sign affidavits and all kinds of things saying that it was really just the same card with a new number! I couldn't believe something so simple had become such a big deal!

I really hope they accept your offer. In the words of Tom Petty, "Waaaaaiting is the hardest part."

 

[dgbg100106]

After both you and Cynthia specifically said Dooney, I went and looked at it online, its cute, I may have to check it out at the Disney Dream Store. I mean we already have a boatload of Disney gift cards, so that really isn't spending, since we already have the sunken costs, right?



I'll have to go to my computer and post the link before I pack it up and we get on the road.

Exactly! And if you are shopping with someone else's money then it is free shopping!

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

Wow re the Chinese offering above asking price that must make life hard for locals buying! We had that too with the Chinese and wanting our schools.


Well let's hope you are the only offer plus you are a good bet it's not all about the offer right? It's just as much about the buyers ability to proceed. If it's fallen through before she will like how serious you two are and that will weight heavy in her decision making too I'm sure.

So fingers crossed ladies and omg love those bags! They are just the bees knees imao.

 

[jedijill]

Congrats on the loan approval. Fingers crossed that they accept your offer and inspection goes well.

I was just able to sell my house in Kansas City after renting it out for almost 5 years...I couldn't give it away when I moved to Denver so had to rent it out. My tenant gave me notice this spring and I was able to get a full price offer in about 6 days....I was so happy to finally be rid of that house! Inventory is really tight in both KC and here in Denver...Denver's house prices are hitting all time highs again.

Jill in CO

 

[Leshaface]

Awesome congratulations on the loan approval! Hopefully they'll accept your offer so it will all be done with

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

There is the Retro Disneyland and the 55th anniversary.

Love these! Sorry no luck with job hunt but the bags might numb the pain....

 

[dolphingirl47]

Congratulations on your loan approval.

Corinna

 

[TifffanyD]

Congrats on loan approval! Now to g et through the next step! Ugh it's awful

 

[Luvchefmic]

Praying it all works out for the home for you..too bad about the furniture, not really a problem you get it you furnish it when you can the important thing is getting it Seems to me since the house has been on the market, and she wants out and you're the only offer its just a matter of getting the ducks all in a row...breathe and rest when you can

 

[ACDSNY]

One step to check off the list, congrats!

 

[franandaj]

This is fantastic!

Congrats on the home loan being approved...it's such a headache to go through that waiting! We just closed on our house a few weeks ago and I remember waiting for loan commitment to come through was the worst part, even though I knew we were qualified! Since they tightened up the mortgage market after the housing crash, there is so much more you are required to produce and I feel like the underwriting process takes so much longer! We almost had a last minute fall-through after we were already approved because Joe lost one of his credit cards and had to order a new one. Capital One gave him a new account number and our mortgage company freaked out thinking we were opening up all kinds of new credit before the home closing.
We had to sign affidavits and all kinds of things saying that it was really just the same card with a new number! I couldn't believe something so simple had become such a big deal!

I really hope they accept your offer. In the words of Tom Petty, "Waaaaaiting is the hardest part."

Exactly! And if you are shopping with someone else's money then it is free shopping!

Wow re the Chinese offering above asking price that must make life hard for locals buying! We had that too with the Chinese and wanting our schools.


Well let's hope you are the only offer plus you are a good bet it's not all about the offer right? It's just as much about the buyers ability to proceed. If it's fallen through before she will like how serious you two are and that will weight heavy in her decision making too I'm sure.

So fingers crossed ladies and omg love those bags! They are just the bees knees imao.

Congrats on the loan approval. Fingers crossed that they accept your offer and inspection goes well.

I was just able to sell my house in Kansas City after renting it out for almost 5 years...I couldn't give it away when I moved to Denver so had to rent it out. My tenant gave me notice this spring and I was able to get a full price offer in about 6 days....I was so happy to finally be rid of that house! Inventory is really tight in both KC and here in Denver...Denver's house prices are hitting all time highs again.

Jill in CO

Awesome congratulations on the loan approval! Hopefully they'll accept your offer so it will all be done with

Love these! Sorry no luck with job hunt but the bags might numb the pain....

Congratulations on your loan approval.

Corinna

Congrats on loan approval! Now to g et through the next step! Ugh it's awful

Praying it all works out for the home for you..too bad about the furniture, not really a problem you get it you furnish it when you can the important thing is getting it Seems to me since the house has been on the market, and she wants out and you're the only offer its just a matter of getting the ducks all in a row...breathe and rest when you can

One step to check off the list, congrats!

I think at this point, I need to take all of your good wishes and pixie dust and put it really tight in a container to hope it come through, but as it stands the lender wants 51% down. and if they counter for any more money, we are done. This EVERYTHING we have to put down and we have NOTHING left. so. we are now looking for other properties. If this one comes through. Awesome! But we are no longer holding our breath, we are looking otherwise.

 

[franandaj]

Thanks everyone for your well wishes!!!!!

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

51% omg that is a sizeable chunk! Good idea to look at other properties as with that kind of deposit any counter offer even if a cent is surely a flat no! I really wish you both the best of luck but this lady is pushing you to your max imao. Risky when it's not a sellers market right? So if it does get accepted great like you say party time but if it doesn't then maybe it was close but no cigar....you have to kiss a lot of frogs to find a prince ( or princess! )

How many hours to go now I wonder? We started we 72 so we must be down 48 now maybe 24 to go? Plus you have the D23 Expo to look forward to and you getting those amazing Sorcerers passes! What a result! Showing that fate is on your side so which ever way this swings it will be for the right reason.

Paula xx

 

[PrincessInOz]

Wow re the Chinese offering above asking price that must make life hard for locals buying! We had that too with the Chinese and wanting our schools.


Well let's hope you are the only offer plus you are a good bet it's not all about the offer right? It's just as much about the buyers ability to proceed. If it's fallen through before she will like how serious you two are and that will weight heavy in her decision making too I'm sure.

So fingers crossed ladies and omg love those bags! They are just the bees knees imao.

They've been doing that here too.

 

[PrincessInOz]

I think at this point, I need to take all of your good wishes and pixie dust and put it really tight in a container to hope it come through, but as it stands the lender wants 51% down. and if they counter for any more money, we are done. This EVERYTHING we have to put down and we have NOTHING left. so. we are now looking for other properties. If this one comes through. Awesome! But we are no longer holding our breath, we are looking otherwise.

Hope it comes through.

But that is a huge downpayment!

 

[rentayenta]

That's a stressful down payment for sure. Hope you get some news quickly so you can proceed either way. I'm sorry, I know you really liked that house.

 

[Pinkocto]

Wow, that's a huge down payment! I hope you hear something soon.

 

[dgbg100106]

That is a major down payment.How can they even ask for that much.