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My Mother's Daughter Literacy in Bloom! Soccer Mom? Sam I Am I’m a Costco junkie... My Head is Spinning... I need a 'do-over'... Bicycling to school...another milestone. My summer book report. February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 January 09 'Be careful how you interpret the world: it is like that.' - Erich Keller 'I do not pretend to understand the universe. It's a great deal bigger than I am.' - Tom Stoppard 'Chaos often breeds life, where order breeds habit.' - Henry Adams 'When you can laugh at yourself, there is enlightenment.' - Shunryu Suzuki 'My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither; but to just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.' - Thornton Wilder This one was on my quote-a-day calendar the day after I found out I was carrying triplets. 
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For the past several months I have been on a roller coaster ride called “Trying to Buy a Short Sale”. ‘Short Sale’ is a terrible name for the kind of home buying this is. I know it refers to the price of the house vs. the amount owed on the house, but it implies the exact opposite of what you think it would be on first impression – the timeline of the sale process. It should be called the ‘Long Sale’ or the ‘Stress Sale’ or the ‘Hurry Up and Wait’ sale. I feel bad that people are having to sell their homes this way, but right now it is the ‘Only-Way-We-Can-Afford-a-Bigger-House-Sale ’. PS: I know the home-buying process has been dragging on for a loooong time when my son started incorporating a 'For Sale' sign in the front of his art work houses! LOL! 3 comments from 3 users
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posted by
pictureit
on Dec 2, 2008 at 09:10 AM
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ThatTripletMom
on Aug 19, 2008 at 10:21 AM
Well, there have been two houses of our same size in our neighborhood that have sold within the first week they listed. Apparently, 3br/2ba houses are the only size still selling well in this market. That's the fortunate part. Of course you never know what the market will do from month to month lately. Plus we are heading out of the summer selling season.There are no contingencies on a short sale. You get such a great deal n the price there is no negotiating room for other things. But, if our house does not sell quickly, we can always rent it out. Our neighbor just rented out their same floorplan house so we know what we could get for rent. We bought in '99 so the going rent more than covers the mortgage. But I'd rather sell. posted by
creatress
on Aug 19, 2008 at 09:53 AM
That's totally funny (about the for sale artwork). How cute! Rocklin has come a long way. I personally like it better than Roseville. Antelope is nice too. Happy house hunting!
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I feel for you as a buyer, but you're right that the sellers have to go through a lot too... I have the mortgage company pestering me weekly for a payment. They don't get the fact that we had to relocate to be able to afford to live and to give me a chance to find another job and be able to put the kids in daycare. If they had just given us the opportunity to work this all out over a year ago or complete the 1st short sale in a timely manner... Downey Savings has been terrible through this ordeal!
Sorry to rant and rave about this...