After a whirlwind weekend that saw our home booked for somewhere around 20 showings, we received four offers and just signed the paperwork on a purchase agreement to sell the house for considerably over the asking price. (If everything proceeds as scheduled, it’ll be a matter of public record, but for now don’t want toContinue reading “Sold!”
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Goodbye, good boy
We had to say goodbye today to our beloved Houston dog. His joint and hip problems kept getting worse and worse and he wasn’t going to be able to handle either being dragged in and out of the house for showings or even to a doggie daycare. The truth is we probably let ourselves beContinue reading “Goodbye, good boy”
Who wants to buy a house in Las Vegas?
Our house is officially for sale. You can see the listing here for yourself. We’re not scheduling any showings until Friday to hopefully build interest and then in this supposedly seller-friendly real estate market the hope is to have received an offer by the weekend. It’s all very exciting of course and the culmination ofContinue reading “Who wants to buy a house in Las Vegas?”
And the house is on the market
Well, almost. Technically it doesn’t go on MLS sites and all of that officially until Tuesday, but we signed all of the paperwork with the Realtors today and are listing the house at $360,000. Everyone says it will go quick, but we’re trying to temper expectations around here. Still it’s an exciting time. The lastContinue reading “And the house is on the market”
Going Out Of Business Sale!!!
It’s been a quiet week at the ‘ol blog here, but not for us. We’ve been working 16-hour days getting things ready for our moving/garage sale this weekend, which starts this morning. I’ve been working all day at work and then the evenings and poor Tanya has been working literally all day, but we gotContinue reading “Going Out Of Business Sale!!!”
In remembrance of 1 October
October 1st will always be a rough day for me, no matter where I may live. Today is the third anniversary of the worst mass shooting in American history, a distinction I fear that will be surpassed in the near future, just as it didn’t take but about 14 months for the shooting at PulseContinue reading “In remembrance of 1 October”
America is now a mafia state
Wanted to share this really great interview with Sarah Kendzior, a scholar of authoritarianism who has written an excellent book recently about Donald Trump, which frames him correctly not as a “corrupt politician” but as the head of an international crime syndicate. Just take the 5 to 10 minutes to read the interview, but wantedContinue reading “America is now a mafia state”
A finished bathroom
Since I complained about the master bath being in disrepair last week should mention that it was finished up over the weekend and looks great. The current timeline for the move looks something like this: Garage/moving sale – Oct. 9 (our 16th anniversary!) and Oct. 10 House listing – Oct. 13 Until then a lotContinue reading “A finished bathroom”
A jackpot and a lesson
An interaction I had Thursday night with a Trump supporter I think is the perfect encapsulation of the issues we face as a nation even if Joe Biden wins the election and Trumpism is temporarily turned back. In short, they have no respect for laws, no respect for rules, no respect for authority, no respectContinue reading “A jackpot and a lesson”
Vacation, all I ever wanted…
If you haven’t seen the new Go-Gos documentary on Showtime rectify that ASAP. Anyway we only had a small window to get out of town for a few days and used the opportunity to get to Carlsbad for a few days but tomorrow it’s back to Vegas and chaos. For now, it’s a preview ofContinue reading “Vacation, all I ever wanted…”
