Office Assistant
Even more annoying than that damned paperclip. He's been tromping around my desk all day. He's very lucky he's so freaking adorable.
2009-06-02
Entry tags:
Cranky
So, all this hard work we've been pouring into the house, and it may not really have been worth it, because our listing agent (without having seen it yet, fwiw) thinks we should list it for about 20k less than I'd estimated.
( The arcane art of property valuation )
Unless we end up getting offers that are drastically less than what she wants to list it at, we should be able to just offload the thing anyway, though. It certainly will limit what we're able to buy--$20k may as well be a fortune when you're talking about trying to get to 20% down--but we won't be completely out of things. I hope.
The worst-case scenario is that we list it for the low price, get nothing but even lower offers for the next 30 days, and then decide to delist it and rent the thing out instead. If we have to stay in the villa longer than the Octoberish we had originally planned, we'll manage. (And honestly, I'd rather be here than the house at this point, because the commute's much better and I don't want to move again unless we're buying.)
But I really, really hope that's not the case. I hope that we find that sweet spot price and get multiple offers on it and are able to go get what we really want soon.
( The arcane art of property valuation )
Unless we end up getting offers that are drastically less than what she wants to list it at, we should be able to just offload the thing anyway, though. It certainly will limit what we're able to buy--$20k may as well be a fortune when you're talking about trying to get to 20% down--but we won't be completely out of things. I hope.
The worst-case scenario is that we list it for the low price, get nothing but even lower offers for the next 30 days, and then decide to delist it and rent the thing out instead. If we have to stay in the villa longer than the Octoberish we had originally planned, we'll manage. (And honestly, I'd rather be here than the house at this point, because the commute's much better and I don't want to move again unless we're buying.)
But I really, really hope that's not the case. I hope that we find that sweet spot price and get multiple offers on it and are able to go get what we really want soon.
Entry tags:
Addendum
The good part, though, is that I keep getting submitted for jobs through my agency--got another one today. Still no bites, yet, but they're expecting another rash of openings in the next few weeks, so I imagine something will come out of this sometime soon. And although my income doesn't have much to do with what kind of mortgage we can afford, because it's not a permanent job, it's still money we didn't have before, which can go for paying down some of the other debts we have and/or socking away to build up our potential down payment in a few months.
I can see light at the end of this tunnel. It's just annoying right now.
I can see light at the end of this tunnel. It's just annoying right now.