Dare we even hope that we’ve solved the last two big issues that could have potentially held up our close of escrow next week? Dare we??!!
Maybe. Still more paperwork tomorrow, but it might be that we’ve slain a couple more dragons.
My biggest lesson from this experience (the first time that I’ve really bought a house – when we bought our Pomelo house back in 1992 or so we had been renting it and living there since late 1990 and we just worked with the realtor who had been managing it for the owner to do paperwork) is that you absolutely must have a really good, competent realtor or real estate agent who can guide you through the pitfalls (there WILL be pitfalls!) and having a great loan officer will be invaluable as well. Unless, of course, you have $800,000 cash to pay and don’t need a loan, in which case, why are you reading my drivel?
We have a fantastic realtor, a friend of The Long-Suffering Wife, and we literally could not be doing this without her.
Before we close we’ll have to double check the area between the palm tree there and the driveway – one of the issues we’ve been dealing with is the state of the septic tank and I think that’s where they’ve had to dig to inspect it. And no, that’s not grass next to the house and over by the front door, it’s turf. As hot and dry as it gets out here, keeping any amount of grass that green requires more (expensive) water than a small, third-world country uses. Only the golf courses and country clubs can afford that.
We’ll need to find someplace out here for a nice “sitting rock” or bench. Preferably in the shade.
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