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Well, we have found a nice buyer for the Prussian Green Money Pit. Today my pal Iris came over and helped me dig up all my rhubarb. She’s going to try to keep it alive in pots for me until after we move.
I think we’ve found a place to move, though I’m going to cry myself to sleep every night thinking about the mortgage (metro DC is a cruel, cruel place). Quaere: isn’t it supposed to be a “buyer’s market”? Then why is our seller acting like such a nut? He called our agent 36 hours after signing the contract, telling her he’d had another offer for $10K more than we’d paid. (Agent: “So? Dude, you signed a contract. If you don’t go to settlement, we could sue you.”) (Well, she didn’t really say “dude” but I wish she had. It would have been funny.) Please, Lord, please help us just get to settlement without having to make a side trip to court. A nice concession from our deranged seller would help too.
Meanwhile, some good news, some good news indeed: new posts from dylan.

4 comments

  1. As for living in Metro DC…I really feel for you. My parents could have bought their house in Silver Spring in 73 for 24,000. It is now valued at around $480,000. We live about 3 hrs from DC in PA. Three metro area cultural resources are all day trips away. Because we are also only
    2 1/2 from NYC and I hour from Phila yet we have 14 acres and my husband has a 10 min commute to work. I wouldn’t not trade this life to move back there again. This is a fabulous place to raise kids. Good luck and blessings for your new home. On the bright side…your home value really has nowhere to go but up because of location premium!

  3. Peony,
    Moving, selling and buying I think takes years off of a person’s life. Just looking for the right house…well you get the picture. It is just horrible. My prayers and thoughts are with you. I hope it is over and you are settled soon.
    Mary,
    Where do you live? I grew up in central NJ, not very far from Philly, about 1/2 hour from Philly, about 3 from DC about an hour from NYC.

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