100 dollars

so a few hours after i wrote that last post we received a call from our realtor with a full price offer. closing 7/7...which was perfect since we take possession of our new house on 6/30. they wanted the fridge & the master bedroom curtains (we had excluded them). done.

the story of the buyers seemed a bit strange, but we didn't think too much of it. seemed maybe only mrs. buyer had seen the house, but it was another military family so we felt a bit of a connection to the fact that the husband was in the field & unavailable. the inspection was scheduled for friday at 12p, and they wanted a second showing from 10a-12p. i thought that was a bit strange given they had the house from 12p-3p for the inspection.

fast forward to 11:30a on friday & i get a voicemail from my realtor saying he needs to talk to me about the contract. uh oh, i thought. yep. sure enough, mrs. buyer was having second thoughts. it turns out that only mrs. buyer's family had seen the house - and she put in the offer based on their advice. so friday was the first time she'd seen it. and she decided it was too small.

awesome.

clay & i had never expected to get full price, so we had done lots of spending that extra money in our heads all week. back to the reality of an uncertain period of double mortgage payments looming.

oh, and what do we get for our trouble? for our 5 days of having a house basically off the market? $100. cause in texas $100 buys you a 10-day option period. great as a buyer, but a small consolation as a seller.