Another long day in the can. It snowed a couple of inches last night, so I was delayed in getting out on the road. No point fighting with people going to work on slick roads. Still, I made it to the Springs by 11:30 (about 2-hours). I had expected the El Paso County Records office to have no parking in…
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Operation AstroNerdBoy Buys a House 07
OK, here’s the latest. The contract was accepted, thus beginning the next phase of the house purchasing process. That has meant quite a bit of paperwork to be e-mailed to me, signed, and faxed back to various parties. Today, I had the inspection by the man Mr. Ra recommended — Bob. I met Bob at 08:30 this morning (Monday) and…
Operation AstroNerdBoy Buys a House 06
Well, Mr. Ra put in the offer, we got the counter-offer back, and I’ve accepted it. Now we are simply waiting on the owner to send in the signed contracts as I’ve given Mr. Ra the $1500 in earnest money. Which takes me to my next point — fees. Sheeze, there’s a right racket when it comes to fees and…
Operation AstroNerdBoy Buys a House 05
Things are moving ahead pretty quickly. Mr. Ra asked me if I’d be interested in re-looking at my favorite places still on the market before my next weekend. While I was not enthused about having to do a lot of stuff during the day and then have to pull a 12-hour shift at work, the fact that so many properties…
Operation AstroNerdBoy Buys a House 04
It was another tiring day of looking at places and hearing about how the lower-priced places are going to be snapped up fast. Next week, I’m going to have to remember to bring my cooler with a drink. I think I got a bit dehydrated today. Anyway, it was a rough start because I didn’t see my Realtor Mr. Ra…