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The past three weeks we’ve been out looking at houses.
We know, we know. Leave Shipoke? That amazing neighborhood! And what about all the work we did? All the hours! All the money!
You, dear readers, deserve the backstory. A few weeks ago we happened onto the Fannie Mae website and found that the list price on sweet little [...]

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48 hours?!

To start on a cheery note: Christie is back in the office! Hooray for a hardworking Realtor coming back on the scene. Christie spoke with Bill on Tuesday and he was told, yet again, that the bank needed 48 hours to process the paperwork. The first time, the bank said that the paperwork was incomplete or had [...]

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Grrrrrr!

Ok, blame has officially been placed on the bank holding the lien on Caracas.
Deciding to cut out the middle man (because the office manager continued to disappoint us), we called Bill, the listing agent. Poor Bill. He’s been dealing with Caracas for over a year and a half now. We’re stressed after just 5 weeks!
He [...]

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Because we are still waiting on the decision from the bank. We spoke with the office manager (Christie got married this past weekend, so he’s our contact for the next week or two) and he said that this is the most convoluted case he’s ever encountered. The homeowner is stuck somewhere in between a personal [...]

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One down, one to go.

So, Wayne gave Caracas the go ahead. We submitted the offer on Monday and heard back from the Homeowner on Tuesday. The Homeowner accepted our offer and now the home goes into a short sale. The mortgage company now must decide whether or not to forgive the Homeowner of the deficit (our offer minus her [...]

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Thursday.

Wayne comes through Hershey on Thursday (5/1) after a trip to Pittsburgh. Christie set up a showing, so we’re all meeting at Caracas on Thursday evening!
And… some more on Caracas. Christie pulled some information on the current homeowners. They recently filed for bankruptcy, a rather unpleasant and unfortunate experience. Turns out when they purchased the home in 2005 they financed [...]

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Another update.

4.6 acre dream, down the pipe. Our source’s timing was just a little off. Apparently in between the time the last offer fell through and when we heard about the house, another offer was made. The house closes on the 30th of this month. Oh well.
Over the last few days, Christie has sent us a massive [...]

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