Went to go look at houses today. The only two in our price range were a tiny house in Solon Twp., Kent County MI and a nice trailer in a Trailer park in Sparta.
Lets just say it wasn’t a hard choice.
Solon was utterly trashed. The poor house had been run litterly into the ground. There was moss and fungus growing on the roof, the roof overall was sagging, the back step was simply a piece of half-rotter plywood. It was ugly. It really was. About the most you could do with it in terms of rennovation was to torch it.
The trailer, on the other hand, was really nice. I mean really nice. It was a touch on the older side, but no older than 10 years maybe. It had two bathrooms, and a good 1500 sq. feet of living space.
Yeah. Real hard choice.
We made an offer on it, of $35,000 which is a good $7,900 down from their asking price. After closing we have bills, taxes, etc. that need to be paid so we won’t have much more after that point to barter with. Not only are we asking for $7,900 less than what they’re asking… we’ve set close on August 12 with only 10 days after close for them to get out. And let me tell you, I am utterly terrified. I am scared out of my fucking mind. They have until 9pm EST tomorrow to respond and I’m really frightened that they won’t take it… or that the people coming through to look at it after we went through will offer something juicier. *shakes her head* Only other option I can think of is to back out of the sale with HomeVestors, fire Conrad, and relist with a more competent agent for $50,000 – $63,000. Either way, we’re running out of time, patience, and hope.