There is so much going on, and no time for blogging. I will try to put some new cute pictures up soon!
We are moving north on or about December 16th. Not much packing has happened yet. I'd really like to get rid of stuff. We have quite a few boxes in the garage that have never been unpacked since our move here from Ohio in 2002. Yes, that means most of it has to go.
We don't have a place to live yet, but we are going up next weekend to find one. I will also have a day or so of work meetings, to get some things rolling. We're hoping Kit can make some work connections, too.
We have our current house on the market. It will have to be a short sale, and that's just the California scene right now. Our realtors are pushing to get a bid quickly because the mortgage companies take so long to approve the short sales. Yesterday, they had a realtors-only open house, and 50 people showed up. Kit said the dining room table was covered with business cards. Sounds like the realtors are desperate for business. We have had 5 individual showings so far, and 2 more are coming tomorrow. Just for the record, I do NOT like my home being on display.
I'm a bit worried that our mortgage company won't respond in time to keep a prospective buyer. I applied in July for a hardship loan modification, and they still haven't processed that paperwork. When I called them in early October to inform them we are moving, I asked if we could start the short sale process. They asked me not to, because they hadn't gotten around to my other paperwork yet. But the realtor thinks that with an actual offer, they will be forced to respond. I really don't trust the mortgage company at all. I won't go into the details of all our dealings with them, but it's disgusting. Everything you've read in the paper is true, and more. They really don't care about actual people who live in actual houses. It's all a bunch of asset shuffling to them.
