September 29, 2016

 I slept in this morning and it was nice. That should be an every day kind of thing.

The deadline for my offer was noon and I didn't hear from my realtor all morning. And then noon came and went with nothing. It wasn't until after one o'clock that I heard from my realtor with the counter offer. Which wasn't really a counter. They agreed to go down $5,000 but they wouldn't submit a claim on the roof, saying I could have my insurance look at it if I wanted, and they wouldn't pay closing. I know they're losing money if you consider they're potentially selling the place for the same price they bought it at eight years ago, but that isn't my fault. I just don't get why they wouldn't fix things that obviously need fixed. I would probably want to get away with the same thing if I was selling but as a buyer it is a little frustrating.

I pondered that all day while trying to also be productive. I finished a personalized reading list and got ready for my class tonight. That was about it. It was really hard to stay focused.

Despite my distraction, my class tonight went really well. Three people signed up and they all came, which was unexpected. They also didn't show up a half hour early like some of the people in the first class. That was good because it gave me time to set some things up with the house. I liked the small group better than the large group. They were able to ask a bunch of questions and I was able to answer them, which broke things up and it wasn't me just rambling on up at the front. They were also really enthusiastic about the whole class and excited about being able to do all of this at home. That was pretty cool.

During my dinner break I had texted my dad and asked if he knew anyone that could check out the roof on the house I'm looking at and he said my step-cousin would be a good person to contact. So I did that before my class started. He wanted to run over tonight before it got dark out but he only had a small window before he had to pick up his daughter and I didn't hear back from my realtor so I told him not to worry about it. Then he said he could stop by tomorrow morning at eight o'clock before he left town. I had plans to meet my realtor tomorrow morning to talk about the offer because I only have until noon and I go to work at nine o'clock. I said that would be great and texted my realtor to see if we could meet at the house instead of his office. He had a thing going on tonight so didn't get back to me but I'm going to assume it works for him.

When I got home from work I talked to my mom about it and I think I'm going to accept the offer, despite the seller kind of coming across as a dick. I'm sure they would say the same about me asking for $5,000 off the asking price along with other stuff. On the top end, if I have to replace the roof, along with the door and the siding, it would probably be around $10,000. That is a lot but if you put it on the price of the house, it still comes in less than some of the places we looked at and it is a much better place. It is costing me that much more up front, which sucks, but I'm also getting the house for less, which means my monthly payments will be slightly smaller, which is something, I guess. There is also the chance that my step-cousin will look at the roof and say it only needs to be patched up in a few places, despite the vague statements by the inspector and roof company, which would be considerably cheaper than replacing a whole roof, which shouldn't need to be replaced for another ten years at least. That would be great news. We'll see in the morning.

I need to go to bed now. It will be another night with six hour's of sleep. Hooray. And tomorrow is going to be a long day. I may or may not agree to buy a house. Either way, it's going to be stressful. And then I have to pretend to be productive at work.