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Friday, October 26, 2007
growl.
Now that I've finally allowed myself to get my hopes really and truly up, and to start to make thoughts into ideas and ideas into plans, we get this news: The seller's bank is insistent that escrow must close by 30 days from the date on which they accepted the offer. The problem is that the executor of the estate didn't accept the offer until almost two weeks later, which makes for far too short a time for the funding to be in place by the bank's firmly-held date, even in the best of cases. Which means that now we face a good chance of having the contract become null and void, or whatever happens when escrow goes bad (heck, I can't even articulately define the stupid term, as I mentioned yesterday, so how on earth am I supposed to be able to carry on an intelligent discussion about it?), and starting all. over. again. at. the. beginning. The beginning that was, what, four or five months ago when we made our first offer.
Part of me wants to say I could just scream or I need to blow something up, or, well, actually scream or blow something up or preferably both simultaneously. Another part of me is sitting smugly with her arms folded on her chest saying I told you so. And yet a third part just feels too worn out to register any emotion about this at all. That part is winning, for the moment. Blah.
In closing, I'll remind myself of the God-breathed version of "don't get your hopes up", which has honestly been very much in our minds throughout this whole process, although it was maybe shoved toward the backs of our minds for the last couple of weeks. Or something like that. Sometimes a little bit of negativity pays off. Sometimes it's even Biblical. (See! I told you so!, she says again.)
James 4:13-15
13 Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit."
14 Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are {just} a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.
15 Instead, {you ought} to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that."
(NAU)
Comments
So, wait, I'm confused? The bank accepted the offer but then the executor accepted it separately? Why can't they do 30 days from when the EXECUTOR signed? Or extend it 2 weeks? Or something? This makes me so mad for you. Grrr.
They had better figure this out for you and SOON.
Posted by: mary at October 27, 2007 11:51 AM
Mary, yes, that's exactly what happened. This is a very small sampling of why this whole process has taken so terribly long -- there are three separate parties on the other side, not counting the selling agent, who have to sign off on everything. Our agent (my FIL, aka Darth Vader in a business suit) will be calling the bank people himself if they don't agree to an extension. BE AFRAID, C 0 U N T R Y W I D E. BE VERY AFRAID.
Posted by: Rachel at October 27, 2007 12:37 PM
Just remember that which is meant to happen will happen. There for try as you might, not to get your hopes up. I hope you get the house, you'll be my neighbor! If you don't that means there's another home in store for you; just at a different time and place.
Shea
Posted by: Anonymous at October 27, 2007 10:30 PM
It sounds to me like calling the bank personally is exactly the right thing to do - IF you can get the bank staff to look at it as people and not as part of a system, they should be able to see immediately that the possicy is not reasonable. Having a professional on your side to do it for you, one who understands the exact circumstances, knows how banks work, and whom you can trust implicitly, should be a huge advantage.
Posted by: dichroic at October 29, 2007 03:26 AM
Any new news, Rachel?
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