Yeah, I know I was supposed to tell you what my secret was on Saturday. Well, I was bummed on Saturday because my secret didn’t happen…AGAIN. But, I promised good or bad, so….

I put an offer on another house last Friday. The guy counter offered…well, officially he didn’t counter offer because it was so ridiculous that my realtor told his realtor not to waste her time writing it up.

Here’s what I don’t understand. Houses are not selling around here. I think I mentioned the house I put an offer on a month or so ago. Well, it’s still sitting vacant. Houses also aren’t renting. There is an overabundance of houses right now and the prices are decent but the ones on the market just aren’t moving very fast. So, this particular house has been on the market (for rent or sale) for over three months. It’s been a rental for quite some time. The guy has it listed at almost double what he paid for it (I have my sources). He also has it listed for quite a bit more than the assessed value. There are also three other houses on the court that are for sale. The other three houses are nice, with upgrades and landscaping. This one had a floor plan I liked better but needed some work — little stuff I could do over the next year. The guy won’t budge. So, he’ll be paying another month’s mortgage. I guess he’s been taking equity out of this house and now he needs the money.

But, whatever, I’ll keep looking.

I actually looked at another one that I was interested in but someone else made an offer on it. The sellers realtor called mine and said there were some contingencies and if was interested to write something up. So I did. After I sent it over I found out they accepted the other offer with it being contingent on the buyers house selling and it’s on hold for FOUR WEEKS. My jaw dropped…I couldn’t believe she’d tie her house up for FOUR WEEK knowing it might not be sold in the end. Again, this house has been sitting there for over three months and now it’s in a holding pattern for four weeks. I assumed when the realtor contacted me that there was a bump clause or something in the contract otherwise I wouldn’t have bothered.

So, I’m back to looking or something. My parents will be here in four weeks and I’d hoped to have my place by then, but that’s not going to happen. So, I’m just going to take a breather and see what happens.

Looks like we might get snow this weekend. In fact, the current weather report is showing “freezing rain” outside…it’s warm in my basement so I’m not going to go check on the accuracy. I do know that it’s cold and wet outside. And, in case you didn’t know, cold + wet = ice. As much as I dislike driving with my thumpers I’m sure glad I have them.