Comments on: Home Schooled http://janetwalgren.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/home-schooled/ Having fun with the memories of a life fully lived Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:02:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Janet Walgren http://janetwalgren.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/home-schooled/#comment-2666 Janet Walgren Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:09:37 +0000 http://janetwalgren.wordpress.com/?p=478#comment-2666 We picked a nice rambler in Cottonwood Heights. My agent said that we will get a counter offer that doesn't involve an increase in price. We should know the first of the week. There is still one wrench that could mess up the deal but for now we both feel very peaceful. We are praying that we will get it if it is right. If it is not right we are praying that we won't get it. There are just so many things one can not know... We picked a nice rambler in Cottonwood Heights. My agent said that we will get a counter offer that doesn’t involve an increase in price. We should know the first of the week. There is still one wrench that could mess up the deal but for now we both feel very peaceful. We are praying that we will get it if it is right. If it is not right we are praying that we won’t get it. There are just so many things one can not know…

]]> By: Catherin Broadhead http://janetwalgren.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/home-schooled/#comment-2665 Catherin Broadhead Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:09:22 +0000 http://janetwalgren.wordpress.com/?p=478#comment-2665 Hope all goes well for you. Which one did you pick? The barn or the stall... So glad I'm not shopping right now. Hope all goes well for you. Which one did you pick? The barn or the stall… So glad I’m not shopping right now.

]]> By: Janet Walgren http://janetwalgren.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/home-schooled/#comment-2664 Janet Walgren Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:48:13 +0000 http://janetwalgren.wordpress.com/?p=478#comment-2664 Well, we found a place that we are making an offer on. It was way under the comps in price. I called my agent and said we wanted to submit an offer. He told me that the house was a short sale with a listing price that the bank wouldn't accept. There was already an offer the bank was sitting on $5K over the asking price. The strategy of the listing agent was to list low and start a bidding war after enough interest was generated. We are offering our best offer to start with. There isn't any wiggle room so wish us luck. Actually I'd rather have you pray for divine intervention on our behalf. If it is right, we'll get it. If we don't it's probably for a good reason. Well, we found a place that we are making an offer on. It was way under the comps in price. I called my agent and said we wanted to submit an offer. He told me that the house was a short sale with a listing price that the bank wouldn’t accept. There was already an offer the bank was sitting on $5K over the asking price. The strategy of the listing agent was to list low and start a bidding war after enough interest was generated. We are offering our best offer to start with. There isn’t any wiggle room so wish us luck. Actually I’d rather have you pray for divine intervention on our behalf. If it is right, we’ll get it. If we don’t it’s probably for a good reason.

]]> By: leswikle@gmail.com http://janetwalgren.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/home-schooled/#comment-2663 leswikle@gmail.com Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:42:14 +0000 http://janetwalgren.wordpress.com/?p=478#comment-2663 I used to think "I just don't speak MALE!" when I couldn't get a contractor to see why I wanted some feature a certain way. I finally would have to ask them if they would rather help me move a big freezer from the basement with the arrangement they wanted, or the way I wanted it. Then they would say something about how they hadn't thought about it that way. The home show a couple years ago featured houses with high ceilings. They also had proportionally high cabinets. They looked great together! In one room we were in back of a talll couple. I asked him how high he could reach in the cabinet. His 6'+ could barely reach the edge of the second shelf. Everyone started talking about how they hadn't thought about that. And there was no room for a ladder. I haven't figured out why people want a bathroom big enough to hold a dance in, a ceiling so high it can barely be seen, enough air space to heat and cool for the ward, or several other designer items that are so popular. I do agree that homemakers and families should be protected like the other endangered species. Good luck love ya I used to think “I just don’t speak MALE!” when I couldn’t get a contractor to see why I wanted some feature a certain way. I finally would have to ask them if they would rather help me move a big freezer from the basement with the arrangement they wanted, or the way I wanted it. Then they would say something about how they hadn’t thought about it that way. The home show a couple years ago featured houses with high ceilings. They also had proportionally high cabinets. They looked great together! In one room we were in back of a talll couple. I asked him how high he could reach in the cabinet. His 6′+ could barely reach the edge of the second shelf. Everyone started talking about how they hadn’t thought about that. And there was no room for a ladder. I haven’t figured out why people want a bathroom big enough to hold a dance in, a ceiling so high it can barely be seen, enough air space to heat and cool for the ward, or several other designer items that are so popular. I do agree that homemakers and families should be protected like the other endangered species. Good luck
love ya

]]> By: Emy http://janetwalgren.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/home-schooled/#comment-2662 Emy Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:10:21 +0000 http://janetwalgren.wordpress.com/?p=478#comment-2662 I was once given advice by one of my favorite rich guys at Sundance... he said look at a bunch of homes priced 30-50% above your working price range, and then make offers left and right. Someone, somewhere is going to be desperate enough to sell that eventually, your offer out to get accepted. Not that I've ever bought a house... but that's how my dad got the house we're in now, the people were getting a divorce and needed to sell asap. So we got it for 30% less than they were asking. I was once given advice by one of my favorite rich guys at Sundance… he said look at a bunch of homes priced 30-50% above your working price range, and then make offers left and right. Someone, somewhere is going to be desperate enough to sell that eventually, your offer out to get accepted.

Not that I’ve ever bought a house… but that’s how my dad got the house we’re in now, the people were getting a divorce and needed to sell asap. So we got it for 30% less than they were asking.

]]> By: Catherin Broadhead http://janetwalgren.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/home-schooled/#comment-2661 Catherin Broadhead Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:12:18 +0000 http://janetwalgren.wordpress.com/?p=478#comment-2661 Yet another reason I am NOT offended by the title of "Homemaker" as a profession. The sad part of this story is that it is becomeing more and more visably evident that we "homemakers" are becoming an endangered species! and thus the discenigration of the family. So So So sad some of the time we are dealing with. Yet another reason I am NOT offended by the title of “Homemaker” as a profession. The sad part of this story is that it is becomeing more and more visably evident that we “homemakers” are becoming an endangered species! and thus the discenigration of the family. So So So sad some of the time we are dealing with.

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