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Blogging hasn't been my forte lately. I was so excited to get our house on the market in the hopes that life would slow down a little. In reality though, ever since we finally got the house up for sale we've been super busy catching up with all the friends we've neglected over the last 6 weeks while we were working so hard on the house. Someday maybe we'll get to sleep in on a Saturday.
Not this Saturday though cause we're going camping with friends! I'm excited cause I LOVE camping!
On to the house update though....we've had quite a bit of interest! We had a couple look at it a few days ago that according to their agent LOVED it! They're coming back tomorrow and will bringing their parents to get their opinion on the house and then will hopefully be writing and offer.
We also have another couple coming this afternoon to check it out who consequently will also be looking at my best friends house that's up for sale down the street right after ours. I wonder if it will creep them out a bit to go to two different houses and see pictures of the same kids hanging up on the walls in both houses?
I'll be honest it's been a little hard for me to relinquish control with the sale of our house. I'm a licensed Realtor in the state of Missouri, but that doesn't really help me much for our house since I'm living in Illinois. A Realtor friend of mine has our house listed, but being the control freak that I am it's been a little harder for me than I thought it would be. I really thought about forking over all that money just to get my license in Illinois so I could list and sell our house myself, but really that's a ridiculous financial decision...especially since my friend that is listing it is being so generous by giving me half of her commission on both mine and Dale & Missy's house sale as a referral fee as well as she's reduced the listing fee. The norm is just 25% (which really still is a lot for not really having to do any work but refer someone), so I feel very blessed! When I start to have those control moments where I just want to sell the house the way I think is best I just try to remind myself that really God is the one in control after all.
Hopefully by the beginning of next week we'll be under contract, then it's off to live with the in-laws for the next few months until we make the move. I'm sure those few months of living in the boonies will give me lots of opportunities to blog more and lots more topics too! Life should be interesting in the upcoming months!
Not this Saturday though cause we're going camping with friends! I'm excited cause I LOVE camping!
On to the house update though....we've had quite a bit of interest! We had a couple look at it a few days ago that according to their agent LOVED it! They're coming back tomorrow and will bringing their parents to get their opinion on the house and then will hopefully be writing and offer.
We also have another couple coming this afternoon to check it out who consequently will also be looking at my best friends house that's up for sale down the street right after ours. I wonder if it will creep them out a bit to go to two different houses and see pictures of the same kids hanging up on the walls in both houses?
I'll be honest it's been a little hard for me to relinquish control with the sale of our house. I'm a licensed Realtor in the state of Missouri, but that doesn't really help me much for our house since I'm living in Illinois. A Realtor friend of mine has our house listed, but being the control freak that I am it's been a little harder for me than I thought it would be. I really thought about forking over all that money just to get my license in Illinois so I could list and sell our house myself, but really that's a ridiculous financial decision...especially since my friend that is listing it is being so generous by giving me half of her commission on both mine and Dale & Missy's house sale as a referral fee as well as she's reduced the listing fee. The norm is just 25% (which really still is a lot for not really having to do any work but refer someone), so I feel very blessed! When I start to have those control moments where I just want to sell the house the way I think is best I just try to remind myself that really God is the one in control after all.
Hopefully by the beginning of next week we'll be under contract, then it's off to live with the in-laws for the next few months until we make the move. I'm sure those few months of living in the boonies will give me lots of opportunities to blog more and lots more topics too! Life should be interesting in the upcoming months!
1 Comments:
I think it's a good thing that your a control freak with the sale of your home. Hopefully it will all pay off for you in the long run!
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