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RE: Folks sold home -- all he$$ broke out today UPDATE
I have to agree with all of you that selling a home is not easy when you're also buying another at the same time. Unfortunately, that's what most of us do, move into a smaller or larger place from the one we've just sold.
As the now late George Carlin once said, "We buy a bigger house because we need a place for all our stuff! Then when we get rid of that stuff, we move back in to a smaller place."
I will also agree that there are some unscrupulous agents, or at least mentally challenged ones...having also been licensed in California--headquarters of State Regulation of many professions.
California Real Estate Salespeople, and Brokers, are some of the most heavily regulated sales individuals in the world. There are rare situations where, in order to comply with a law, you are breaking a law. That sounds really screwed up, I know--but it's true.
Most real estate sales contracts are long, tedious, complex forms, eight pages of small print in California IIRC, with several blanks to be filled in, boxes to be checked and disclosures to be made on the part of the seller(s) regarding the home and the agent/broker on the home and their contractual relationship with the seller(s), and at some point, the buyer(s). Then there are several ancillary forms which must be completed which can add another 8-10 pages of paperwork to the sale.
I am going to be re-testing for my license soon, and it's not hard to pass the test. What's hard to accomplish is completing a sale without "snags" such as the situation the OP described. That is why any good, competent agent will include a contingency clause to allow for various delays in such things as concurrent closings of escrows, movers, funding, etc.
Honestly, if you want a good agent--look for one that does all their paperwork, not just a "quick verbal" on something...after all, as we say in California: Verbal contracts aren't worth the paper they're printed on.
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kjames90755
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07/26/08 01:31am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Son said throw it away.......
Having a mother who has gone through three (that's -3-) divorces, and kept anything that wasn't nailed down or really wasn't her "style"...keep the album--you're right, the grandson should have a chance to see it...
Let's face it, it can't be annulled now...for one obvious reason.... As far as the goblets go--how personalized are they? If they're monogrammed, is it only with the first letter of the last name? Again, the grandson may wish to use them in later years as a "hand down gift" of sorts...after all, his initial is the same one--and they'll be antiques by then...if it's not, then sell them, or call Mikasa and see if they'll take a trade-in toward something else (a phone call is cheap), glass can be melted and reblown. Or, sell them on e-bay.
It sounds like your son wants to throw away reminders of a marriage that ended badly (what about the son?)...which is probably a very normal feeling from a hard divorce. But he shouldn't throw away things which may someday be very sentimental for his son.
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kjames90755
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07/26/08 01:01am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: I must be made of sugar
I've heard that putting Listerine in a spray bottle and spraying a mist of it around will keep them away.
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kjames90755
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07/14/08 08:34pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Sometimes.......the person hardest to forgive.......
A true philosophical viewpoint, however: Give me coffee in the morning and I can forgive almost anybody almost anything almost anytime. :C
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kjames90755
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07/14/08 08:18pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: for the bottled water drinkers...
In case you are watching your weight and want to reduce your caloric intake while sipping your bottled water, here is a new product:
http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles/a223_p3.jpg
It doesn't say how many fewer calories than regular water, but it must be less...
fewer than zero? 0-?=-? :H
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kjames90755
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07/14/08 03:05am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: loking for a new laptop
For one thing, Microsoft announced that there will be no more product fixes for XP and anything prior to XP. They're forcing everyone to move to Vista, regardless of preferences. I hope your XP's hang tough.
Hope Microsoft's Corporate offices lock up due to some unforseen flaw in Vista...heh heh...serve them right for dumping it on us knowing there's problems to begin with--poetic justice. :B
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kjames90755
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07/14/08 03:03am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Possible solution to smoking cigarettes
Leenite, that's a VERY positive motivation!
I used to tease my mother-in-law with, "Despite the fact that we're in Los Angeles County, if you give up smoking the fresh air will NOT kill you."
She gave up smoking on my birthday (July 28) in 1998, and passed away of pancreatic cancer which had metastasized to all of her soft organs, 2 days after it in 2004--she was 71.
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kjames90755
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07/14/08 03:00am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: I am back.... sort of
Good luck on your recovery and treatment. My grandmother had one of hers removed...21 years ago, now...and--either the doctor wasn't good at reconstruction or they took too much tissue for an effective rebuild--but after I got together with my parnter, we took our puppy to visit "Grammy"...
He ended up running around the house, and came out of her bedroom playing with something he got off the lower shelf of her nightstand...it was one of her prosthetic boobs! Bit a hole in it right through the ziploc baggie! :B :P
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kjames90755
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07/14/08 02:17am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Coke plus?
coke came out with a new soda a few months ago by the name of coke plus, it was good but now have not seen it for awhile in the stores. anyone know if they still make it or if it has been discontinued?
Try shopping in a different store...I know that Von's/Safeway still carries both Cherry Coke and Coke+ (the plus is Vitamins, folks). I prefer Pepsi, then Coke, Cherry Coke, then Coke Zero.
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kjames90755
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07/14/08 12:53am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Pine Beetle in the Rocky Mountain area
As bugs tend to be survivors, I'm fairly sure this cycle of trees dying and regrowing has happened several times before.
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kjames90755
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07/14/08 12:44am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: $#%@ Windows!
Let's be brutally honest, MSs operational policy has two questions:
1. Does our new "software version/fix/patch/upgrade/update/security update" operate under our current operating system?
Answer: A. Yes-goto 2. B. No-rework.
2. Does our new "software version/fix/patch/upgrade/update/security update" cause any operational issues for third party products when running under our current operating system?
Answer: A. Yes-good, produce, package and ship. B. No-rework.
:B :P
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kjames90755
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07/13/08 02:50am |
Technology Corner
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RE: Great Deal on a Handicap Equipped MH!!
As of 7/13, the ad has been deleted for some time.
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kjames90755
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07/13/08 02:29am |
RVing with Disabilities and General Health Issues
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RE: Important News Article: RVs Cheapest Type of Vacation!
Being the accountant number cruncher I am, this is the only way for us to travel.
Being the travel agents we are, we decided to use our RV and see our own country more.
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kjames90755
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07/13/08 01:59am |
RV Lifestyle
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RE: ABC's of RV's
Oops, sorry....missed seeing another post...
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kjames90755
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07/12/08 02:45am |
RV Lifestyle
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RE: All around experience
Well...let's see...California is the home of several things....
You might try camping somewhere in San Bernardino County out near Redlands, Yucaipa or Calimesa, even Banning or Beaumont out on I-10...if you do it during Apple Harvest, there's a great festival up in Oak Glen, up in the mountains east of Yucaipa. There may even be a campground in the area of Yucaipa or Oak Glen, I'll check soon...
Then, up north around San Jose, there's Gilroy, home of the world's Garlic Festival, and in San Jose there's The Winchester House (yes, the shotgun heiress-widow)...it's quite an attraction and tours are daily, there's also Six Flags Great America.
Down south in Orange County (LA County's southeast neighbor) there's a street fair in the Old Town Plaza on Labor Day weekend, with several local groups setting up food booths...it's sort of an all-day eat-fest around the world....parking is "problematic" and you buy the food items, but admission to the area is free. There are several campgrounds nearby, 3 or 4 in Anaheim, you can take in the Disneyland Resort for 3 or 4 days (if you plan, you can cover both parks in 2 days), or 2 or 3 in or near Huntington Beach, you can camp near the beach (electric and water, dump is nearby) at Bolsa Chica State Beach CG, at Huntington State Beach CG just 1-2 miles south, or Doheny Beach State Park Campground (FHU) in Southern Orange County.
Depending on when you do this, the fair may be in town, Orange County Fair is in Costa Mesa usually early July to Mid-August, LA County is in Pomona but I don't rember their dates....probably because last year they had temps in the 3-digit range.
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kjames90755
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07/12/08 02:29am |
RV Lifestyle
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RE: California I 5
My wife and I are thinking of heading to Burnt Ranch (on 299, west of redding) to see the in-laws, sounds like the drive is going to be worst than I thought.
Sounds like the name was probably apt.... :R
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kjames90755
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07/12/08 02:21am |
Roads and Routes
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RE: Laughlin to Bakersfield
The portions in the desert are about what you expect with the heat, but you take the Bakersfield turn-off in Barstow and end up going through Tehachapi, it's a pretty drive, and you go past the airplane boneyard...but you might want to fill in Barstow first, I don't know how the fueling stations are laid out on that route.
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kjames90755
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07/12/08 02:13am |
Roads and Routes
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RE: Advice Needed: What is fair in this situation?
Agreed...as for using the electricity and water, probably $5 for 30-days of 'fridge' cooldown, and probably $2 for 50 g. of water...with change coming back...
As far as the cherry tree......sometimes kids can break branches...but you should be able to trim the hedge.
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kjames90755
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07/12/08 12:20am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Advice Needed: What is fair in this situation?
Let's face it, if you've used as you say, 50 gallons of water to wash the trailer, you could give her a $2 bill and get change. 30 days of a TT plugged in just to cool the fridge...maybe $5? If she's that mercenary, stick it to her forehead with Krazyglue.
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kjames90755
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07/12/08 12:16am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Finding the back of the toad
I too use the backup camera to view the back end of the toad...can see the hitch at the bottom of the monitor, and the roof rack on the van at the top of the screen--back of van is +/- 28'.
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kjames90755
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07/11/08 10:57pm |
Dinghy Towing
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