Short-Sale

For anyone dying to know how we like the "pool house" ;) I'd like to say that it is all that jazz, but...

... it's a short sale. :(

Short sales are tough because the buyer is at the mercy of the bank who (or which?) is open to higher offers from other people or can foreclose on the property right up until the day of the closing. Not a comfortable position to be on, right?  I'll let you know what we'll decide to do.

We saw several more houses and two of them were nice -- very similar to our old house, down to the very same kind of hardwood floor, kitchen cabinets and even trees! So it's not like we don't have options, but the pool house is really perfect because it's so big and can be improved upon in countless ways. Of course a bigger house is more expensive to heat and stuff... but... we will continue to be budget conscious people and be able to pay our bills, I'm sure. So... we'll see what will happen.