I have just spent three hours working on a comparative market analysis for my buyers - both to analyze the house they want to purchase and the one they want to sell. The good news - the house they are selling should be able to be sold for about $10k more than we had originally thought. The bad news: the house they want to buy seems to be quite a bit more than what the rest of the houses are selling for around it. So...they either need to get the price down (which will be hard, given the contingency that they need to sell their home in order to buy - they are already asking the seller to make concessions), or accept the fact that they might not be able to sell the house for what they bought it for, if they decide to move within a few years (however, this is not the case). But I have been searching with this couple for many months now, and this is the most excited I have seen them over a house. I want everyone out there to cross their fingers for us...I hope we will be writing a purchase offer soon. Then I would really have something to look forward to
Money spent today: About $48 in groceries and $16.91 for my Mother's Day gift, which I picked up today. It's a new mug with my boys' faces on it - so cute, if I may say so. My DH sure is a good listener when I tell him exactly what to get me!
Goal for today: Pay cell phone bill - done.
Goal for tomorrow: I am off from work and had planned to clean out our "junk" room - where everything seems to get stored. My mom is going to help me. We want to get done by this weekend, when my real estate office is sponsoring a "dump and donate" day (dumpster and donation truck set up for people to come by and get rid of stuff - designed to attract people who might be moving soon and in need of a realtor!). Anyway, we are taking advantage of the free garbage removal since we don't have pick-up. However, I don't know to what degree I will be wrapped up in this house stuff tomorrow, so that may get pushed back. Since I do need a goal, though, I will make it my goal to cancel two of my trial memberships for which I have already received the gift cards. The third one I have is the one with the $10 vouchers, but I have not gotten a check from them yet. I'll hold on until day 30, then cancel even if I haven't gotten it, just to be sure.
And now...to bed.