While we were very lucky the first time part of the tree fell, we were as lucky this time… but it could have been much worse.

The first part of the tree that fell a while back completely missed the house and just smashed the gate next to it. However, this time, the main [...]]]>

While we were very lucky the first time part of the tree fell, we were as lucky this time… but it could have been much worse.

The first part of the tree that fell a while back completely missed the house and just smashed the gate next to it. However, this time, the main part of the tree hit the house straight on. The first picture show the initial fall of the tree onto the house… it hit the roof over the master bedroom, and luckily didn’t break the sliding glass door. We then started an emergency clear of some of the branches. Working feverishly, we removed some of the branches that were threatening the sliding glass door. Just as we finished doing that, the main part of the trunk that was leaning up against the stump began to shift in a wind gust causing the entire tree to rotate. As you can see in the second picture, this caused the collapse of the deck railing. Luckily, it lifted the mass of the tree up off of the roof… and other then some damages shingles, it looks like no structural damage to the house itself.

We are not sure how we are going to take down the larger branches since they are leaning on the fence and over into the neighbours yard.

– Orignally Posted Tuesday Dec. 29th – 

We were suppose to fund yesterday (12/28/09) and close today (12/29/09) but just like everything else in this deal, something got screwed up.

As it turns out, funding is usually done in the morning and has to be done by noon. We get a call from [...]]]>

– Orignally Posted Tuesday Dec. 29th – 

We were suppose to fund yesterday (12/28/09) and close today (12/29/09) but just like everything else in this deal, something got screwed up.

As it turns out, funding is usually done in the morning and has to be done by noon. We get a call from our lender at 2pm yesterday that they were not able to fund due to the fact that the lender could not verify where some of the money that we put in escrow came from. The funny thing is that the money has been sitting in escrow for a couple of weeks… and they are now just finding it?!?!?! Needless to say we are a little pissed off about it…

It gets better….

Turns out that one of the issues is that they can’t fund is because of a 401k issue… Basically, The Other One pulled money from his 401k (EdwardJones) and had them wire the money directly to escrow. Now the lender isn’t sure who EdwardJones is, and was thinking that EdwardJones was a real estate agent at the Other One’s office who gave him the money. So, we had to send in additional statements and paperwork proving that EdwardJones was the investing company for the 401k, and NOT an actual person…

We are still probably not going to fund today… and more info is coming… I’ll try to keep things up to date. All I do know at this point is that we are out of the rental Thursday night… and if this doesn’t close here fast… like it was suppose to on Dec 15th, 18th, 23rd, and 28th…. we are going to be homeless.

– Originally Posted Saturday Dec. 12, 2009 –

Just when we thought we were done the appraisals, here comes the sequel.

It looks like the underwriter for our loan wants to have a field review of the appraisal done on the home. The reason for the field review from the underwriter? “The extreme joy of [...]]]>

– Originally Posted Saturday Dec. 12, 2009 –

Just when we thought we were done the appraisals, here comes the sequel.

It looks like the underwriter for our loan wants to have a field review of the appraisal done on the home. The reason for the field review from the underwriter? “The extreme joy of watching a buyer squirm under the added stress!” Actually, here is the reason from an email we got from the lender… “…a field review of the appraisal will be required due to the high adjustment percentages and lack of comparable properties in similar lot size to the subject property.”

In plain English, there haven’t been any 1,500 square foot homes, on a quarter-acre, in town, with a view sold recently. So, they have nothing to compare the value of the home too. Of course they don’t trust the professional appraiser they sent out to estimate the value of the home at.

To top it off, a field review takes an additional five business days to complete. Mind you, we were all shooting to close the deal on Tuesday… which is the 15th. Our lender however was able to talk the underwriter into doing a desk review instead of a field review. That’s a good thing because a desk review only takes two business days to finish.

All in all, it looks like there is no way possible to close before the 18th…. and looking more and more like we won’t be home for Christmas either.

– Originally Posted Thursday Dec. 10, 2009 –

Where we last left off…

-Name Issue With Escrow: Somewhat fixed with an addendum to the contract. Was signed and sent off this morning.

But that has led to another issue… LOAN DOCs! We can’t go anywhere without the loan docs… They were suppose to be [...]]]>

– Originally Posted Thursday Dec. 10, 2009 –

Where we last left off…

-Name Issue With Escrow:
Somewhat fixed with an addendum to the contract. Was signed and sent off this morning.

But that has led to another issue… LOAN DOCs! We can’t go anywhere without the loan docs… They were suppose to be done on Tuesday and sent to Escrow on Wednesday… HA HA HA HA HA HA! The name issue has put all that fun stuff on hold… joy!

SHOW ME THE MONEY

We all know that it takes a lot of money in fees and what not to close a real estate deal… Because of how close we are to our max $$ wise, The Other One (I haven’t figured out a good name for him yet on here) decided to take some of it out of his 401k to give us a little cushion. The Other One’s boss swore up and down that getting the check to our hot little hands would be quick and easy. So, we asked for the amount to be taken out on Monday (12/07) so we could get the check by Wednesday and overnight it to escrow by Friday… cause you know, we have been shooting to close this whole thing by the 15th of December…. yeah… that’s next Tuesday.

Back to real time, The Other One asked his boss today about the check… and her response to him was “I haven’t ordered it yet.” WHAT THE HECK! You would think that the office manager of a REAL ESTATE company would know the importance of time lines and needing to get funds to escrow… I guess not. So now, I’m going to say the absolute earliest that we are going to be able to get The Other One’s 401k check is Monday… if we are lucky. All the work that both of us do for The Real Estate company, they should just write us a check and say Merry Christmas.

So what was turning out to be a VERY smooth transaction has turned out into this massive mess of crap… right at the end…. on a scale of 1-10 the frustration & stress level is a 14.

Looks like there might be another bump in the road with the escrow. The other one (I haven’t figured out a good name for him yet on here) forgot to put his FULL name on the loan paperwork like he did on the escrow paperwork. So, the [...]]]> – Originally Posted Wednesday Dec. 9, 2009 –

Looks like there might be another bump in the road with the escrow. The other one (I haven’t figured out a good name for him yet on here) forgot to put his FULL name on the loan paperwork like he did on the escrow paperwork. So, the loan paper work shows “First, Middle, Last Name” and the escrow paperwork shows “First, Middle, Last Name II”

I can’t believe they are causing stink about II at the end of the name… now if it was his social security number or something like that, I could see there being an issue.