Tao of DesertWolf» Tao of DesertWolf http://jgfields.com The life and musings of DW Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:07:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Home Sweet Home http://jgfields.com/2009/05/20/home-sweet-home/ http://jgfields.com/2009/05/20/home-sweet-home/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 19:37:24 +0000 James http://jgfields.com/?p=269 Well to update you on why I have been so remiss lately, I had been in the process of buying a home. I had tweeted some of the info, but lets just say, it is not something I want to again anytime soon :)

But here is a pic of the new casa…

housecroppedThere is still a lot of work to do, but at least I am working on something that is mine.

]]> http://jgfields.com/2009/05/20/home-sweet-home/feed/ 0 *Waves* Yes I am still alive http://jgfields.com/2009/02/19/waves-yes-i-am-still-alive/ http://jgfields.com/2009/02/19/waves-yes-i-am-still-alive/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:47:04 +0000 James http://jgfields.com/?p=242 Just life has been a bit crazy lately.

In November I was informed that the condo that my daughter and I live in was being put on the market in January, and we would be on a month to month till it sold or we moved out. At one time I had concidered buying the condo, but the price they were asking was way out of line with the market. So I started looking around, and the more I looked, the more interesting it bacame. I went and got prequalified for a home loan and found a realtor and started looking at houses.

Lets just say that house hunting in the current market is interesting. I am currently on the 3rd house I have made an offer on. The first one was a short sale and went to auction before my offer was even seen. The second was also a short sale, and the bank that held the morgage said it could take 45 days to approve the offer, and this was 2 weeks after I made it. During this time I continued to look, and a found a great 3br, 2 bath home that was bank owned and had only been on the market a couple days. I made an offer and it was accepted, so now I am going through the process, my loan is in final authorization process, the inspection has been done, so at this point I am just waiting for the bank to say yes or no on my loan. If things go right I should be in my new house the first part of March. 

Also while all this has been going on, the economy has been heading down the drain, and has finally hit us at my work. We are laying off staff, one from my IT staff, and there will be pay cuts, though no one has said how much they will be yet. I have been meeting with the CEO and the Controller quite a bit the past 7 days, and we are working on ways to make it possible for the staff to do more work with less people, and improve processes. 

So as I said a bit crazy…

]]> http://jgfields.com/2009/02/19/waves-yes-i-am-still-alive/feed/ 0 Shhhssss Hunting Houses http://jgfields.com/2008/12/21/shhhssss-hunting-houses/ http://jgfields.com/2008/12/21/shhhssss-hunting-houses/#comments Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:45:48 +0000 James http://jgfields.com/?p=214 Well I was notified that the condo I am living in is being put up for sale. They are asking more than I can afford, so am looking for a house I can afford. I have gotten pre approved for a VA loan, so now is the fun part..finding something in my price range, that I like, and all that other fun stuff. 

I put an offer on one place, but it was a Short Sale and my offer didnt get looked at before it went to auction. Put an offer on another place yesterday, also a short sale, and they are saying it could be up to 45 days before they have a reply to my offer…. Well the offer is in, and I can still look at other places if they come on the market. As my realtor said, I need to find something that is not a short sale or a forclosure, thing is those are the best deals right now, and I figure I should get as much house as I can with the market as it is…

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