Ze search for a new home.

We put an offer on a house a couple of weeks ago. It was not accepted; they went with another offer with a bigger down payment, and a waiver of the home inspection. We really liked the house, but there will be others. We've moved on.

Last weekend we didn't manage to see anything due to the snow. We're trying to see three more on Sunday.

Our agents have been having a problem with listing agents not calling them back about showings. This confuses the FUCK out of me. I know some of them are short sales, which means the agents won't get as much of a commission, but seriously? Everything I've read says that the housing market is still in pretty bad shape. You'd figure any sale is better than no sale!

I'm also seeing listings for houses that went under contract ages ago. Do they just not take them down? I don't get it.

Some of the listing agents should probably take marketing classes, I think. So many of the listings just have really terrible descriptions. And the photos! Don't even get me started on the photos.

Anyrate, the info on the three we're seeing this weekend looks good. Hopefully one of these will be the one! We're aiming to close by about the end of April. Rich is working for most of this month and next month, then he has a lot of time off in May. Moving then would be extremely convenient.

We'll be calling in the cavalry when it comes time to move. Rich doesn't believe that I'm as big and strong as I really am, so he wants help moving the furniture. It's quite possible that my birthday part this year will be a moving party!