Realtor #3

As you might remember, we "interviewed" 2 real estate agents that could potentially list (and hopefully sell) our house. The two numbers that they came up with were vastly different, so we were advised by the relo company to interview a third realtor. We were pretty nervous that the thrid realtor might agree with the "low" number from realtor #2, but we invited her over anyways - better to know the truth in advance than to be delusional and list our house at what we might WANT it to be worth... So, realtor #3 came in, took the same pictures, gave us the same talk about her marketing plan and everything her real estate company could offer that no one else's could. We listened, anxious for her to get to the bottom line -- the price tag! We were happy to hear that she agreed (more or less) with realtor #1, and we may not lose tens of thousands of dollars on this house after all. I mean, I know it's not sold yet, but at least the comparisons looked reasonable and more in the same ballpark as the first agent. In other (sort of unrelated) house news - the house across the street from us went on the market this week -- and it's a bank owned / forclosure situation going on -- apparently the place is a mess, but it is definitely "priced to sell" -- I am glad that the price tag on that house does not really influence the price tag on ours.
Now we just have to choose an agent - we hope to be listed by next weekend (something for me to blog about!)

Let's see, what else. We are tentatively planning to take the whole family out to O-ma-ma the first weekend of my spring break (like leaving on Saturday, the 29th and coming home on Tuesday, April 1st). Frank is going to try to preview some homes between now and then and hopefully we can make a final decision while we are there. We figure being there 3 days or so will give us enough time to hit the zoo or something with the kids and also to have some productive realtor time. We are only debating whether we should drive (ugh!) or fly (also an Ugh!) -- I mean, I'm sure the trip is painless either way - please do not be deterred from visiting! :)

Imagination Station update - Frank dropped off the check last week, so Ellie and Nathan are officially on the waiting list / registered for the fall - they (mostly ellie) are very excited about the "new school."

That's all for this week - hopefully the post next weekend will have a picture of the house with a sign in the yard (and a "SOLD" on top... ok, wishful thinking...)

More later -