Random

I know I said these blogs would be random...but can one consider two months since the last one random? I guess when you are about to turn 50 in 4 days you can take as much time as you want. It's been busy the past few months with my son, Griffin, graduating from high school. Our schedules were extremely hectic. Add to that moving our daughter back to school where she plans on living for the summer in her first "place of her own"...if living with five other girls is "a place of your own". I guess my husband and I are now considered  empty nesters...technically that will be August, but he's never home anyways!

The countdown is on and I it's starting to hit me that I will be 50 years old in a mere 4 days. I guess I'm suffering a "mid-life" crisis with all the changes, so my husband has agreed to purchase a second home at the beach to make the transition easier. I am looking forward to finally having a place of our own to get away to. I am however NOT having fun negotiating with the bank on a place that we found. I guess I was confused going into this process. I thought that it was a buyer's market. Apparently the realtor on the selling end hasn't read the news. The property we found is a Bank Owned townhouse. A lovely second home just a three minute walk to the white sands of Santa Rosa Beach. It's never been lived in and has been on the market for a year. You'd think the bank would want it "off their books". Wrong again. When originally listed you could have actually purchased the entire complex, so the bank had quite a few to sell. Slowly but surely they have been selling them one by one.

I've come to the conclusion that most bankers at one point in time were or wanted to be professional poker players. They "lay their cards on the table" and then it's your move. They're waiting to see if your bluffing and what card you're going to play next.  Are we "all in" or are we going to "fold". Only time will tell. The way I see it. I'm holding a better hand right now. I don't "have to" purchase a vacation home. I already have a lovely home. The second home is just the icing on the cake. They have a home that's been vacant for a year. Bringing in no income. Hmmmmm. I think for now I'm going to hold and call their bluff.  I'll keep you posted on the outcome.
Another random blog from an "almost" 50 year old.
Vicki