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After spending a good part of this morning waking up, I am finally awake! I did a few tasks I had hoped to do, but mostly tinkered. One of the things I did was to add a few blog links I have been meaning to add. There are some I am meaning to remove as there has been no activity on the blogs. I am slower about that than I am about most things.
Next, I will try to locate the number for the LEO and give him a call, then pay a bill I almost forgot about, and then do some laundry. I am up for it today. If need be, I will then again take a nap. Switching days and nights is not easy and even when I do it, naps are good things if I can keep them short. Turning on the heat for a bit should help too. I have electric heat, for the most part, but the inset a/c can also be used for heat and really does jump start the process as I only keep the electric heater near my bed on, and on low, full time. The electric heat suffices to keep me from simply freezing, and being right next to my bed, it works perfectly for low activity levels.
Everything in my life is experimental, at this point. And, with the upcoming move, I will be starting all over again. The rigors of home ownership will be allayed, a great deal, by some sense and reality of permanency and regularity. As well, I will be able to set my house up just as I please, within financial constraints. However, with a little creativity and elbow grease, and having a great deal of free time, what I can do to a home is limited more by imagination and skill than by anything else. I am getting excited about the prospect.
One of the shorter term goals to that end is finding a buyer's agent. I am not sure what they are, technically, called. Both understanding definitively what this type of professional is, does, and costs, then locating several to interview in the hopes of getting one on-board, is my next short term project. I hope to have one of these people ready for when I begin looking. Who knows, they might suggest I begin looking at housing sooner rather than later though I am not sure that is wise as I would hate to get set on something I will not be moving into until May, or seeing something and setting my heart on it only to have it disappear. Maybe that is why they want you to look early, so that it becomes less of an emotional and more of a logical (if that is possible with a home) process.
Well, I best get going. When I load up the laundry, I will add at least 4 or 5 boxes to take to the storage unit. Today is a great day! It is nice to be ready to use it.
Free. To you anyway. Or maybe a dollar to make the contract binding.
ReplyDeleteEssentially you commit to working with them through the buying process in exchange for them looking out for *your* interests instead of the seller's interests. The best ones to find are the ones that work exclusively as buyer brokers. You might try a google search on "buyer broker Logan UT" to see what comes up.
They get paid by the seller--typically 3% or 3.5% of the sale--the same share that a realtor would get. The listing realtor (hired by the seller) gets another 3% or 3.5%.
I have been looking, and did the exact search you recommended. So far, nothing I am sure about. I did find one, but to be honest, I am very dubious. Let us just say something does not feel right. However, I did send off an email and asked him precisely what his job title is, and if he would be willing and able to suggest others, not in his company, so that I might pick one.
ReplyDeleteIf you are going to shoot for the moon, you might end up killing some cows in a nearby field, even if you aim high. Ha! If all else fails, build a bigger gun?
Meh, I wanna see him dance.
Hope it goes well with the house hunting, i hear it's a good time to buy over there. Out here i'm waiting for lending rates to go up, they're far too low at the moment.
ReplyDeleteI am seeing some amazing buys out here, really. And some that could very well suit my needs. I saw one tonight that is right at (asking) $168k, very nice, with 1.5 acres (with another 3.5 acres available). The extra acreage scares me, because if I cannot buy it, I fear development. That was my favored, give or take. But there were two or three with over an acre (with horse allowances and out buildings for them, and pasture land and water rights (water rights are big in a desert area). Well, water rights, or something like that. Allotments?
ReplyDeleteUhrm, lending rates? Up? That must not equal interest rates. I am guessing it is the inverse of interest rates, or something?