Canceled.

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Fair enough.  I want more than they would pay, and they want to buy this on the cheap.  Cool.  I am still going to get to work.  I just don't have as much of a hard deadline.  I was just finishing breakfast, so... I have the coffee left.  Then to digest things a bit.  Then on to work.  The house is warmer.  Which is very good.

I told him I had tried to get a loan, for home improvements, but they wanted $10k on top of interest, plus the $30k.  He was shocked by it, and seems to work in this field.  Or... he was just sympathizing?  But it sounded like that surprised him, in a bad way, too.  Yea.  They are looking for those who need it bad, or just want out at any cost.

He told me some things I am pretty sure weren't... accurate.  At least not locally.  Maybe where he is from?  Don't know.  But, yeah, no.  All good.

I'll get to work in a few hours.  Good to have canceled.  And, fair enough.  I know I am asking a bit high.  But, too, he is asking a bit low.  There really isn't ground for negotiation.  And... rent, for a reasonable place, in Argentina or Cambodia, up to western standards, would cost as much as my mortgage.  But, there would be little space.  Not sure how shut down things are, due to covid, too.

Restaurants, cabs, and who knows what else, in many places, have been impacted.  Some places which were closed down, even when the countries involved opened back up, have struggled to find workers.  The hard work, for the little pay, makes it difficult.  People are enjoying not working, rather than killing themselves for a few fiddly dollars, especially as inflation in other countries is even worse than here.  Working for almost nothing, and having that become worth less almost by the time you are paid?  Tough.  So... not sure visiting would be great, quite yet.  May never be good to travel again.  And, I am not sure street foods, while probably available, would be... even safe.

Oh well.  But, as mentioned, I didn't think this was going to work out.  If I want to sell the house, I would have to get her cleaned up, get a more accurate appraisal, and perhaps list it.  I'm just... that would require an open house, and... more than I am sure I want to mess with.  While prices definitely haven't been dropping, they have stopped going up so far.  Maybe very locally they have been, but... I don't think so.  Now, they may be heading down, but that is... in the future.  And, if they keep raising rates, prices have to drop.

People, between being let go from work, earning less when they remain employed, and with explosive inflation, people won't pay more because they couldn't if they wanted to.  To be honest, unlike before?  I am not sure this will ever change again.  Governments, around the world, have decided to undercut, cull even, their populations.  I'm not sure the world will ever get better again in my lifetime.  If so, when it goes down?  It's going way down.  Americans started out that way.  I think America may have been better for it.  We will see.

I'll do some gaming, while I get breakfast sorted in there.  Then to boxes in the living room.  And, on to other efforts, between rest periods.  Having the heat on really is pleasant, though, too.  Good day, and weekend.  Later.