An offer on the condo came through this morning, as promised. It was a little lower than I had hoped, so we calculated out the numbers and what that would mean for us. We decided it was worth the risk to counter, even if it meant letting this fish wriggle off the hook. It became an even better gamble early in the afternoon when I got a call from the other folks who had toured the property on Friday. I was honest with the broker who called, letting her know I was working on a counter to an existing offer, and when my response deadline was. She tried to get her buyer to move quickly, but the added pressure proved too much, and they got scared off.
I hadn't been using my laptop since before Christmas, so when I fired it up to write a counter, I had to go through four hours of updates. Holy cow. I was afraid I wouldn't get the counter written in time. I did manage to get it off with just over an hour to spare. Right before I started writing, I saw the answer. I need to discuss with my co-seller, and my vote will be to accept the negotiated price. I'll do that in the morning, as he is sound asleep now.
Too soon to open the champagne, but there is a better than average chance that we will be free of 50% of the headache of being landlords by the end of February. Now if we can finally unload the house where we used to live in New Mexico, we will be unencumbered.
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