This is getting ridiculous!

Hello again, blogfans!

Well, today my real estate agent informed me that the buyer who had entered into a contract to buy my house was exercising her right to nullify the contract.

Apparently, she'd used her right to have the place inspected to bring in an electrical contractor in addition to a standard home inspection, an inspection by a plumbing contractor, and, quite frankly, I think she brought in Elvis, Amelia, and Jimmy Hoffa to have a look around as well.

Uhhhhh......it's a $55,000 house, lady! You expected the Taj Mahal?

Sheeesh!

I bought the place when I was first divorced and needed a new place to live. I did everything I could do to buy a place that I could afford. It wasn't the Taj Mahal when I bought it, either, but it's a lot better now than it was then. When I bought it, the front door had no door handle; it was only a dead bolt. The back door would not open all the way. Both conditions were because the foundation had settled and the house was not level. I had Olshan out to remedy that to the tune of $5,000, but the place was level when they got done and I was able to install new doors on the front and the rear of the house. The carport on the side of the house was wide open when I bought the place, so I enclosed it and had a roll-up garage door installed on the front. On the rear, I built swing-out doors. This made it so that you could drive straight through the garage into the back yard if needed. I needed this feature because I have not only a 16' flatbed trailer but also a boat. The boat needs to stay locked up for obvious reasons. Obviously, I made a lot of other improvements to the place that increased it's value, but I'm never going see any profit from any of that thanks to a bunch of greedy home buyers and their ARMs and a bunch of greedy banks who lent money to people KNOWING they'd find themselves in trouble in the not-too-distant future and did NOTHING to stop it or prevent it. Frankly, the place the housing market finds itself in is not my fault and I resent that I'm having to pay the price for the greed of a bunch of other people.

On the other hand, God has blessed me beyond measure and I pray for those who fell into this mortgage trap and now find themselves in the position of losing their homes or have already lost their homes.

I KNOW, and I trust God that there is someone else out there like me who needs a comfortable little house in a nice, quiet neighborhood. It'd be perfect for a single man or a young couple just starting out. Lord, I have no right to approach You, except for the imputed righteousness of Jesus and His sacrifice for us on the cross. I don't often ask for selfish things, but I'm at a place where I really need to get rid of this house and I'm asking for You to send that certain someone who needs my house as much as I need to get rid of it! Lord, MDB has been having a terrible time with her FMA; please send her comfort and make her well, Lord. Lord, I stand on Your promises; You said that You would never give us a stone if we ask for bread; never a snake if we ask for fish. Lord, I'm asking that You bless someone else with my house just as You blessed me with it in my time of need and I'm asking that you heal my darling bride of her FMA and give her relief from her pain and I ask it in the name of Jesus, amen!