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selling house vent
just FYI it makes you go batsh!t crazy. I'm a worrier anyway (thank the Lord for Lexapro) but good grief. UGH! 5 showings in 2 weeks YAY! no second showings yet. Feedback is great...house shows AMAZING (a buyers words) realtors love it too, price is great for the area, great schools near by, near shopping centers, great corner lot, tile counter, pergo flooring....
Now someone buy my house damnit so I can build my dream house in Falcon Pointe.
Ha, sorry...anyone wanna buy a house in Laredo 
Any ideas to help me calm down? Lexapro and wine are working pretty well
Re: selling house vent
You guys have the job thing squared away and the days are counting down until you'll be able to move back to Austin. That's what you've wanted most, and it's going to happen. This is just a detail that is inconvenient for now, but you'll still get to your goal. I don't think houses usually sell that quickly--you just put it on the market, so have hope!
PS: That's great that you're getting such good feedback. People are probably just thinking it over since buying a house is such a big leap. You should see how picky I'm being with buying a car, and I'm really sick of car shopping.
Great point! I'm leaving this awful TOWN! (Sorry if anyone is from Laredo)
Ditto what Faon said. This is a tough market and selling a house takes time -- sometimes a lot of time. In the end, you'll be in Austin one way or another.
I understand your frustration. We tried to sell our house last year and the process really sucked and put a lot of stress on us. This time around, we're trying to be more relaxed about it and not thinking about the future too much. Last year, my DH got his heart set on this one house. In his mind it was our perfect house and when it sold before our house sold he was heartbroken. And it made things worse for me because at that point, he was convinced we wouldn't find anything better than the dream house and any other opportunity just didn't live up. Eventually, though, we found better houses. And this year, we've seen still others that we like. The moral of the story (and I don't mean to be a killjoy, but...) is maybe be open to other options rather than get your heart set on the Falcon Pointe house.
Good luck and feel free to vent anytime.
This may be silly.....but I have always wanted to try the whole burying a St. Joseph thing.....I can't wait till we sell our home to try this!(in like 7 years)
A co-worker of mine hadn't sold her house...and it had been like 6 months.....she is not catholic....well she finally decided to try the St. Joseph thing...and she sold that month. I know it could just be coincidental.....but ya never know and it never hurts to try.
Good Luck!
Sadly, I can dispell that myth. Last year's realtor buried one for us. Nothing happened. Three months later, my MIL buried another one in our backyard. Three months after that, we took the house off the market.
I have done the St. Joseph thing twice. When I was selling my house in Philadelphia it was on the market for 3 months. I finally buried a St. Joseph and within 24 hours I had 3 offers!
We put our house on the market here early Feb and buried a St. Joseph within 24 hours and not even one person has come to see the house! Ugghh, I was really counting on St.Joseph. Maybe he doesnt work well under pressure!