I'd say that's not it .. around here, it takes a minimum of a year for a foreclosure to become final, longer at times if you have kids ..
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I'd say that's not it .. around here, it takes a minimum of a year for a foreclosure to become final, longer at times if you have kids ..
Hola ..
One of the great conundrums of the Pandemic, IMO, anyway, is home prices and sales .. I don't know what it's like in your areas, but around the STL area, prices are way on the upswing and there are actually some new subdivisions being built ..
Yet, when you drive around shopping area mecas, a half to 3/4th's of the shops / eateries are closed and boarded up ..
I don't get it ..
Our daughter just bought a new home. Strange days ... every house was a bidding war. Back in 'my day' you looked at the listing price and decided how much 'less' to make an offer. With all of Kate's dealing it was how much 'more' than the listing price should be the offer.
In her area of Delaware it's a sellers market. Not much available and houses are sold the day they are listed.
I don’t know what real estate sales are down here overall but in my little town they’re about as usual. If a house is overpriced it sits. If it’s reasonable it sells. But the asking prices seem to have gone up.
What's sad is how many businesses are closing…mostly the smaller ones. And I just heard that the parent company of Sweet Tomatoes has closed all of its stores. The company had not been doing well for a long time but they had reorganized and trying to recoup but this pandemic was the final straw. Our favorite restaurant
What's sad is how many businesses are closing…mostly the smaller ones. And I just heard that the parent company of Sweet Tomatoes has closed all of its stores. The company had not been doing well for a long time but they had reorganized and trying to recoup but this pandemic was the final straw. Our favorite restaurant
I just closed on a house I sold. It took 3 months to close. I was told that with interest rates down, lots of people are buying. Add to that the finance folks are being very cautious and slow, making sure people are still employed.There was a one month delay due to bank asking for employment verification and the office person was out so no one to verify, I guess.Hola ..
One of the great conundrums of the Pandemic, IMO, anyway, is home prices and sales .. I don't know what it's like in your areas, but around the STL area, prices are way on the upswing and there are actually some new subdivisions being built ..
Yet, when you drive around shopping area mecas, a half to 3/4th's of the shops / eateries are closed and boarded up ..
I don't get it ..
Morning, all.
More sunny days here, still no rain. Thankfully, and probably because it's a local "thing", no shortage of toe web ointment
More sunny days here, still no rain. Thankfully, and probably because it's a local "thing", no shortage of toe web ointment
'Morning everyone...
I'm pretty much in agreement with the opinion that the extremely low interest rates have a great deal to do with it. Add to that, the fact that those with very deep pockets have the opportunity to take advantage of the current situation to speculate.
I have a new landlord, and that's a good thing, but...this place had been for sale the entire time I've lived here, and there were more people lined up to come and take a look around, before the lock down had even been lifted, than I've seen in the entire previous 7 years...
Hola ..
One of the great conundrums of the Pandemic, IMO, anyway, is home prices and sales .. I don't know what it's like in your areas, but around the STL area, prices are way on the upswing and there are actually some new subdivisions being built ..
Yet, when you drive around shopping area mecas, a half to 3/4th's of the shops / eateries are closed and boarded up ..
I don't get it ..
I'm pretty much in agreement with the opinion that the extremely low interest rates have a great deal to do with it. Add to that, the fact that those with very deep pockets have the opportunity to take advantage of the current situation to speculate.
I have a new landlord, and that's a good thing, but...this place had been for sale the entire time I've lived here, and there were more people lined up to come and take a look around, before the lock down had even been lifted, than I've seen in the entire previous 7 years...
Hola ..
Well, it's September 1st, which, for me, always signifies the door cracking open to Autumn, the countdown to Labor Day, the inevitable downhill slide into Winter .. it's my Birthday Month, so there is that ..
This year has a different look and feel .. it's been a hell of a ride so far, and it's far from over .. we went from 'We're all in this together' to lining up on opposite sides of the Field as if preparing for battle ..
Most years, I'd be planning for my Annual Winery Road Trip, waiting for peak Fall colors before the major leaf drop .. I'd be looking at making a couple nights reservations at a rustic B&B or two .. looking forward to some great wine tasting, good food, driving along the Mississippi and Missouri River bluffs, and great live entertainment .. three or four days of bliss and harmony, prior to settling in for the coming of Old Man Winter .. three or four days of bliss and harmony, where I can tune out everyday life ..
Yet, like many, if not most, Americans, I have this uncertainty that lingers over my head .. this cloud, this fog .. a nebulous thing that is just there .. you can't escape it, no matter what you do, there are constant reminders ..
One of my few remaining good friends passed with the Covid last night .. after a 3 week struggle .. a good man, a fellow Veteran, my Brother in Arms .. the first death that has directly hit home with me from this scourge .. RIP, Wayne .. you made it back from Vietnam, you worked hard, you did not have an easy life but you plowed through it all .. only to end it this way ..
Silly me .. I thought it was the main job of Government to keep us safe ..
Well, it's September 1st, which, for me, always signifies the door cracking open to Autumn, the countdown to Labor Day, the inevitable downhill slide into Winter .. it's my Birthday Month, so there is that ..
This year has a different look and feel .. it's been a hell of a ride so far, and it's far from over .. we went from 'We're all in this together' to lining up on opposite sides of the Field as if preparing for battle ..
Most years, I'd be planning for my Annual Winery Road Trip, waiting for peak Fall colors before the major leaf drop .. I'd be looking at making a couple nights reservations at a rustic B&B or two .. looking forward to some great wine tasting, good food, driving along the Mississippi and Missouri River bluffs, and great live entertainment .. three or four days of bliss and harmony, prior to settling in for the coming of Old Man Winter .. three or four days of bliss and harmony, where I can tune out everyday life ..
Yet, like many, if not most, Americans, I have this uncertainty that lingers over my head .. this cloud, this fog .. a nebulous thing that is just there .. you can't escape it, no matter what you do, there are constant reminders ..
One of my few remaining good friends passed with the Covid last night .. after a 3 week struggle .. a good man, a fellow Veteran, my Brother in Arms .. the first death that has directly hit home with me from this scourge .. RIP, Wayne .. you made it back from Vietnam, you worked hard, you did not have an easy life but you plowed through it all .. only to end it this way ..
Silly me .. I thought it was the main job of Government to keep us safe ..
So sorry about your friend, WillieHola ..
Well, it's September 1st, which, for me, always signifies the door cracking open to Autumn, the countdown to Labor Day, the inevitable downhill slide into Winter .. it's my Birthday Month, so there is that ..
This year has a different look and feel .. it's been a hell of a ride so far, and it's far from over .. we went from 'We're all in this together' to lining up on opposite sides of the Field as if preparing for battle ..
Most years, I'd be planning for my Annual Winery Road Trip, waiting for peak Fall colors before the major leaf drop .. I'd be looking at making a couple nights reservations at a rustic B&B or two .. looking forward to some great wine tasting, good food, driving along the Mississippi and Missouri River bluffs, and great live entertainment .. three or four days of bliss and harmony, prior to settling in for the coming of Old Man Winter .. three or four days of bliss and harmony, where I can tune out everyday life ..
Yet, like many, if not most, Americans, I have this uncertainty that lingers over my head .. this cloud, this fog .. a nebulous thing that is just there .. you can't escape it, no matter what you do, there are constant reminders ..
One of my few remaining good friends passed with the Covid last night .. after a 3 week struggle .. a good man, a fellow Veteran, my Brother in Arms .. the first death that has directly hit home with me from this scourge .. RIP, Wayne .. you made it back from Vietnam, you worked hard, you did not have an easy life but you plowed through it all .. only to end it this way ..
Silly me .. I thought it was the main job of Government to keep us safe ..
So sorry @Uncle Willie to hear about your friend. One of our closest friend's brother, also made it through serving in Vietnam only to subcome to this nasty virus. You put your life on the line 'over there' only to lose to an invisible virus later in life.
Willie, my condolences on your loss. I agree with you about the state of affairs and it is my birthday month as well. What day for you?
Thank you .. Wayne was tough as stale beef jerky .. wiry and thin, yet strong as an ox .. an avid Outdoors Man, hunter, fisherman, loved to grill, always had a Marlboro in one hand and a Budweiser in the other .. a Carpenter before retirement .. he never got into the tech, could not operate a Computer if his life depended on it ..
Unselfish and giving in many ways, yet a hard man, shaped by a hard working life and an impoverished childhood .. he had steely blue eyes that could look right through you ..
One of the photos I took of him over the years ..
Unselfish and giving in many ways, yet a hard man, shaped by a hard working life and an impoverished childhood .. he had steely blue eyes that could look right through you ..
One of the photos I took of him over the years ..
For me this year Sep. 1st means we have 9 days left before the axe falls on the vaping community. Sep. 10th will be a void of legal products left on the market. If you're liking that Zenith and Solo, you might consider backups.
I looked at the picture before I read your post. I was drawn right to his eyes. Then I read what you wrote "he had steely blue eyes that could look right through you". Even in a B&W picture you did a great job capturing his penetrating gaze.
I'd have to say, Frannie, unless someone has been extremely lucky, at this stage in life, we have all seen more than our fair share of pain ..
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