Mind-Boggling Problems 

Unfortunately there are many things that can go wrong when selling a house, mind-boggling things. We are experiencing one of those currently. It looked like everything was going well, cruising towards a closing January 20, 2026, it was mind-boggling quick, but then an inspection discovered that our roof had not been completed appropriately. That was about 32 months ago and we had been assured everything was fine, we closed believing that story. We have not had any problem, no leaks but there is a problem with the way the flat roof was finished. 

Now, it looks like we were not informed about the problem, which just might have stopped us from buying this place at all if we had been told. So we are in a mind-boggling situation. If we want this deal to go forward, and we do, then we must come up with a large sum of money to get the roof re-done. And we have to come up with the money very soon. What can we do? Get a loan, steal or beg for help. No, none of those work for us. We will just need to work with our buyers to see what we can work out but I have no idea how that will go. It's strange when the sellers never have any kind of a relationship with the buyers, I know, that's the way real estate is done but it means both the sellers and the buyers are left to simply trust in their realtors. It may turn out fine but all we can do is wait and see what happens. Wish us luck!

Stan the Man 

 Mind-Boggling Plans

I've done some mind-boggling things in my life. Things that you and many others would have told me not to do. Maybe you did tell me, stop, that's crazy, you can't do that. Or it just doesn't make any sense or on and on. But did it ever make any difference? Not that I can remember. You see my wife and I spend many hours discussing, sometimes what you could call negotiating the details, we go back and forth until we decide to do something, then it's ironclad, we know what we want to do and nothing can change that unless we alter it a bit ourselves. Others either don't understand, they don't get us, or they are secretly wishing they had the courage to do something similar. 

So to bring the reader up to date, our current plan, well its more than a plan since we are now well into it. We listed our house with a realtor, it is for sale on the Multiple Listing Service in our community. The one place we have to live in, the one place to hang our hats and hopefully it will be gone soon. Then what? Well, that's where the mind-boggling comes in, we don't quite know. Yes we want to travel the world and we have no intention of buying another house. We want to be Travelers with a capital T. Every week, every month or perhaps every six months we will have a new and different home. The question is can a guy in his 80s like me, with a wife in her 70s accomplish that. Yes, of course we can do that but for how long? How long can we remain healthy, how long can we land on our feet, able to go on to the next place without problems? There's also the critical question of how long will our money last, that's critical isn't it? Travel is expensive and unexpected expenses will come up. Well, our philosophy is simply that we will deal with that when it comes up. That has been our way the 33 years we have been together. Nuts huh? 

Stay tuned in for updates. We had an open house today with a fair amount of interest so we may be on our way soon.

Stan the Man