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[ronott1]

Are any of you starting a hatch today by any chance?

It depends on when the eggs are delivered!

I have 2Dz. Arkansas blues and a dozen of Marans heading this way.

 

[ronott1]

Hi guys it's my mother's birthday! And my sister's birthday!

Happy Birthday to your Mom and Sister!

 

[1kluckychik]

It depends on when the eggs are delivered!

I have 2Dz. Arkansas blues and a dozen of Marans heading this way.

Maybe they will arrive today. I enjoy having hatching buddies

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I have eggs due to hatch in a week... does that count?

 

[Latestarter]

Free goats?!

Sign me up! Worst case, I have BBQ... Good luck to all hatching. Great joke about old geezers!

Sorry Deb, but glad you stood up for yourself! Nobody likes or should have to substitute being used for friendship. They are in no way the same.

I'm about to bust here and have to share. A friend went to a Chinese restaurant with me for dinner. My fortune was something along the lines that I was about to come into a windfall...

OK, so made it known to a very "social" neighbor that I was to be selling. She introd me to a woman that wants to buy the place for cash. She is living right now in another neighbor's garage... yeah... Anyway, she needs to get the $$ from her aunt and I haven't heard any more about it. But have heard from the social neighbor that she truly does want the place. nothing in writing, just talk. No big deal yet as I made it clear and we both understood that I don't want to close until May/June.

Just went across the street to offer help to a dump truck stuck in the driveway and the owner was there. He found out I'm selling and also offered to buy the place, cash, right now and wanted to go get the cash to show me he had it

I told him the price the other was going to pay for it, and told him I had already agreed to sell to her for that price, but since then values have increased, so if she didn't come through, I'd absolutely sell to him, but the price might have to be a bit higher (there's another place in here on the market right now for 45 thousand higher than what I'd agreed to sell for - similar but different - I couldn't get that much). He told me he just sold 2 properties and has ~ 1 million in cash right now waiting to be spent. I told him the price just went to 450K (then told him I was joking).

He just came back to drop off his contact info & told me he'd close next week if I wanted, he'd cover all closing costs including title, pay cash at my asking price to the other woman, and let me live here rent free for as long as I'd like...

I said It wouldn't be more than 6 months. He agreed to put that in writing - 6 months, free rent. I took him through the place and he said he'd probably like to move in and live here. He asked if I would leave the chickens and he'd pay me for those separately. Man, I know I told the woman she could have it first, but all real estate contracts must be in writing and she's done nothing yet, nothing's in writing, and she doesn't have the money... I don't know how I can pass this offer up... The rent savings alone over that 6 months is over 10K, the difference in price I would have made to sell to him.

Comments? ideas? suggestions? Anyone?

 

[1kluckychik]

I have eggs due to hatch in a week... does that count?

Yes but I am 14 days late

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Yes but I am 14 days late

Sounds like you're pregnant

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Comments? ideas? suggestions? Anyone?

I would take the contract to a lawyer and make sure it holds up before you do anything.

Then, you sell to the person who has the ability to pay, the ability to put it in writing and the desire to do it. You don't wait for someone who is potentially flaky who has had the opportunity to make a move and hasn't.

 

[chickadoodles]

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I would take the contract to a lawyer and make sure it holds up before you do anything.

Then, you sell to the person who has the ability to pay, the ability to put it in writing and the desire to do it. You don't wait for someone who is potentially flaky who has had the opportunity to make a move and hasn't.

X2 If she is living in a garage and wanting someone else to give her the money. Then she has nothing to offer you for your place.

 

[chickadoodles]

Congratulations Al! Free is always wonderful!