Plus one to my condo count!
Oct. 24th, 2025 06:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flexagonHello world, I closed on my new condo today after over three months of offering, bargaining, waiting and so forth! And then, in very short order, I took an air mattress and some sheets/towels/etc over there and installed my visiting friend in that condo. Might as well save him a few nights' worth of hotel fees.
I was really worried about the wire transfer going through in time, because I have vivid memories of sitting around at some closing just waiting for the banks to finish doing their thing. But it seems that nobody worries about that stuff anymore; today everything happened entirely out of order AFAICT. Like -- after a super quick peek at the property the realtor gave me the keys early, and then I signed papers, and later in the day the wire transfer went through. Hopefully the sellers will sign the papers too. Eventual consistency, I guess? No big deal, it's only a super enormous financial transaction and a home. /s
I could maybe wait to receive fully executed documents, and/or until paperwork is filed at the registry of deeds, before I install window blinds and coat hooks. But also, if nobody else seems to care then why should I? I am minus some money and plus some keys, and I don't think anyone wants to reverse any of that.
It's likely going to be a while yet before any income occurs as a result of having this unit, because the rental market is pretty dead here between September 1 and Jan 1. So this is both fabulous and anticlimactic. Maybe I can find a way to make use of this somehow? If nothing else, it's a spot for some easy alone time, or for stashing/unveiling any really enormous holiday presents.
I was really worried about the wire transfer going through in time, because I have vivid memories of sitting around at some closing just waiting for the banks to finish doing their thing. But it seems that nobody worries about that stuff anymore; today everything happened entirely out of order AFAICT. Like -- after a super quick peek at the property the realtor gave me the keys early, and then I signed papers, and later in the day the wire transfer went through. Hopefully the sellers will sign the papers too. Eventual consistency, I guess? No big deal, it's only a super enormous financial transaction and a home. /s
I could maybe wait to receive fully executed documents, and/or until paperwork is filed at the registry of deeds, before I install window blinds and coat hooks. But also, if nobody else seems to care then why should I? I am minus some money and plus some keys, and I don't think anyone wants to reverse any of that.
It's likely going to be a while yet before any income occurs as a result of having this unit, because the rental market is pretty dead here between September 1 and Jan 1. So this is both fabulous and anticlimactic. Maybe I can find a way to make use of this somehow? If nothing else, it's a spot for some easy alone time, or for stashing/unveiling any really enormous holiday presents.
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Date: 2025-10-27 03:33 pm (UTC)