Progress?

After a very frustrating Wednesday, things are looking up. Two guys have agreed to come and give estimates tomorrow and hopefully we will be on our way.

I also had a ridiculous conversation with out current landlord yesterday where she asked if we would like to renew our lease for another year. When I told her we were buying a house, she decided to let me know she wanted to raise the rent again and also she wouldn't agree to let us go month-to-month without us helping her find a new tenant.

Two problems with this:
1. She has to give us 30 days notice for any rent increase.
2. If she cashes our August check she is essentially agreeing with the month-to-month agreement.

I am not sure if she understands this.

Because it is the law, I will accomodate any showings of the house and help with what I can, but I am not going to go out of my way to try and rent her house for her. If she was smart, she would hold on to it for a few months, fix some things, and raise the rent by a lot. If the house was nicer, she could certainly do that.

But back to my house, I think I made phone calls to 10 different places yesterday, basically everyone listed as a stucco contractor on the BBB website, some multiple times and was only able to get one guy to come out. Katy was also able to wrangle someone so we will have two estimates.

I am hoping we can wrap up paperwork tomorrow afternoon and be done with all this before 5 with no extension. I still want to close on August 25th and our lender has assured us we can still do that, even with the new loan! Fingers crossed.