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A little more then a month to closing on the house!

Well, been a while since the last post, so will try to get caught up!  I have been laid up with a pretty bad case of gout the past month so my mobility has been pretty limited, means I have not got much pen turning done lately!  But that is ok, I am sitting on a pretty good stock of inventory right now!

This past week we got an email from our property manager in Colorado letting us know a couple weeks ago a major hail storm came through Colorado Springs causing some roof damage to the house there.  We had just got the insurance appraisal back, it will need a new roof and then BAM, another hail storm causing even more damage!  Just happy we had not had it fixed yet, or we would have to have paid the deductible twice!  That is an expense we do not need while waiting to close on the house in Mn. 

The renters in the house in Colorado Springs are moving out in Mid Nov so we will be putting that house up for sale in the Sept time frame, about the same time we are schedule to close on the new house.  Hopefully it does not stay on the market to long, paying two mortgages while living in neither would really suck!

Speaking of the house in Mn, the final major potential stumbling block is schedule for this week we found out today that the VA Appraiser is scheduled to be there on Tuesday, we do not have any concerns with the house but one of the out buildings the Quonset can really use a new roof, we hope that because it is an outbuilding they will not have an issue but if the appraiser has an issue with it, it could be costly.  There is also an old grain silo on the property that we hope is not an issue, it should not be in my mind but the Realtor is nervous about it which makes me a little nervous as well!  

I am really looking forward to putting my own eyes on the house and the property.  The fact that it is already fenced off with some of the outbuildings will make the transition to the homestead so much smoother then having to start from scratch.  I can not wait to walk to the property to get a better feel for it.

As of right now we will be flying back on the 8th of Sept in order to close on the 9th and flying back on the 12th.  That is going to be a lot of flying for one weekend!  Well that is what is going on for now!

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