The Real Estate Problem

It's been a rocky real estate road for us over the past several weeks. We've had two houses here in Mitchell, the one we bought back in May and the one I bought just before Heather and I were married. We'd been renting the first house we'd bought as the one we purchased last May is much larger. So, we work on projects here, and rent the other one, but recently lost our tenant. So, we've made some big decisions recently and decided that it was in our best interest to sell. We put it on the market, and within 5 days had a deal in place. Late last week, the buyer weaseled his way out of the deal. That doesn't make me very happy, but come to find out he has a history of doing this in town, so I wish I'd known that before we'd agreed to the deal. The problem was, now we lost a month of viewings. So, back to step one, only there was more too it. As part of the deal, I'd removed the swing set from the yard at his request and had arranged for the hot tub to be moved. Well, now I've got the hot tub coming, and the swing set is already set up at our new place. We're going to get the hot tub here and hooked up shortly, so I can begin using it ASAP! With soccer season ramping up, my poor legs will need the assistance and relaxation. The other problem this left us was the inside of the house. The tenant was had was permitted to paint because she had told us she wanted to buy it. So, I let her paint and her color choices were.....different. So, this past week, we spent time undoing that with some fresh coats of paint. I've got more areas to get painted, and some landscape work to get done, so unless a buyer happens along soon, I've got a lot of work to do at the place that isn't going to be ours. I just want to finish the two projects that I've got going in this house, not to mention the ones that I don't consider projects yet, but my wife sure does!! Guess efficiency will be the key, and with the impending snow storm, possibly some good inside work will get done!