And the Drama Continues!

It was a beautiful day today. Although, between work and getting some phone calls in for the house in Florida we didn't get to enjoy much of it.  Today brought another element of drama to this process. Let me set up the situation for you....

• Thursday we finally get the call that the banks have said yes to our offer and we need to pick a closing date and get the inspector organized. We ask that our Realtor find out if there is anyone renting the home or scheduled to rent the home.
• Friday we get the word that the house is vacant and we can close anytime between now and June 7th. Fair enough, and we settle on the 22nd. Inspector called and agreeable to do the inspection Monday morning.
• Late Friday we find out there are actually guests in the home right now.  Some organizing is going to have to happen to get the inspector in.
• Saturday-the powers that be have agreed to the inspection on Tuesday at 9:30am. Woo Hoo! Now we are still hesitant to finalize to many things until we get the inspection report, but we move forward with a few things.
• Monday-not a lot of action.
• Tuesday-inspection completed and lots of little things. And some things that really should be taken care of or compensated for by the seller as they were in working order when we put the offer in on the house.
• Wednesday, now this is things start to get interesting (if you want to call it that).  We talk with our Realtor about the inspection and the outcome and the issues we would like to be compensated for or fixed. But here comes the unexpected news.  The current property manager for the home, calls and demands that we honour a booking he has for the house starting on the 24th for 2 weeks.  As much as I feel for the guests, at this point I'm thinking this isn't my problem. Harsh maybe but it's the way I feel.

So where do we go from here, do we end up changing our plans, does this guy back down and just find his guests a different home to rent. I don't know, but we need it decided by Friday. If we are going to change our plans then it would be nice to have a little notice. Not to mention that we have to deal with bank transfers and that needs some planning.  Such is the story of this house purchase.  Just when you think things are going smoothly, you hit a bump along the way.

On the bright side, we've at least gotten the inspection done, we've talked to the soon to be new property managers (who seem great, nice, easy to talk to!) and we've made our to do list. Tomorrow I'll work on the insurance policy, already quoted, I just need to get pictures to the agent and clarify the policy.  Phew! I'll be glad when we get all this stuff done and we can just get down to business. We are excited to open up our new home to vacationers looking to relax and enjoy all that Florida has to offer.