I can't believe I have only read 36 pages of a book (and of course the daily newspaper) since we've been here. Two to three swimming sessions a day, golf, dining out, getting redecorating ideas seem to take up all the time. I also have seen none of the Oscar movies. We thought we'd go to some movies down here but the weather has been too good. I'm sure we'll have lots of opportunity to see movies when we return to the wet coast.
And then all the real estate dealings. We must have about 100 pieces of paper now. Signed the "escrow" papers yesterday. They have "escrow officers" rather than lawyers dealing with it all. We are amused by the fact that "escrow" comes from the French "thief". Guess it makes sense since that's what the process is designed to avoid. We also had to give our thumbprints in case we had "stolen identities".
I'm very impressed by the process down here. The buyer is certainly protected by various required inspections like termite inspection, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors (since we have gas)installed and working, etc. In our case the seller is paying for them. We paid for a third party inspection ($325) and I learned today that our realtor is asking the seller to pay for the the minor repairs that are "needed"...didn't seem like anything urgent or important to us. This was apparently part of our "offer" to buy.
Soon off to the pool for our morning swim...
