Jerrod Ankenman's Journal

11:38am: Homebuying redux
Since the last homebuying update...
We had put an offer in on the house I referenced earlier (call it "MM" for lack of a better phrase). So at the same time as we offered on it, another buyer also offered. So we heard back from the agent that the other people had offered so much more than we had that the owner had decided to just negotiate with them. Ok fine.

So we keep looking around and found another place we liked in West Simsbury. We actually made an offer on this place (call it "D") on the way down to ATLARGE.

We: Ok, the list price is X, so we'll offer X-25.
They: That's too low, we won't negotiate with you.
We: Ok, we were just kidding, we'll offer X-12.5 instead.
They: How about X-2?
We: Uh, thanks but no thanks.
They: How about X-5?
We: Uh, never mind.

So that place goes under deposit last Sunday; on the same Sunday, we hear that the hosers who overbid for MM pulled out of the deal, citing some lame excuse as "We couldn't test the septic system because the ground was frozen." Our agent says this is preposterous, that septic system testers have equipment for this. Their agent says that they just seemed like they weren't really ready to buy, etc.

So we go back and make another offer. A few counter-offers later, we have a deal. Inspections next week, closing April 15th.

5:20pm: 13 Things That Do Not Make Sense
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18524911.600

I was absolutely flabbergasted about the two medical entries about the placebo effect and the homeopathic study.