Promise Acre: Our Journey

[promiseacres]

Got rabbit cages cleaned this afternoon. Was in the 40s so got several bunnies some outside excercise, Jocelyn walked her Polish bucks. Looks like we'll have a litter or 2 this weekend.
Also tied up Duke and Richie for a few hours...Duke is not impressed with the thought he may need to behave and adjust to his humans needs, spoiled morgan. Lunged Richie a bit...he did great. He gave Jocelyn a pony ride and followed her around for the pen. it's been a good 6 months since they've had to work....
DH is going to see about fixing the dishwasher. Mom made a back up offer on the 25 acres but it wasn't accepted. May go see 20 acres that's out of county... looking better as there's not much available....guess we'll see. Mom is getting impatient...me too. We are going to the hoosier horse fair Saturday, mom and us. Going to check out some saddles. Still dreaming of a treeless for Richie.
oh its snowing....

 

[Bruce]

Hard to not get impatient once you get your mind going in a direction. Don't let it lead you to a bad decision

 

[promiseacres]

Hard a good time at the horse fair. Saw some under 40" pony pulling. They were naughty. Amazing to see their strength, 2 grown men could hold them back. No saddles caught my eye. Checked out a saddle with an adjustable gullet.,.not to impressed with it. It's a neat concept but not sure how long the gullet would hold up. Especially for $2800

Came home to a new litter of Polish bunnies.
Had a good time with Mom, drove her by the house that has 20 acres...but is about 5 miles from our county... probably will go see it. It's remote, 20 acres rolling pasture, a 50x 70 shop for DH. Needs refenced and a horse barn. Will have some cleanup on 2 falling down sheds but is doable. And is less $ than the others. All of which are pending...

 

[promiseacres]

Done with bunny new litters for a week. R2D2 finally had hers yesterday morning, just 3 and 2 are very small. So we'll see, might be peanuts. all were active this morning and R2 is doing ok taking care of them. 2 of the 4 does due next week started nesting.

Still haven't heard from Mom's agent about the property.. so I checked it's available.... DH isn't sure about things now that our "dream" property isn't available. And was talking to a friend, she had a really bad real estate deal with her Mom... maybe it's not meant to be. Hard not to not get down about it. Seems silly we ought to at least go see this place. It definitly has many positives. And the price is good.

DH and I cleaned out the dishwasher... see if things were clogged, still didn't work. So he's going to check the pipes next. Maybe we can still get it going. Need to get some time and good weather to get our projects done. Do something towards a possible move!! Yes I'm praying for patience and contenment... LOL

We have a couple of days with a relief from the cold. Maybe that will help attitudes. Baseball started, both John and Jocelyn are playing little league this year b/c the local 8 and under softball they have to turn 8 by the end of the year... so we put her in baseball. There's 4 or 5 girls in her 8 and under. Was glad they put 2 or more girls on the teams. With the cold weather guess it's good we're not camping just yet.

 

[Bruce]

And was talking to a friend, she had a really bad real estate deal with her Mom... maybe it's not meant to be

You are not your friend and her mom is not your mom. ONLY you and your family know if this sort of thing can work out for YOU. People are complicated animals.

 

[Queen Mum]

You are not your friend and her mom is not your mom. ONLY you and your family know if this sort of thing can work out for YOU. People are complicated animals.

True that! Keep your chin up. It will happen!

 

[promiseacres]

Going to look at the property today, with my trusted agent! so Yay!! Not super happy with Mom's agent, she's asking 10% more as a referral than normal.... she's done almost no work on this end... I found this house, she just says it's too far.... (in fact I've found all but 1 property, and even had to get contact info b/c she couldn't seem to do it on a couple) got to love my friend Judy... she was our agent first. And is always STRAIGHT with us. she knows me, is a horsey person, doesn't just try to say things you want to hear. I hate she's being taken advantage of like this....makes me want to scrap the entire plan. God will lead us.
Got 4 does due this week! 1 Due the next.... all are showing signs of being pregnant... need to make another nest box.

Little league has been all drama this week.... they're not giving my son who's been in their program 4 years a chance.... it SUCKS!!! they're making my 9 year old play with the 6-8 year olds on his little sister's team we're not even sure if it's "legal" but what do we know...

Anyways have a happy Saturday.

 

[Latestarter]

WTH? a 10% referral fee? Never heard of such a thing. Thought the standard RE commission was 6% for residential, and maybe a bit more for raw land. I would flat refuse to pay ANY kind of referral fee! If they get a referral, it means they are gonna get a pay day from the eventual commission! I think maybe it's time to sit mom down and fire that useless agent!

And a second WTH, WRT the little league crap... What kind of nonsense is going on there? Is there someone you could raise a stink with to get that addressed? Maybe whomever is the overseer of the little league program? County/town commissioner or whatever?

Good luck with the impending deliveries .

 

[promiseacres]

WTH? a 10% referral fee? Never heard of such a thing. Thought the standard RE commission was 6% for residential, and maybe a bit more for raw land. I would flat refuse to pay ANY kind of referral fee! If they get a referral, it means they are gonna get a pay day from the eventual commission! I think maybe it's time to sit mom down and fire that useless agent!

actually it's 35%!!! my agent usually does it for 25%.... highly doubful Mom would fire her... she knows my opinion. but I totally agree 100% (if you don't want to drive the distance you get a BIG FAT ZERO!!

[/QUOTE]And a second WTH, WRT the little league crap... What kind of nonsense is going on there? Is there someone you could raise a stink with to get that addressed? Maybe whomever is the overseer of the little league program? County/town commissioner or whatever? [/QUOTE] I did email the "League" it's a part of.
We have... no one sees a problem with coaches "cutting" (they keep saying they aren't cutting anyone) and we're supposed to be happy ( as a couple of the other kids are) that they aren't making him play on a team of 16, that might be "dangerous" for some of these SMALLER kids and they dont' think he's READY. but they made the decision on who's ready with 1 practice and no information that the 2nd team would be scrapped.so no try outs, no let's have some practices see which kids get CUT . his name was crossed off the moment 2 kids didn't show up to play. he can stay but they won't have TIME to work with him and he'll probably be BENCHED at games BUT they want everyone to just have FUN and want to continue playing ball... he won't Remember the year he had to play with the little kidsI call BS!!!!! politics and you being set that he's not worth your time is MHO!! but got to let it go. DH has been dealing with it... I'm too much of a Mama Bear and really don't have sports experience. If we tried to move him up and he wasn't well within the age limits.. I'd not be so POed but what they don't know is his SINCERE desire to play this year with his PEERS... I truly tried to talk him out of playing this year... he's matured a lot this year and we think he's ready. but got to let it go.... chalk it up as a lifelesson. that people suck and things aren't fair.

[/QUOTE]Good luck with the impending deliveries .[/QUOTE] thanks

 

[Bruce]

actually it's 35%!!! my agent usually does it for 25%.... highly doubful Mom would fire her... she knows my opinion. but I totally agree 100% (if you don't want to drive the distance you get a BIG FAT ZERO!!

OK, I'm not understanding this. 25%-35% of what? If it is the selling price then people in Indiana are getting ROYALLY screwed. Like @Latestarter said, 6% is normal and paid by the seller. If there are both buyer and seller agents involved they split the 6%.