09-14-2020, 10:19 AM
(09-11-2020, 09:33 PM)Sully Wrote: How long is that retractable safety lanyard and what do you want to do with it when you're done.
But as far as not finding anyone... Are they building anything in harrisonburg right now? Like new construction? Hispanic crews, painters or siding guys would both have equipment needed and would probably do it for the right cash price. Getting them to drive out there and if you don't speak Spanish, the language barrier would be the only things working against you
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It's 11'1" and the leg lanyards are 6". No real plans for any of it. Was thinking of hanging on to all of it just in case I decide to do something stupid again. Not real attached to holding onto all this gear for maybe one or two more uses though. The harness takes up a good bit of room for sure, would gladly part with it all if I find someone that wants it.
Plenty of people capable in the area I'm sure. Just seems they're up to their eyeballs in work and don't need to take a job that's going to take more time to get to and setup than do. If it feels sketch I'll probably just bail on it and make a concession. Might as well put my lack of fear of heights to good use if I can though. Leaning more towards the idea of sitting on the window sill or simply straddling it instead of trying to stand on the roof. Riding downhill has given me a pretty good sixth sense for sketchiness and knowing when to bail on things. I agree I am crazy for trying this but my fortunately my stupidity does have an upper bound.
Did give 2 counter offers to the guy that put in a bid. Apparently the $6,500 in closing costs was absolutely mandatory. My counter-offer was that I'll pay any and all closing costs if he tacks it on to his offer and I still walk away with my asking price. (That's what I did to buy the house) That was a hard no. I then offered the asking price minus the 6500: he thought about it all day, then said no. Guess he wasn't all that serious. Have one more offer coming in today. It was apparently a pretty strong showing so I guess we'll see. Definitely appreciate the advice/criticism as it does help me reflect outside my own internal echo-chamber. Really hoping to be down in NC this weekend picking out a place and moving forward but also opened up my October AirBnb calendar on Friday just in case it's another lowball. I'm at $3,000 in income for this month even with 1) nothing but last minute bookings 2) a weekend completely blocked off just to have 2 showings and 3) weekdays totally blocked off all month. October already has one 5 day booking which puts me at $2200 so it's getting really hard to want to walk away with next to nothing. Think I have cleaning worked out as well as I got in touch with the owner of a very highly rated cleaning company with a long history of positive feedback doing exactly what I need. (off-site laundry, inventory, inspections, etc.)
I figure with this scenario I just have to find a lender willing to play ball. Not all of them completely discredit Aribnb income especially if there's a proven record of it but I know it won't count for much with most. One lender wasn't shy about offering to loan me another $350k for the first house I really wanted. I didn't bother getting a feel for the upper limit at the time but I'm sure I can get a little more than that. They were mostly happy to see my income level, credit score and 0 gaps in employment in a single industry. They also seemed to understand how head-hunting contracts work as well so that was nice. Just means my budget gets scaled back a bit and I've already found a good reasonable house or 2 in that range.
Guess we'll see. I think either way this gets settled today finally.