I received a bunch of legal documents in the mail today from the title company, nothing unusual there. It was written in “lawyer talk” so I scanned it and promptly filed it away. I talked to our Realtor (and friend), Lee Mayrack, and he informed me the FHA appraisal had actually happened yesterday. We have not yet received the results of the appraisal, but most likely will know something by Friday. Based on information in the title search documents, I am not really concerned any longer about the appraisal, since the home must have sold for at least $270k 4 years ago, and that was before the basement was finished. But I guess in this lovely Bush economy, anything could happen. Keeping our fingers crossed…
On a somewhat related note. I cannot say enough good things about Ford Motor Credit. We are saving as much as we can, and are really in no danger of not making the closing (financially at least), but I know there will be a lot of miscellaneous money spent following the move, buying a lawn mower, trimmer, etc. We will do the move ourselves, using my truck and Mark Shelton’s (owner of Shelton’s Bar and Restaurant) trailer. Having recently paid off our credit cards, I am not in the mood to charge these things.
So I called Ford yesterday and asked them if we could skip the May payment, tacking it on at the end of the loan. Not only did they immediately say YES, they even offered to let us do the same in June if we so desire. The customer service person that I spoke to was a real, live American, with no accent at all, and was very professional and friendly. She was in Michigan. Imagine that (Dell, Microsoft, Capital One, HSBC), a customer service person that is in America, speaks fluent English, and is nice. Ford just went up a notch in my book.