That's funny! Very entertaining. ***"The homeowners association would be knocking at the front gates by noon tomorrow!"*** I kept thinking about you and the homeowners association and my mind kept going to a quote by Groucho Marx. "I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER."

Finished watching it a while ago. I was 11 in 1964 and remember by baby-sitter going to see the Beatles when they came to town in August. She couldn't talk the next day because she had screamed so much at the concert. The Righteous Brothers also played. I was never a Beatles fan but was more of Dave Clark 5, Hermans Hermits, The Animals and others. I didn't realize how much Blues music played a part in the so-called British Invasion music. I wish the show had been a little longer.

Personally, I would have tried to make the deal work even if the amount was lower than what I wanted. I would have just cut my losses instead of digging a deeper hole and trying to recover from that initial loss. I had a friend in college who lost thousands of dollars in gambling, and ended up losing tens of thousands when he tried to recover that initial loss. What other options does the OP have? Renting it? That would have been a mistake. One of the fundamentals of rentals is that the owner should live close by to keep an eye on the property. You can turn to a PM, but you have to go through a lot of indifferent ones out to find a good one. And, given how unique this property is, renting it out was going to be difficult as well. Reject the offer, and wait for another one? That wouldn't really help either. Its not like the market is going to get better soon, and will probably get worse. Who knows when the next offer will come? And, since the OP doesn't live there, the house is going to get dirty from dust and will show even worse. That certainly won't help. If the OP was still living at this house and not in a hurry to move, that would be one thing. But, the OP has already moved and is paying rent for her new place and mortage for an empty home. Those mortage payments for an empty house is going to cost her anyways. Its either lose money now, or lose it later in drips.

I forgot to text my grandkids the monthly reminder to say Rabbit, Rabbit. Despite my not texting the reminder or texting rabbit rabbit to the group yet, my eldest granddaughter greeted the Grands group with a rabbit, rabbit text. What a nice surprise!