It was a busy day Monday. Three parties called for appointments to go through the house. I had hoped that one of them might place an offer, so we wouldn't have to deal with the existing offer (that leaves us only 30 days to vacate). No such luck.

At 1:00PM, my wife and I visited our lawyer to discuss the offer on our home, as well as our offer on the other home. He advised us to counter-offer - in an attempt to modify the possession date. So, we proposed a 60-day possession to our potential buyer, which in turn allowed us to offer a 60-day possession to the other vendor.

The situation is this: the couple who want our home are ready to have a baby soon, and clearly want their new home before the baby comes. The couple who are selling us their home are waiting for another home to be built for them, and that home won't be ready for another 120 days. The driving force in both these deals seems to be the expectant mother, and frankly, it's causing everyone else lots of grief. I think we're all hoping this deal falls through (which it will if anyone else steps up to make a decent offer).

Tuesday, we have another couple coming through, and another booked for Wednesday.

I brought the marketing materials prepared by our consultant to show my parents, and they were very impressed. As a result, they've decided to sell their house "by themselves". That means I'll be giving the open houses, but there will be no agent's commission.