Offer on Haddon

There's an offer on the Haddon house!  It's low, of course, but what else would it be in this market, and it's a reasonable starting point for negotiation.  The buyer is sincere and things are moving forward.  The buyer proposes a Jan. 20 closing, which is fine for us.  Inauguration day... so we won't rent it out for $2000 a night after all, I suppose.  That's okay - given the choice, I'd rather sell it.

We've started househunting.  This is the absolute bottom of the real-estate year (between Thanksgiving and New Year's), but we may as well look, and the bright side is that if we did find something we liked we'd be in a heck of a bargaining position.  We screened about six properties (first online, then onsite from the outside) and of these there are two that remain interesting:  8028 Burke Ave N (north of Greenlake) and 2822 NE 68th St (three blocks from our old house).  Nothing yet in Wallingford.  There might be new properties in January.  The search is on!

Jordan doesn't like househunting.  He's bewildered at the idea of moving again.  When we took him out with us to look at some places, he wanted to just stay in the car.  Next time we'll maybe just spare him until things are more clear.