Well, for anyone that was following the saga of our Houston house that was ruined in Hurricane Harvey last year and repaired by us at great cost, fighting the insurance company all the way--it is finally SOLD today. After 3 contracts fell thru between March and Sep, we changed realtors 1 Oct and had a buyer by the 15th. A closer (?) came to our home in San Antonio today and did our signing HERE while the buyer went to a Title Co in Houston. After all is said and done, we didn't lose our shirts but managed to break even. Except for all the stress DH has been under for a YEAR! He has been paying the mortgage on this house for more than a year while it was first repaired, then on the market. So the bleeding has ended!

But also today heard from my prop manager today that my tenant in one of my last 2 properties is moving to AZ, and I will prob have a vacancy this winter. DH and I will go there tom and get the story, and view the prop, decide to either upgrade while it is empty or to just rent as-is depending on what's needed. I'm spoiled. This was my 7 year tenant. I'm sorry to see him go.

Congratulations on your sale!

My parents (who had survived Ike with just the loss of a fence panel) waited over a year post-Harvey, but still never managed to be first-in-line for a contractor. I visited them back in October, and they were still living amongst exposed studs and demo'ed everything. The only running water in the house was one bathroom; the stoves and ovens and cupboards and counters were gone, and all the cooking was done in crock pots and on a griddle.

They just closed on a house in Harris Co and will be selling the house in Galveston Co. I know they're looking forward to a Thanksgiving at their new place.

That is odd, I've never heard of an insurance company not wanting to pay out as they agreed to.

Not with houses,

Not with health insurance,

Not with auto.

Plenty,Ally, The 1st agent worked hard, found 4 buyers(1 my DH refused and 3 under contract that fell thru for dif reasons). He did a lot of extras for us like meeting contractors and inspectors at the prop and arranging/paying to have the lawn mowed, etc. He also found us the new prop for my daughter to move into. At some point I think he was just burned out with a year's worth of struggle. I think the new realtor was just lucky to have a plum buyer appear or as Ally says had dif contacts.

Smokowna,