If any of you read my new comers post, you'll know I work and live most of the time 60 miles from my home. I set up shop in my home town to take care of my aging Father. He may have to go into an assisted living place soon, which will free me from the duties I have been happily doing and I feel I owe him. He ALWAYS took care of me when I was a young hell raising, beer drinking, car crashing, know it all. MY brother & 2 sisters are glad I'm helping him, but they don't really care too much what's happening, and only call him occasionally. I have been living in a small studio type Apt. for 6 of the 11 years I've owned my house, and have paid approx. $12,000 in utilities on a house I'm not even using. I go there once a week and check the mail and mow the yard. The house and land are mine free & clear.
Sorry for such a long post, I just wanted all the specifics out in the open. Asking for advice can't be productive without you knowing all the facts.
Now for my current situation and call for advice. After watching many videos and reading many posts here on this great forum, I decided to quit throwing money away and go mobile when the opportunity finally arrives.
I've started the downsize by selling the junk I don't need, and the next step will be to take the remaining stuff to Goodwill and the dump. It amazes me how much of the stuff I've collected up over the years doesn't really mean that much to me now. I'm also kind of surprised at how a lot of my junk, really is junk, and needs to go to the dump, good riddance!
MY current dilemma - I've hinted around the small town where my house is at, about selling my place for $20,000. My house isn't really a house, it's a 16' x 80' park edition mobile home with a slide out that makes for a bigger living room and a dining room off the kitchen. Attached to the East side is a 12' x 40' add on, which adds 2 nice size bedrooms and a storage room. This adds up to 5 bedrooms and 1 1/2 baths. All this has a pole barn over the top of it and with the fence I built around it is a very cool place.
My Sister that lives behind me in another park edition MH wants to buy my place, and has offered $15,000 in a letter. We also spoke on the phone and she kept saying "it's a done deal, I'll buy it when my money gets released". I told her would love to sell to her, but I didn't tell her about the other offers I'd had. She thinks she is coming into about $40,000 in 3 weeks, although everything she says is more fiction than fact. She is a struggling alcoholic, meth head, crack freak, who is very unstable. Her husband died leaving her about $500,000 and she has blown through it in 8 years. Within a year of her moving from Wichita to here in Cheney, after she got her money, she was being mean to me and the rest of the family. Her letter and phone calls wanting to buy my place are the only civil words she has spoken to me in years. I imagine she is on her best behavior, so she will get what she wants. She has always been very manipulative. I want to be clear, during our phone call I told her that I would sell to her, but nothing has been signed, no handshake, no documents, just an informal agreement.
Before ever talking to her, I've had 2 gentlemen tell me the would buy it when I got ready, and no quibbles about the price of $20,000. They are buddies and flip houses together, so they don't care which one pays, they just are pretty sure, with some new paint and a little carpentry, they can make a profit. These guys made me the offer before she did, and I KNOW they have the money.
MY question & dilemma is, should I go ahead and sell the the Gents, or sell to my sister for $5000 less, OR tell her she can have it for $20,000 because that's the highest offer? She is currently under the impression, that the house is hers for $15,000 and she is making arrangements to rent out her MH out to a friend of hers who has a steady, good paying job. I'm still not 100% sure if she's getting her big money, but it's a REAL GOOD possibility she is. She does not give a hoot about me, and I could sure use the extra $5000 to finance my new journey.
Blood vs. money dilemma!! This is a great forum and I really appreciate any comments or advice I can get. - Gadget
Sorry for such a long post, I just wanted all the specifics out in the open. Asking for advice can't be productive without you knowing all the facts.
Now for my current situation and call for advice. After watching many videos and reading many posts here on this great forum, I decided to quit throwing money away and go mobile when the opportunity finally arrives.
I've started the downsize by selling the junk I don't need, and the next step will be to take the remaining stuff to Goodwill and the dump. It amazes me how much of the stuff I've collected up over the years doesn't really mean that much to me now. I'm also kind of surprised at how a lot of my junk, really is junk, and needs to go to the dump, good riddance!
MY current dilemma - I've hinted around the small town where my house is at, about selling my place for $20,000. My house isn't really a house, it's a 16' x 80' park edition mobile home with a slide out that makes for a bigger living room and a dining room off the kitchen. Attached to the East side is a 12' x 40' add on, which adds 2 nice size bedrooms and a storage room. This adds up to 5 bedrooms and 1 1/2 baths. All this has a pole barn over the top of it and with the fence I built around it is a very cool place.
My Sister that lives behind me in another park edition MH wants to buy my place, and has offered $15,000 in a letter. We also spoke on the phone and she kept saying "it's a done deal, I'll buy it when my money gets released". I told her would love to sell to her, but I didn't tell her about the other offers I'd had. She thinks she is coming into about $40,000 in 3 weeks, although everything she says is more fiction than fact. She is a struggling alcoholic, meth head, crack freak, who is very unstable. Her husband died leaving her about $500,000 and she has blown through it in 8 years. Within a year of her moving from Wichita to here in Cheney, after she got her money, she was being mean to me and the rest of the family. Her letter and phone calls wanting to buy my place are the only civil words she has spoken to me in years. I imagine she is on her best behavior, so she will get what she wants. She has always been very manipulative. I want to be clear, during our phone call I told her that I would sell to her, but nothing has been signed, no handshake, no documents, just an informal agreement.
Before ever talking to her, I've had 2 gentlemen tell me the would buy it when I got ready, and no quibbles about the price of $20,000. They are buddies and flip houses together, so they don't care which one pays, they just are pretty sure, with some new paint and a little carpentry, they can make a profit. These guys made me the offer before she did, and I KNOW they have the money.
MY question & dilemma is, should I go ahead and sell the the Gents, or sell to my sister for $5000 less, OR tell her she can have it for $20,000 because that's the highest offer? She is currently under the impression, that the house is hers for $15,000 and she is making arrangements to rent out her MH out to a friend of hers who has a steady, good paying job. I'm still not 100% sure if she's getting her big money, but it's a REAL GOOD possibility she is. She does not give a hoot about me, and I could sure use the extra $5000 to finance my new journey.
Blood vs. money dilemma!! This is a great forum and I really appreciate any comments or advice I can get. - Gadget
