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FINALLY DONE

The deed transferred to the new owner today.

In California, that means the property is sold and not before.

That would be the "escrow process". Up until now the sign said "In Escrow". A kind of limbo. Nervous making. Actually, it is not much different. Just different.

So this sign went up today. Fucking "SOLD"!

It won't last long because, like us, the buyer does not want to have an ad for a real estate broker sticking up in front of his new house.

We are extremely grateful.

The real estate market here is a wilderness. We had a first buyer who was a flash in the pan. They lasted a week.

Then this guy. We were wary. Once burned.

Our broker says that we are very lucky. This kind of purchase is rare. Mostly short sales and foreclosures. But, evidently, he loves this house as much as we did and he has stuck with it. It is a fifty year old gem. A bit creaky but with a huge yard for his dog and a great view. The silence. The birds in the fountain.

I still love it, actually. It has always been hard for me to leave a house. This one is particularly hard for the outside stuff. There is a lot of energy put into it all. My lime tree. I am going before the first really big harvest.

Oh well.

I have already checked all the utilities and shit. He has already arranged for the new services and he has also been in touch with our gardener and the pool man who we like very much. Happy that he will keep them.

One of the dumbest things that people do when they buy here is to change all the services. I don't know why. Maybe it is because real estate agents drive it. In any case it is dumb.

Our guys know the history and where all the bodies are buried.

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