SOLD - Part I

We had the closing (!) for the condo today and it went pretty smoothly until the end when the buyer's attorney (who was named by the Condo Association as "The Attorney From Hell" ) announced that he would not furnish copies of the payoff statement to either broker. Both brokers immediately started protesting as this is the documentation that they present to their offices to verify the commission and get their payments.

Since the HUD-1 form has our SSN's on it, he said he could not disclose the forms to them. They started telling him that he would be getting calls from their office attorneys. Joni and I agreed that we would release copies of our form after our SSN's had been redacted. Problem solved. I actually used the word "redacted" as I felt it fit the legal proceedings better than the phrase "black out the numbers". Just another incident of the buyer's attorney putting up a roadblock without offering any solution or compromise.

We often have to remove personal information when we respond to requests for public information at the Town Hall. We have had a couple requests for phone transactions, and we have to remove all dialed and received calls from the Police tip line, Detective's Bureau, and Narcotics. We also have to block address information for certain town officials as covered under the Patriot Act.

Anyway, the deed was supposed to be filed early this afternoon and Joni can stop by our attorney's office after 4:00 to pick up the big check. We also got another check for the remainder of the deposit after all fees were deducted.

Tonight we have contractor friend of Stephen stopping by to go over our renovation plans and help us understand what we can and cannot do based on structural, electrical, and plumbing restrictions. He should also be able to give us a time and $$ estimate.

We dropped Henry off with Jim on our way to the closing. Ellie is enjoying her Hawaiian Islands cruise. Joni is going to do some more of the painting in Henry's room this afternoon before picking up H. I am working a half day.