Adjustments and Messages

Took a look at the Private Loan stuff from Dad. Looks promising. Want to call our tax guy first, though (and since he didn't return my call from May... who knows how long that'll take... not an urgent priority right about now).

Lisa took a look at my numbers. She thinks some are high, and did some trims... down from 43K to 41K... but as she looked at the numbers, she was concerned that the paperwork Fred brought over said nothing about the HVAC (heater), an item that ranged between 8 and 16 grand on the other two bids.

So we're ready to go with Coastline: I'll call them this afternoon, and get things into motion, but say that we want to clarify numbers/costs.

In the meantime, I've called up the City and left a message about getting a storage pod... hopefully they'll call back soon. I'd love to get the pod this week, and slowly start loading it up before we even leave...

[UPDATE (9:53): The guy from the City just called. We would need a street encroachment permit. That's $25... but oh, yeah, there's an inspection fee of $70, as well. So it's $95 to store our stuff in a pod on the street, NOT counting the pod, of course. Oh, whoops, did I fail to mention that it's $95 PER MONTH, with reapplications EVERY MONTH (they won't even roll over the paperwork... let alone the cash). This is truly fucked. Looks like we'll need to do four full moves (from house to storage, from house to apartment, from apartment to house, from storage to house). Gotta hate this shit...]

[UPDATE (12:45): Have done some research... we can still use the pod: have them drop it off, we fill it up, they pick it up and store it, then bring it back after six months, and we unload it. This will cost about $1350. Yes, it's more expensive than self-storage (which is between 130 and 170 a month, but we'd also need to either rent a truck, or make multiple trips [hell, we might even have to make multiple trips with a truck]), but I'm thinking a helluvalot more convenient.]