You guys know Jericho, the blogger? Well, HE is the man to get to KNOW, because he has actual magical powers. Take my experience, for example…

* On my post dated 6-11-08, when I wrote about how Mr. W and I were in disagreement over his #1 house in Huntington Beach and my #1 house in Mission Viejo, and how we were gonna let fate decide between those two and a third compromise house, Jericho commented, “Here’s to getting your choice.” And you know what happened? The other two houses fell through and the only one poised to receive an offer was MY CHOICE. I’d gotten MY CHOICE.
* On my post dated 6-13-08, I wrote about my crappy Friday afternoon. Jericho commented, “Next up: a truly fabulous weekend.” Guess what happened that very weekend in Vegas! I had a “truly fabulous” time with Mr. W and his daughter at his niece’s wedding!
* On my post dated 6-17-08, I wrote about how we put a lowball offer down on the #1 house and submitted it to the sellers. Jericho commented “Congrats — now I hope it works out for you, at a decent price, to boot. I have been wanting to sell my former house since July ’07. I finally received an offer yesterday. In my excitement (and relief), I almost accepted without countering. Then I thought, ‘They’re expecting a counter, right?’ So I upped it by $4K, and now I wait.” I even responded to his comment with, “You only countered it with $4K? Man. That’d be a dream come true for me.” An hour ago, my realtor called me. The sellers countered. Remember that their asking price was $589,900. Our offer was $560,000. Their counter? They want our 45 day Escrow reduced to 35 days. THAT’S IT. *swooning and falling down* THIS must be the sign I was looking for! THIS is “the house”!!! Even my agent was shocked. He was expecting them to counter with a figure in the $470Ks. He said if we accept, all we need to do is sign the counter in his office and we have a house.

You guys are all finding out about this before Mr. W, cuz before I could tell him we got into a fight. I’d originally planned, when he called me back in response to my voice mail telling him we got a counter offer, to say all sullen, “Well. We got the counter offer back today. *sigh*”
I’d imagined he’d say, “Really? What’d they counter with?”
And I’d sigh again. “Well…”
And he’d say, “$585, huh? They would only drop it by $5 grand?”
And I’d say, “No. They wanted to change…the Escrow to 35 days!” And then there’d be a lot of excited and disbelieving laughter.

But that’s not going to happen now!