I skipped another lunchtime workout so that I could call my realtor; since we’re in the mother of all boring court trials, I couldn’t talk on the phone during regular times. I was pretty ticked and probably didn’t control my volume well. I wasn’t yelling AT my agent, but I was yelling TO him. I feel bad about it, but it’s SO frustrating to be jerked around like this, to be ignored by a bank who supposedly said that if we meet their asking price it’ll be accepted immediately and move right into Escrow. My agent even called and verified this with the agent before we made the offer, that’s WHY we made the offer. Otherwise we’d be in a normal Escrow with a normal house right now. So either they lied, which is MESSED UP, or they want us to offer more money, which they should’ve TOLD US in a COUNTER OFFER. My agent explained that the banks in these short sales don’t feel obligated to follow any courtesy timelines and as a matter of course let offers expire all the time. (Our offer to the bank expired Monday.) He said we may hear something by the end of the day cuz hell, that’s what they told us the day before, and also the day before that, so it HAS to be true, right?

At 4:30p, my agent called me, and said quietly (probably afraid I’d blow up again) that he called the other agent, and was told that the bank definitely does not have a response for us today. But the other agent gave her “100% definite guarantee” that the bank will have an answer to us tomorrow. WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN?! And how is that different from Monday, and Tuesday, and today?

When I got home and checked my email, turned out James saw an online article featuring the #2 house that was published YESTERDAY and emailed it to me. It identified the bank as First Franklin. Jerks! I’ll NEVER do business with them! And now I’m wondering if the bank’s holding out because it’s hoping that the article would spur more interest and offers.

We’ll see what happens tomorrow. HMMPH!