monday real estate update

on tuesday, because i didn't get around to it last night. our real estate agent calls us every monday to let us know what is going on with the house, if we've had any showings, etc. (love it - so much better than our previous realtor!) even if there's nothing going on, it's nice to touch base. the past few updates have been pretty depressing so i haven't bothered to post them, but last night's was less depressing and potentially promising. we had three showings over the course of last week, and one was someone looking at it for a second time. apparently we have made their "final four" and they will likely be making a decision soon. don't know what other houses they are looking at but we're still in the game. we have not and will not get our hopes up, but this is a glimmer of hope that our house still might sell. we had officially given up on it and were pushing the rental options. we simply cannot drop our price any lower (we'd be entering the sell-for-less-than-we-paid territory - eek!) and the neighbors 2 doors down have plenty of room to keep dropping their price. any price drop that we make, they can drop 5-10K below us, which is exactly what they've done since they went on the market. we will not win that game because they paid a lot less for their house a long time ago. so why try? who knows, maybe it will be a christmas miracle. in other stupid richmond house news, i am truly amazed at just how easy making a home owner's insurance claim for the AC unit was. 2 simple phone calls and one fax. check is in the mail. we're good to go. i thought for sure it would be a complex maze of insurance hell, like the time i had to call the virginia state police to get my car insurance to pay for something. impressive state farm!