[Dalhanahue]

Trystan, Ugh. People. It sounds like they had plenty of time to notice the water damage and just wanted to play hard ball. I don't blame you for not arguing about it, I mean at that point it was pretty much a done deal and they decided then to say something? Sounds like they knew they'd get a little bit knocked off price wise. I'm glad it worked out still but that is frustrating, especially so close to closing threatening to walk away.

When I first really started looking it buying a home, and then after speaking to someone who has sold a couple homes I started to realize why generally houses are listed for more than what actual target prices or price that's really needed is. There are so many things that can come back and knock the price down after inspections and what not. Especially depending on the inspection itself and what kind of loan it's going to be. I know USDA loans inspections are really particular about a lot of things. And it's good for the buyer but at the same time some older houses can get hit with very minor things that would disqualify them for that kind of loan.

Espy, that's understandable. I think most major life changes bring conflicting emotions from my experience. I could see that, defense companies hiring for that kind of work. I imagine some of them would be military or government contracting jobs? I imagine the pay might would be fairly decent but ugh, politics and bureaucratic/government bs would be a huge turn off to me. Though, I think in general you're in a field that's only going to to continue to grow and have a demand so there's some job security with that, just a matter of finding the right job. Which isn't always an easy task in todays job market but with it being a skilled and specialized trade hopefully the right position comes along and you can get settled in for a promising and secure career.