Well, we haven't sold our house and we took it off the market. Our little three week "sale" at a drastically reduced price was quite pathetic, but not without some fun drama at the end. You all might remember the investor that lives down the street from us that backed out of the contract with us back in April. Well, we DID receive an offer this past week, a very low offer, from the investor's DAD! We ignored it and then they sweetened the pot yesterday. We couldn't reach an agreement though. DH and I had already determined that if we didn't get a certain number by Sunday, we'd take the house off the market. We're coming up on 6 months, the Phoenix market is going no where but down, and with DH's new job and no takers at this rock bottom price, it's just not worth it to go any lower. We can refinance and hang in there until the market rebounds if we have to. We truly believe that God was saying, "This is not the time." Why? I wish I knew. Meanwhile, we'll still keep our realtor/friend's sign in the yard just in case someone random comes along, but we'll stay off the MLS so we don't have to deal with the day to day showings.

Before our agent cancelled the listing, we got a call from another agent asking to "show the house in 30 minutes." It felt so good to say, "NO!"

So goodbye for now. We'll reevaluate the market after the first of the year. This forum has been very infomative, entertaining, and down right discouraging at times. Thank you one and all. And as someone on here often says (and always rings true), "enjoy the journey." ;+)

Julie

As a little parting gift, I thought I'd relay some of the fun things I've found to do now that my house is off the market!

1. Never make my bed again.

2. Close all the blinds/curtains in the house and leave them closed ALL day.

3. Put my dish drainer back on the kitchen counter.

4. Move my garbage can back in the kitchen.

5. Make aromatic and terribly messy meals any time I darn well please!

6. Take on super messy craft projects with my 2yo without fear of the phone ringing.

7. Sort my laundry all over the floor of my master bedroom.

8. Wash my sheets any time I darn well please!

9. Leave my house without picking up any toys.

10. Let my 2yo get out every toy he owns and not pick any of them up for 3 whole days.

11. Leave hair in my bathtub drain.

12. Leave toys sprawled around my front yard.

13. Plaster every square inch of my fridge with photos of family and friends.

14. Hang pictures of my 2yo and his cute toddler artwork all over the house.

15. Set up the train table my 2yo got for Christmas in the middle of the family room and not care how much room it takes.

16. Start potty training my 2yo (he's been ready for years, it seems!).

17. Hang my dark curtains back up in my room so I can get some good sleep.

18. Hang my 2yo's black out curtains back up in his room so he (and thus, I) can get some good sleep.

19. Hang the sun shades back up outside so the family room isn't 90 degrees when the rest of the house is 77.

20. Put the screens back on the windows to keep the bugs out.

21. Burn scented candles that don't color-coordinate with my house.

And still counting!!