Insert Beatles Song Title here

Insert Beatles Song Title here was Originally Posted on September 19, 2003 by lavarock

If you had to name this blog, would you choose the Beatles song “It Don’t Come Easy”?

So I’m heading down the final stretch, the last 10 days here in Atlanta before “T.B.M.” (the big move). I’m going crazy because there are not enough hours in the day to get things done, and I’m barely going to get finished in time. To review, the house is still not on the market, I have no close date for the new place and I have to start shipping the stuff I need to take with me. I still need to show the house to the agent here, arrange for the estate sale of furniture I’m leaving behind and I have a few items to consign to an antique shop.

I called my Kona areal Estate gent and it appears the seller had some reservations about a legal document related to his assigning the lease to me. We both want to make sure that we transfer the lease to me without either of us taking a big hit on fees and fines. Because of this, my closing has been delayed and the soonest I can close on the new property is 6-8 weeks!

Closing on the property is a formality which transfers ownership and responsibility to me. As is often done with a other types of properties, I [i]could[/i] occupy the property and just pay the seller rent until closing. However, this delay rearranges many things, regardless of how I handle it; each having plusses and minuses.

I have a 1st class, non-refundable ticket for next Sunday. I have a place I can stay for a week before I wear out my welcome and if I stay out there, would need to rent the farm or stay in a hotel for a while. I’ll have a rental car out there until I buy a car.

Having been in Information Technology (computers) for quite some time, I have a problem with organizing and analyzing things. Forgive me

Scenerio 1: MOVE NOW

I use the ticket I have and just move. I push myself to complete all tasks and just throw out stuff I have not yet decided about. I stay with friends until I can rent the farm. I buy a car as soon as I find a good one. I’m in Paradise! There are a million things to do between now and a week Sunday, but by a week Monday I have either killed myself or have finally arrived and there is no looking back!

This probably costs me $600-$1200 a month

Scenerio 2: JUST GO LATER

I pay Delta a change fee of at least $100 and pay any difference in the fare cost and reschedule my trip for a month from now, which is about $100 currently. I stay with friends a week or two and/or rent the farm. I am more relaxed here, can arrange shipping easier, but have to put up with people seeing the house while I’m still here.

This costs me $250 or so.

Scenerio 3: PREVIEW TRIP

I fly on the ticket I have and book (if possible) a round trip from hawaii to Atlanta and back on either miles or a paid ticket. I stay out there a week and a half and arrange things. This includes getting into the house and taking my own inventory of what furniture I like or need to replace. It also includes seeing just how I want to lay out the farm and getting estimates. I must endure people looking at this house while still here. I possibly lose a week and a half of having it on the market, although I already have missed the best time to have it up for sale.

This costs me 30,000 frequent flier miles if I can find flights, or about $550 if I have to pay for flights.

Any of the 3 ideas would work and I will have to decide whether the costs are more than I want to incur. I once spent a night sleeping on a bench outside the airport because I was too cheap to pay for a cab and a hotel room for 8 hours.

Any takers want to bet on which scenerio I decide upon? It is anyone’s guess right now, because I have not decided. I am not quite as cheap as I used to be…

To slightly complicate matters, I have two big computer servers to ship there. If I want to take one of them with me on a trip there, it might save the shipping cost if it qualifies as baggage. That only works if I go directly to Kona. A friend lives on Kauai and for $70 I can stop off and help him with a computer problem he is having. If I take a computer with me AND come back, I could stop by Kauai on the return trip but not on the way out.

If I wasn’t so cheap, or I had a lot of spare money to throw around, it would be a lot easier. Also, if I had a lot more stuff to ship, I would just arrange with a mover to ship a container of stuff out there.

“Tune in again tomorrow for another thrill packed adventure, where Mark reveals what he has decided!” Unless I haven’t…