Crafty K9s and Kids

I have been waiting for news about the house to write this update. I was sure each of the past however many days would be the day that the bank would contact us about the house. I was expecting them to say that the bid was not accepted, but hoping that they would accept our offer. However, I was not expecting to look at the auction’s website to find out that the house that we purchased (subject to confirmation) was being sold again. Concerned that we had been scammed, I started calling all of the contact numbers I had to find out what was happening. The closing company said that they had not received confirmation from the bank and would get bank to me. Never heard from them again. Next, I tried the auction company. They had no record of our contract. I emailed confirmation and waited for a reply. None came, no surprise there. I called back and left word with a supervisor. Guess what, no reply, again. Today, the property we bid on was sold to someone else (subject to confirmation). This sounded highly unethical to us, but the auction company said the seller has every right to market the property until they have accepted on offer on it. Technically, the bank (aka the seller) has until this coming Tuesday to accept our bid. There is no logical way they would accept it since the new winning bid was $14,000 higher than our bid. I spoke with a wonderful representative from the auction company today. As she, Sara, was explaining what was happening with the property (she said that she has never seen a situation like this before), she confessed to me that she wanted to say “maybe this is not the house God intends for you”, but she didn’t want to offend me. That sparked a whole new conversation that ended with her asking me to call tomorrow and she would put me in touch with a person that negotiates between the winning bidders and the sellers. Sara said it wouldn’t hurt to see it through to the end. I am now fully prepared for what I thought was “my house” to belong to someone else. If this house is for us, God has to intervene in a big way. Big to me, not to Him, of course. Please pray. I will update the blog after I talk to the auction company. They are on Pacific Standard Time, so the earliest I will know anything would be after 11am (EST).