{"id":6842,"date":"2018-04-10T12:17:31","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T19:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/?p=6842"},"modified":"2018-04-10T14:22:26","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T21:22:26","slug":"im-looking-to-buy-your-house-as-is-all-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/2018\/04\/10\/im-looking-to-buy-your-house-as-is-all-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"Somebody wants to buy my house, AS IS, all cash!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ha! That was the postcard that came in the mail yesterday. It was from one \u201cCassie\u201d of Corona, considerably inland. The picture of our place was apparently to prove she means business. I’m tempted to call Cassie and name my price. Of course to me, as is<\/em>, will mean with us in it<\/strong>!<\/span><\/p>\n

What she would be willing to pay for these two living beings may give her pause. The fact that we’re not as young as we were when we first moved in may diminish our value a little. Then again, it may augment it. In those 40 years there’s been a lot of life.<\/p>\n

And a lot of that life is evidenced by all the d\u00e9cor, the artifacts from our travels, the hand-made ceramics, the furniture . . . each piece with a story . . . the unique tableware from everywhere. Bowers Museum might be interested in it as is<\/em>, but I don’t know if Cassie would appreciate.<\/p>\n

Then there’s the art. With both of us continually producing, there is original work on every wall, multiple and ever changing. More, there’s \u201cthe annex,\u201d a walk-in attic with enough artwork in storage to supply all the grandkids with a small inheritance. That is, if we could find the buyers.<\/p>\n

Hey, maybe Cassie is the answer!<\/p>\n

Add to all this the cars in the garage, the landscaping, the stonework, the garage doors of reclaimed lumber from an old Tennessee barn, the majestic eucalyptus grove just behind . . . that’s all going to add to the as is<\/em>.<\/p>\n

And what Cassie can’t see from the front is how every square inch inside has been customized over the years. Our as is<\/em> has become something completely unique to us. Which means, beyond price.<\/p>\n

Story: Sometimes, when my parents were alive and still living in their Palos Verdes house where I grew up, a realtor would come to the door and ask if they wanted to sell. My mother, always engaging, would ask, \u201cThen where would I live?\u201d Answer: \u201cAnywhere you want.\u201d Mom: \u201cI want to live right here!\u201d<\/p>\n

My sentiments exactly.<\/p>\n

Once a realtor came to our door with the same offer. I told him we have no thoughts of selling, adding with a smile that I plan to be buried right here, in the floor!<\/p>\n

He advised, \u201cDon’t tell the Asians; they’re very superstitious.”<\/p>\n

Okay I won’t. I won’t tell Cassie either. I don’t know how that would affect the as is<\/em>. No matter; by then I’ll have a mansion elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Looking forward to that.<\/p>\n

Just in case Cassie sees this, here are some pics of the inside of our place<\/a> . . . the wall art different now, but it still gives the idea.<\/p>\n

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PS This weekend we’re traveling to Anchorage to speak and unveil the Beatitudes paintings (see earlier blog)<\/a> in their new and permanent home. (All invited!)<\/p>\n

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But what does “as is” mean? A good deal more than this speculator was contemplating. Same for all of us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6842"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6842"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6861,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6842\/revisions\/6861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}