Moving on...in a way (Page 2 of 2)

Listed our house on Friday...5 showings on Saturday...1 offer Sunday night.  99% of the credit goes to my wife and the other 1% to HGTV for all the home selling/staging/decorating shows they produce. 
It ain't over till it's over, but I think I better step up my home search efforts

Our house was not on any TV show, but we certainly learned alot of what to do and not do from watching.   Dallas and Houston are about 250 miles apart.  As to weather...I think Houston is more prone to hurricanes while Dallas is more prone to tornado's and hail storms.

from your sense of urgency Mike it sounds like it was a decent offer. I hope that works out and you can find something nice in metro Dallas.
I went through 2 hurricanes while living in Houston, not fun with 3 day power outages. certain areas of Houston are also prone to severe flooding, especially down Main Street around ReliantK stadium/Astrodome. the Astros actually had a game at the dome postponed due to rain, sounds impossible but it happened. You will enjoy Dallas much more, even with an occasional tornado but God that last outbreak was very scary.

So as of today...we have 4 offers.  All relatively close to each other.  We're making the same counter offer to everyone...first to grab the brass ring is the winner. 

Oh...and there's another showing tonight.

In talking to our real estate agent, I was informed that there are lots and lots of foreclosures (that needs lots and lots of work), there are lots and lots and lots and lots of short sales, but the inventory of conventional home sales is relatively low so when one comes on the market that has been updated it goes quickly.

Made a deal on a house in Grapevine, TX.  Close on our CA home late June and close on the TX home early July.  I'm basically in TX full time now in temporary housing close to the office.  Back & forth to CA occasionally (like today for Mothers Day) and coming back for Memorial Day (San Diego chapter of LSU Alumni Association crawfish boil on the Sunday before Memorial Day at the Chargers practice field)

Have a fond memory of a tailgate party on that practice field with about 3,000 Browns fans in 2006. It was the annual Browns Backers Road Trip vs. the Chargers, almost got ugly when the Co2 connection to the beer trailer wouldn't work. Browns fans aren't exactly white wine sippers.

                                                                                                        Rock The Vote,

                                                                                                        J Dawg

They gotta lotta nice girls and a lot of nice boots. I never bought a pair while living in Houston but I heard the stories about all the high end brands. Maybe you could get the ostrich for a few hundred less?