So Friday...and the days following...have been an adventure! I've been kind of looking for a place to live closer to work and came across a condo up in Suncrest that was in foreclosure. I met Dan at the Matheson Courthouse in Salt Lake and after visiting with a few of the regular "fix-n-flippers" (people who buy houses at sheriff sales, fix them up and sell them), bid on the place I had been looking at. I realized that I hadn't done a title search which most of them had on properties they were looking at but the one fellow I was talking to had the address marked in yellow and he bid against me so I assumed that it was probably ok. I had a price ceiling that I was going to quit at and I guess he had one just lower than mine so I ended up with the house. Several of the regulars knew the property and said it was a great deal so I felt a little better. I had a nervous weekend as I realized that even though I had money supposedly wired to my account, it wasn't there on time and you only had one business day from the auction to get the rest of the cash to the attorney. Thanks to Dan running around and gathering money from his banks, I was able to get it in on time and today, had the new deed recorded at the County office.
With deed in hand, I called a locksmith and had him let me in and rekey the locks. It was kind of like Christmas wondering what I would find. I had stopped by Thursday night and happened to catch the old owner who showed me through it. He is a self-help hypnotherapist and writer that had bought a school bus that is converted to a motorhome and is now free to roam the universe with his medium girlfriend (she said she had a good feeling about me getting it!). Anyway, he seemed happy to be free from encumbrance. In the end, the bank took a beating on the deal...and probably so did the tax payers. Here's a link to a few shots from my iPhone. I think some paint and a little cleaning will get it back in shape. The owner left quite a bit of stuff but it's mostly junk. The best part is the incredible view out over the Salt Lake valley. Still not sure what I'm going to do with it. I have a family possibly interested in my house here in Orem. If they rent or buy it, I'll probably move to Draper where it's 10 minutes from work. Otherwise, I'll put both up for rent and live in the one that doesn't rent.
So...between Idahome, Orehome and now Draperhome, I've got plenty to keep me busy working on stuff! We also had a talent show last night at our BYU ward. Kind of fun to see good talent in a nice facility like the Madsen Recital Hall at BYU.
Another exciting event occurred while in Idaho on Saturday. Kent and fam had headed to Grays Lake for the weekend and he called to see if I could check his first year heifers as they were ready to calve. When Dan, Erin and I got to the corral, one calf had been born dead and there was another young heifer that was having problems delivering. We put her in the chute and as Dan ratcheted down the squeeze, mangled his finger. So....I got to deliver the calf after reaching in and pulling out his leg that was buckled back. He'd been struggling so long we thought he was dead as he wasn't breathing. I pounded his chest, cleaned out his mouth and kept stroking his throat and working with him until he finally gasp a breath. Eventually, his little breaths got deeper and stronger and he started to move his head. We picked him up and put him in the barn with his mother and when I came back later that night, she'd cleaned him all off and they were both settled in the straw. Kind of cool knowing that we helped the little guy bridge the gap to earth life!
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