We made it through settlement! It looked like it was going to be another non-starter since the guy who was buying the house was surprised by the sudden appearance of $1,700 on his side of the settlement sheet. And not too many people have that much as a “cushion” in their checking account these days – at least not too many that I know.

I thought the guy was remarkably calm about it. He did call his mortgage broker and ask that he fax a copy of the good faith estimate that contained the figure. But he had originally gotten that good faith estimate about six months ago, and he had talked about all kinds of different programs with the guy in the meantime. You’d think someone would feel an obligation to go over, in detail, the figures for the program he chose before he sat down to go to settlement. Of course, when he got the fax it was on there, so what could he say? He wrote a check. I hope it doesn’t bounce!

He said he was going to put a Jacuzzi where the frog pond is now. Oh well. Nothing lasts forever.