This Week:
- I accepted an offer for my 4Runner!
- What does my storage unit look like after a year of van life?
- Why was getting a haircut a highlight from my week?
June 2023
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25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 7/1 |
Where In The World Was I?
- Denver, CO
4Runner Update – Offer Accepted
Let’s start with the juicy updates.
TL;DR – Met with 2 new potential buyers. Received 2 offers. Accepted one. Title hasn’t been signed yet, but should be this week.
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This week was freakin’ madness.
All my leads had dried up and I hadn’t met with anyone in like 2 weeks. So, I decided to update the listing price down from $31,750 to $29,995 and added a little section at the top to address any concerns with it being on the market for 3+ weeks.
I think by Wednesday I had 2 new messages from people that wanted to meet and check it out in person.
But here’s where the madness started…
So I had scheduled one meeting for Thursday afternoon.
In that time, the second buyer also wanted to schedule a meeting. I told him I had another interested buyer, but I could try to squeeze him in on Friday.
He said he was really interested and looking to potentially buy, saying that he’d be willing to do my listed price of $30,000.
WOW, okay, this is getting juicy.
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Thursday’s appointment went well! They liked it a lot, but needed to contact their bank first for a loan before being able to firmly put in an offer. I told them there was another buyer and they offered $30k. They said they’d most likely be willing to match that.
They messaged me saying they were extremely interested in it and started envisioning driving around already. I could tell they really wanted it.
By the next morning, this first buyer went to the bank, their bank had some complications with the $30k valuation, not exactly seeing the same value of upgrades that I was seeing.
At the end of the day, they said the most they could do would be $28,500.
I thought to myself, damn okay, I’m actually good with $28,500 at this point, but the only reason I don’t instantly accept this is because another buyer literally told me they’d do $30k.
By the evening, the second buyer’s meeting rolled around.
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Another typical meetup. This buyer was a lot more laid back though and didn’t openly express as much interest as the first buyer. He was interested though, just I didn’t get the sense he was urgently interested.
I told him about the first buyer and he said he’d be willing to do $30k.
The only complication… He also needed to get financing and talk to his bank, so he needed another day before putting in a firm offer.
Knowing what the first buyer just went through with their banks valuation, the fact that he said he’d offer $30k kind of meant nothing to me. I needed an offer after talking to a bank.
Here’s where things get interesting…
I had a feeling the first buyer was quite upset and disappointed that the most they could offer was $1500 lower than what I was asking.
They wrote back saying by Saturday morning they were gonna go check out some other 4Runners and to let them know if I get an update from the second buyer before then.
This put me in a pickle.
I had an offer that I’d normally instantly accept, except I needed to wait for the morning to get a final offer from the second buyer.
But knowing the bank process the first buyer went through, I had low confidence that they’d end up being able to get a loan for the full $30,000.
Friday night I just couldn’t sleep, I kept thinking about what the hell I do in this situation.
I need to wait until the second buyer’s offer to make a final decision, but what if the first buyer bails on me before the second buyer can get back to me, and their offer ends up lower than $28,500. I’m gonna be kicking myself if that happens and it’s looking like it could happen.
Here’s a 30 second view of that night’s thoughts…
I woke up Saturday morning and listened to my gut.
There were a lot more details in this, so I did a full breakdown of my decision, assigned probabilities and some math, and wrote out my full decision.
I messaged the first buyer saying I accepted their $28,500 offer.
It wasn’t until late morning that I heard back from the second buyer.
And like clockwork, they said the most they could offer was $28,000. Their bank wouldn’t loan them more than that.
I read that situation like a goddamn BOOK.
I declined the second buyer’s offer, but what happened next was NOT part of my full logical decision breakdown.
They responded saying they asked their family to loan them the extra $2,000 to offer the full $30,000 I was asking…
A total curveball.
At this point it was too late.
The probability of this happening was so low, I did NOT consider that.
There will always be what-ifs, and I’ve already noticed my mind thinking about those what-ifs…
But at the end of the day, I’m still happy with $28,500 and I preferred to do business with this first buyer anyways.
Sure, it’s unfortunate I might have missed out on an extra $1500, but I think I made the right decision, at the right time, given the probabilities and information I had available.
What’s Next?
So, I’ve already accepted a $500 deposit from the buyer I’m working with and they’ve told me the timeline their bank needs to get this completed.
I’m feeling a lot more confident about this deal than the previous one that fell through a couple weeks ago because they’ve already gone to their bank. It’s just a matter of finishing the loan process, not finding a loan.
An offer submitted after going to the bank is a LOT stronger than one before going to a bank (if not paying cash).
The current plan is that by sometime mid-week, we’ll meet up to sign the title over and this whole process will be over with 😌
Things change quickly! I have a feeling getting the listing price under $30,000 opened up the listing to searches <$30,000, which was just what I needed.
First Storage Unit Run
Early this week I stopped by my storage unit to start going through things I didn’t need anymore.
I have a full checklist of almost every single thing in my storage unit and where it’s located. This is one of those things that was ABSOLUTELY worth the upfront time to create.
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I went through that checklist and flagged each item as trash, recycle, donate, sell, family, etc.
There was a LOT in there that was literally pointless to keep around… Story of my life.
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What a cathartic process 😌
Whoop! Whoop!
In an effort to reinvest in my health and with some inspiration from Bryan Johnson‘s Blueprint protocol, I bought a Whoop fitness/health wearable.
I also bought some health tests (pace of aging test and NAD test), but my results haven’t come back yet.
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I’ve been loving it so far!
One of the most peculiar insights I’ve seen so far is that (with ~90% confidence) every single time I drive somewhere, my stress metric spikes… I knew driving took focus, but I was NOT expecting it to spike that much. Wild.
ALSO, I knew I was on to something 3 years ago when I change my sleep schedule to get a consistent 9hrs of sleep every night. I KNEW IT.
Never going back.
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More insights to come soon.
I Got A Haircut
Yes, this is indeed one of my highlights from the week.
I had it on my todo-list to get a haircut before meeting with 4Runner buyers, like 4 weeks ago…
But that didn’t happen.
UNTIL
This week when I finally scheduled another meeting with a buyer.
I thought, eh, it’s pretty bad, lol, it’s time.
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I went to Sport Clips this time and was impressed! They gave me a complementary shampoo and massage since it was my first time, and had a lovely conversation with the woman cutting my hair!
I think it turned out well! Way better than I could’ve done at this length…
More Backfilled Photos!
I spent a bunch of time this week continuing to backfill photos from my old Instagram page to my website. I got back through to 2020 when I started taking photos in San Francisco. I just have a couple more from when I was in college, then I’ll be done!
Here are some good ones:
Like last week, you can see explore the photos at https://petermeglis.com/photography/:
- Scroll down until the very end of the page (currently don’t have a better option to jump around yet)
- Explore via the map (majority from California bay area, some Colorado)
- Filter posts via the tags
This Week’s Coffee Shops
- Frank & Roze x2
- Stylus & Crate
- Griffin Coffee
- Devil’s Cup Coffee – haven’t been here in a year!
- House of CoPa
I have so many photos from these places… But here’s Devil’s Cup!
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Food From The Week
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Selfies From The Week
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What’s Next?
WELL, the time has (almost) come!
Clearing the storage unit and tidying some final things up!
Maybe just another 2ish weeks here in Denver?? 👀