“Changes in liquidity can really change people’s psyche.” Wendy De La Rosa, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School
I went through an intense period of scrutiny last week at every level about my housing/life situation—teasing out wants vs. needs, facts, feelings, personal financial planning/dimensions, economics, romantic relationship, life path/purpose, soul growth, and more. Some things are starting to land—and other pieces are not—but the overall headline is that I am feeling some relief even if the narrative is looking different than I thought. (And like Kendall Roy, I admit I am obsessed with controlling the narrative.)
In short-form: I am going to return temporarily to San Francisco in two phases to shore up this housing situation. It’s wild to me that zero offers were made, but then the day it went off-market, I fielded more than a dozen calls from hungry agents. One guy even said “I have a cash offer right now!” So the reality is that it was not the price, the location, or the condo itself. It truly has been a higher-order force. A very experienced Santa Fe realtor (with 40 years sobriety) asked me in our conversation last week, “Why get knicked on both sides if you don’t have to?” Excellent question.
In my seeking of esoteric counsel, several experts independently identified some kind of “icky influence/spirit/entity” inside and out that was blocking the sale. (Note: I posted the horary chart for this inquiry below and I invite any astro nerds to dialogue with me.) Yes, that was worth the several hundred dollars to hear that said out loud. This has led me to finding and scheduling a professional space clearer, among other things.
My takeaway: I simply wasn’t supposed to lose money on this condo sale and higher-order brakes were pumped to give it a better chance in the future. Re-set, review, re-new. Timing. People are returning the city. Give this a few months/one year and I predict I can earn +10-15% over what I paid in 2017.
But for now, back to work. Like all good personal blogs, I hope you see this as the delicious plot twist.