Waiting, and not for the election

I'm waiting to hear back from the two contractors my real estate agent suggested to us. The only thing stopping us from closing early (actually, just stopping us from closing, early or late) is to get an estimate from a Shaker Heights registered contractor on the work detailed in the city's point of sale inspection. Once we have an estimate, we can work on figuring out how we're going to put together the funds to meet 150% of the estimate, for the city's escrow requirement.

For now, it's just an awful lot of looking at photos of the house and waiting.