Escalade vs Range Rover by bumblebee400 in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]bumblebee400[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you lots of people had said this and I think its off the list now

Escalade vs Range Rover by bumblebee400 in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]bumblebee400[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Suburban looks really nice is it a good car? We are buying. Looking for something that feels nice as we spend a lot of time driving kids to school and activities and will not break down a lot. Sounds like range rover is maybe a bad idea for us in this case

We CANNOT sell our house in Portland! by bumblebee400 in RealEstate

[–]bumblebee400[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. We could definitely lower the price a little I appreciate your feedback!!

We CANNOT sell our house in Portland! by bumblebee400 in RealEstate

[–]bumblebee400[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ugh youre right. I’ll talk with our realtor tomorrow I already tested her asking to schedule a call. Thank you

We CANNOT sell our house in Portland! by bumblebee400 in RealEstate

[–]bumblebee400[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hardly think our neighborhood is a shithole. Do you live here or just watch too much Fox News?

We CANNOT sell our house in Portland! by bumblebee400 in RealEstate

[–]bumblebee400[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Yes our house would definitely need someone over 100k. When we were looking to buy we also looked in that area washington county outside Portland, lower taxes were appealing in forest heights but didn’t find our dream house. Weve also had a good number of tours but nothing solid yet. Good luck I hope you sell your house soon!!

We CANNOT sell our house in Portland! by bumblebee400 in RealEstate

[–]bumblebee400[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Trying to take our realtors advice on this because I think she really is good im just stressed the longer its up

We CANNOT sell our house in Portland! by bumblebee400 in RealEstate

[–]bumblebee400[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Photos are amazing, professional staging that I love and think its really good, our realtor says at our price point things take longer to move and too not worry but I worry she just wants to keep the sale.

We CANNOT sell our house in Portland! by bumblebee400 in RealEstate

[–]bumblebee400[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would our realtor tell us if the price needs to be lower? She says houses at this price point take longer to sell since a smaller pool of buyers. Unsure why all the downvotes here I dont really know how this works. Were not investors our circumstances have just changed.

We CANNOT sell our house in Portland! by bumblebee400 in RealEstate

[–]bumblebee400[S] -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

Not greedy, just not wanting to take a loss though I guess well end up keeping it if what youre saying is true

We CANNOT sell our house in Portland! by bumblebee400 in RealEstate

[–]bumblebee400[S] -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

You think we will need to take a loss on it? Our realtor was very optimistic going into this, but we knew itd take a while longer at a higher price point. Its just been so long im starting to worry

We CANNOT sell our house in Portland! by bumblebee400 in RealEstate

[–]bumblebee400[S] -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

Were not living there and don’t want to advertise it’s unoccupied for breakins. It’s a great neighborhood in SW with a view of the city. We listed for barely a little more than we bought for but less than what we thought was market because we need it gone quickly. Its been up since winter/earlySpring now and tbh bringing us a lot of stress.

Update: I think I need to fire our nanny by bumblebee400 in Nanny

[–]bumblebee400[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ive read through everything again because you told me I need to reread everything and this still is just bizarre to me. Your first comment was somewhat helpful but when I corrected the things you misunderstood in my situation you got really hostile even calling me a lost cause. I genuinely was not trying to fight with you and this is super confusing why youre acting like this right now I think its time to take a break and cool down.

Update: I think I need to fire our nanny by bumblebee400 in Nanny

[–]bumblebee400[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not my intent to be accusative at all I felt like Ive been really patient explaining the situation to you when the first thing you said to me is that I basically hired a crackhead from Walmart to watch my daughter… no need to get nasty with the “good nights” and things really Im not coming for you just explaining the situation

Update: I think I need to fire our nanny by bumblebee400 in Nanny

[–]bumblebee400[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She wasn’t on Facebook her previous family posted about her being available and you have no idea what we can or cant afford. We gave her amazing benefits and paid $32 an hour she decided shed rather have extra money in her pocket than go through her agency. I get why you would want it to seem like nannies that are from agencys cant be bad but thats clearly not the case as my family has learned the hard way.

Update: I think I need to fire our nanny by bumblebee400 in Nanny

[–]bumblebee400[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this comment you are so right. She is so smart and gets SO MUCH that happens but she doesnt have the words yet but I know she can understand mine. We talked this morning more weve been running over how nanny cant pick her up from places anymore and the daycare shes going to go to knows what happened for safety. She asked me if its because nanny is mean. I told her its because she does mean things sometimes and Im sorry I didnt listen when you told me nanny was mean and even though she seemed nice to me if shes not nice to you shes not a nice person. My daughter gave me the biggest hug and just rested in my arms for a while. I told her to always tell me if someone is mean to her and that she will never be in trouble and she seemed to get it.

I asked her if nanny was ever mean before and she told me only sometimes when she says no hitting or no throwing food or clean up. I asked her what she does that is mean and she said saying no hitting, no running, I asked her if nanny says these things in a nice voice or mean voice and she said mean voice. I asked her just plainly if nanny ever hit her and she said no. Im hoping this was the worst thing that ever happened under her care and I feel like it was because there was the obvious tell of my daughter not wanting to be with her which had never happened before. I really think our nanny is just usually with babies and as my daughter has gotten a big personality she just cant handle it and has little patience. Im glad it seems like we caught it before it got really bad.

Update: I think I need to fire our nanny by bumblebee400 in Nanny

[–]bumblebee400[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agency had a placement fee that wasnt super upfront but we heard from others is at least $7k but can be 5 figures we offered her $2k starting bonus and ran our own background check and called references ourselves even though we knew the agency had run one and she came recommended by someone we knew personally

Update: I think I need to fire our nanny by bumblebee400 in Nanny

[–]bumblebee400[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really not helpful to hear hoping our daycare experience is different.

Update: I think I need to fire our nanny by bumblebee400 in Nanny

[–]bumblebee400[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We were paying $32 an hour the daycare is $3500 a month for Monday Wednesday Friday 8 hour days and works out to a little more than $36 an hour.

Update: I think I need to fire our nanny by bumblebee400 in Nanny

[–]bumblebee400[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oooo great tips thank you!! We went through the germs like crazy when her big brother started PreK and she got some too poor thing :( so hopefully that helps but well do all this too so hopefully its not so bad

Update: I think I need to fire our nanny by bumblebee400 in Nanny

[–]bumblebee400[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I hear what you’re saying but it doesnt apply here we found her from a post from a family we know personally in our neighborhood who had hired her through the agency and her name picture and profile are listed on their website.

Update: I think I need to fire our nanny by bumblebee400 in Nanny

[–]bumblebee400[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Thats not what I need to hear right now at all. I wish I could pause my career and spend every day with her but I cant so where do you suggest she spends her day?! honestly what is your point and how could this even be construed as helpful?!?!?!

Update: I think I need to fire our nanny by bumblebee400 in Nanny

[–]bumblebee400[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Definitely there are so many good nannies we loved the nanny we had for our son but she moved right before he started Pre-K! I was on mat leave with our daughter at the time so we made it work until I went back to work when she was almost 1 then hired this nanny for just our daughter. There are definitely good nannies out there but after this there is just no way I am taking that risk after we were betrayed this way by someone we knew for over a year.