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From: Matt on 8 Aug 2010 22:42
>            So we have 1 night remaining at our unused NYNY room our son
> never showed up for. What to do? We broke it in, and returned to the Hilton!
> Not bad for a couple of seniors huh?
>

Does your son know what you did in his room? LOL. Nice trip report!

Matt in Wi
From: Walt on 8 Aug 2010 23:40
In article <i3ncmm$ch8$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
"JKConey" <jkconey(a)verizon.net> wrote:

> We were the only ones
> checking in at Caesars at about 1AM. After making with small talk and
> without the asking, she gave us a suite. I know of the endless $20 trick
> discussions, but I've found that being respectful and interested in the
> person behind the counter works fine for me. It was a long haul to the
> Forum Towers, but when we opened the door we were blown away. This was a
> rock stars room. Living room had multiple sofas, big screen TV, bar,
> separate bathroom. Bedroom had king bed made up for royalty, sofas, big
> screen TV with state of the art connectivity, including USB and IPhone port.
> Large bathroom had a spa tub, TV in the mirror, shower with multiple
> directional jets, etc etc. We've had some great suites before but this was
> the best. Sadly we only had this for another night, and didn't have time to
> really enjoy it as much as we wanted. As for Caesars, it's just too big to
> really get a handle on. Here's a tip. Unless there's a concert that minute,
> Park in the Coliseum valet. It was totally empty. Many thanks again to Chef
> Kurt for the generous gift.

Chef Kurt is a prince!

> The Buffet Wars

Thanks for the details on your experience with the 24-hour buffet deal. It was so
hot in June I didn't feel like trying it.

> Hilton and Star Trek
>
> In the vendors room I
> spoke with many celebs, and had a blast. Although we're not into autographs
> or pictures, they were thrilled to chat about their various old films, and
> new projects. Gary Lockwood, Richard Hatch, Richard Kiel, Virginia Hey,

Cool, Gary Lockwood. He went from "Star Trek" to Kubrick's "2001", playing the
astronaut who got murdered by HAL.

> Had a great time with Sally Kellerman. She told
> me the story behind me seeing her topless in an old film I remembered from
> my youth. Robert Altman lied to her, and shot her frontal against her
> wishes. It made a big impression on me at the time!

"M*A*S*H"! When I saw that in a theater it was part of a double-feature with
"Patton". What a combo.

Thanks for the report, and good luck with the house offer.

--- Walt
From: Nonnymus on 9 Aug 2010 00:11
"JKConey" <jkconey(a)verizon.net> wrote in message
news:i3ncmm$ch8$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...

> We saw 6 or 8 Anthem homes. Some were short sales. We liked 2 of
> them, but at a lowball price only. I was surprised that our broker said
> she didn't want to do multiple offers for one buyer? Her argument was that
> it was a lot of work. Made no sense to us? I asked her if she wouldn't
> rather offer on 5 houses, and get a sale? I guess it's based on her
> experience and risk reward factor?

I'm a bit surprised at this, also. I'd consider a different agent. Which
part of Anthem were you looking at? We may have crossed paths. <grin>

We made an offer on a Short Sale several months ago and still have not had
any confirmation or rejection by the lenders. Notice I said lenderS, and
that complicates things a good deal. Our Short Sale offer has expired by
the passage of time, though we've not requested our GFD back yet. In the
meantime, our agent had no problems and even encouraged us to look at more
short sales, owner occupied and foreclosures and to make an offer on another
home. This second offer is on a foreclosure. The first offer last week was
essentially rejected, but we're making a second one a bit closer to the
listing price and will see what happens.

During the hunt, I also encountered my first house that was in the process
of being vandalized and stripped. It made me almost sick to see things like
a ceiling fan ripped from the ceiling, trash, filth and what I considered
deliberate vandalism to what was formerly a nice house.

Hopefully, you'll have better luck than we've been having and will quickly
settle in on a good house. Good luck and good hunting.

Nonny

From: Marsha on 9 Aug 2010 01:08
In article <i3ncmm$ch8$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
jkconey(a)verizon.net says...
>
> We saw 6 or 8 Anthem homes. Some were short sales. We liked 2 of
> them, but at a lowball price only. I was surprised that our broker said she
> didn't want to do multiple offers for one buyer? Her argument was that it
> was a lot of work. Made no sense to us? I asked her if she wouldn't rather
> offer on 5 houses, and get a sale? I guess it's based on her experience and
> risk reward factor?

5 houses? That's a LOT of work. She probably would put in offers for a
couple of them though.

Here's something to think about though... if someone seems "picky"
(which you two are), what's the likihood of them finding five houses
simultaneously that they liked well enough to buy? Just saying that
would make them sound like shoppers, rather than potential buyers.
From: Thomas W. on 9 Aug 2010 06:19
Matt <mudpuppy93(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>> So we have 1 night remaining at our unused NYNY room our
> > son
>> never showed up for. What to do? We broke it in, and returned to the
> > Hilton!
>> Not bad for a couple of seniors huh?
>>
>
> Does your son know what you did in his room? LOL. Nice trip report!
>
> Matt in Wi

Very interesting report - thank you!

Thomas
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