We Got an Offer on Our Extra Condo

Our realtor just called. We have an offer on our investment condo. On our way to Bali very soon. Woohoo!!!!!!

I finally finished paying for my land. Triggered a homeland security investigation because of the large sum of money that I sent to Indonesia. Had a nice 40 minute chat. Hopefully, I'm not on the no-fly list now. The Westin Hotel chain is building a resort near my land. Prices have quadrupled in the last five months. I bought just in time.Too bad I can't own the land outright.

I'm a Lazy Bule

Sorry for the lack of updates. We have almost finished paying for our land. Sold a bunch of scrap silver and got $4600.00. Still more scrap to go through. I can't believe we had all this money just sitting in plastic bags under the workbench.

Pulling more out of a 401k. No penalty. We're old. Just have to finish the last renovations on a condo we are trying to sell. Should go on the market first of next week.

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House plans

Money

I have to sent our Bali lawyer another $4500.00. Ouch.

Bali Bank Accounts

I just received word that our two personal bank accounts are active. One is U.S. Dollars and the other is Rupiah. We are making progress.

Back in Chicago

We are back in Chicago. 22 hours of total travel time. All I can say is that Shia LaBeouf is not an action hero. My digestive tract is behaving. No unwanted internal passengers.

Saw the architect before we left Bali. Our house has about 1600 square feet on two stories. Five bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, a kitchen, a living room, a garage with a temple on top and two balconies.

Land, plans, materials and labor will be around $100,000 USD.We need to have an existing temple moved to the corner of the property. Waiting for priestly approval.