OT - Sold The Business Yesterday

Hey guys :)

Dad and I finally got the business sold yesterday. It was a huge undertaking on my end of things, leaving me up until 11-12 pm most nights going over closing documents, making priority lists, etc... and then running the company every day. Dad had a lot of days he was falling apart still, so it was a kind reminder to me as to the appropriateness of my decision to sell.

I had to really step in and do almost everything over the past five months. It was a huge responsibility, but it looks like I handled it all well.

One day after closing as I am working around home on long past due projects I find myself feeling not one bit of regret over selling. There is this seed of intuition in me telling me that things are actually much more hopeful now that I'm out from under the pressures of that personal and business situation.

Just wanted to update anyone who cares. Thanks to all of you who supported me on here over the past year as I've dealt with a high degree of life chaos. Sorry I had quite a few breakdowns on here... haha.

Have a good Saturday!

That's great. I hope you stood your ground with the real estate mafia haha. Must be a nice feeling to move on to the next stage of your life.

Congrats on selling the business!

Congrats and best wishes on your future endeavors.

good job t man !

how's the new wife working out ?

;-)

Thanks everyone. Life is feeling very hopeful right now. I'll reply to a couple of you here...

NSSG: I did stand my ground with the business brokers! They are fairly shady individuals, lol. They kept telling me that the buyer was in a hurry to close. I kept telling them I was doing my best, but that I wasn't going to hurry. Now after closing I've come to find out that the brokers made that up, and that the buyer was in no hurry. He felt like they were shady as heck, too. Ohwell, it seems to have all worked out. I'm going to set up a lunch with my broker one day later this year and ask him how the hell he gets repeat business when he blatantly lies to people.

Soy: The new wife's working out pretty good. No need to return her yet! ;-) Today she made us a bunch of zucchini bread, homemade pizza, potatoes/butternut squash baked in olive oil, and this awesome blueberry cobbler that we put vanilla ice cream over. That was after she made me breakfast of pancakes, sausage and bacon. Plus, she's kinda the primary bread winner now for the moment... lol

Anyways, I feel very free right now. My health should only improve as I go on and am not tied to the situations I have been for the past few years or more. I'm still busy as heck though; I'm going to do everything I can to help our buyer be successful as we transition, plus I'm catching up on a loooong list of things I've felt needed done at home and personally but didn't have the time.

Life is good.

Haha, they definitely acted with self interest. I'm trying to determine if it's just the way it is, and you go into the deal knowing you have to call them on all of their shady ways so that you can get the most clear idea of what is going on as is possible. We had one argument that if we didn't have a professional relationship needing each other I'm sure some colorful words would have begun flying... if not the chairs in the office... lol. It was good for me though, and I held my ground firmly which gives me confidence in whatever ventures I go on next. :)

I taught her to mow with our zero turn mower! Does that count? She actually enjoys mowing.

Thoreau,
Glad that everything handled well and over!!! More time to relax and focus on your health.....

Best wishes for a stress free life.....

Take care...