I hope you all have enjoyed the back and forth war between the new Vida Mendoza contributors. I hadn’t formally welcomed the new contributors to the site so I will go ahead and acknowledge some of them here. I should point out that I am not well acquainted with every Vida Mendoza contributor but before either James or myself allow contributors on the site we make sure that they are put through a rigorous evaluation process that will ensure both the family friendly content, and good-natured humor you have come to enjoy at Vida Mendoza. First I will would like to introduce Ricardo Justicia our first contributor from the great city of Houston, Texas. Richard is a family man and most importantly a graduate of the University of Texas. He does not pull any punches as you can see from the articles he has recently posted going hard after “the hopeless romantic” with some very good inside information. We also added Pedro Reyes. I don’t know much about Pedro but he was recommended by a good friend. Having contributors is nice since it takes some of the pressure of having to update. Isaac, Alejandra, and Jafet have all joined and helped with their contributions.
February was an absolute nightmare or an absolute blessing, depending on how we want to look at it. Ale and I prefer to look at it as a real blessing. After we were turned down for the previous house (if you don’t know the story read clicking here) we went with a different lender who did not ask us to “fix” our income numbers. Everything seemed to be going well and we felt like we were well on our way to owning our first home. About 4 or 5 days ago I received a call from our new loan officer and he told me that an investigation had been conducted into a home and that the home was listed as a “sinkhole property” which would cause major problems in underwriting since no one whose head is on straight would approve a loan for the purchase of a sinkhole property. To see what a sinkhole is click here and here. Anyway the loan fell through.
Ale and I are happily back on square one and excited to see what God has for us in the future. We have gone to look at some other houses since then but nothing that has really caught our eye. We are still excited about the opportunity to purchase a home but at the same time we are beginning to think that the Lord is telling us to wait. People have been telling us to take advantage of the government credits and opportunities for first time home buyers but with Obama things have been so bad that they will have no choice but to continue to extend these “opportunities.”
Things have also been hard on the business front. Perhaps one day I can disclose more but for now I just ask for your prayers.
Everything else is great. We are extremely excited about the upcoming Spring Training season. As you all know Audy was added to the 40-man roster and he is staying with us until Spring Training ends. He has been playing well and we ask that you all keep him and all the guys on the roster in your prayers. They go through a lot and face some serious difficulties during the course of the season and they really appreciate knowing that there are people out there praying for them.
Anyway everyone take care and have a great rest of the week.