Got the official word on the special assessment. It is $3498. I'm going to pay it in full, although financing was offered. I'll write a check once the transfer goes through from savings to checking. I had been hoping to charge it, in order to get the cash back reward, but I don't think that's an option.
I transferred $3900 instead of $3500, getting my numbers mixed up off the top of my head! Well, checking is low, anyway, because of the electricians' bill, so I'm going to let it stay there. It will eventually get swept back when I start building back my EF. Right now I'm just in survival mode.
My knee is worse again, after one day of moderate activity. So it's back to rest and inactivity.
August 6th, 2022 at 07:09 pm 1659812952
Just something to think about.
August 7th, 2022 at 03:24 pm 1659885869
I do still have money in my EF; it's just not where it should be now. I realize I'm trusting that nothing else will happen -- but I do have my bathroom fund if something does. Fingers crossed.
August 7th, 2022 at 05:24 pm 1659893052
When we did a couple of expensive repairs to my condo building, we let people pay in installments to make it easier for them, and used a combination of the fact that we paid for the work over a few months and we had a reserve fund that we could use if we needed to pay before the payments came in. We charged no interest…our reserve fund earned no interest so it cost us nothing to offer that. We knew who would pay up front and who would struggle so we could estimate the risk, and eventually, everyone paid!
August 7th, 2022 at 07:00 pm 1659898813
Hope your knee gets to feeling better.