Bob

Premier account, need active balance of something like 100K these days though.

Bink

Yep, found this out all to well myself! The score is the easy bit, the history is the thing that has held me back and there's nothing you can do about that.
I did get a good mortgage rate though funnily enough.

Yorkieabroad

Guns?

No, no guns here - who told you that?

In a recent survey it was found 100% of the participants didn't have guns. Well, OK, I haven't got one - Bink hasn't got one. Thats 100% right?

Parisangel

Yeah, that definitely counts

Bink

Honestly, it's just one of those things, I don't get nervous about it. People here have guns. Is it anymore dangerous than London, no, not in my opinion as long as you stay out of certain areas at certain times, same as any big city.
You will find though that most families do own guns though and a lot of people here hunt.

Yorkieabroad

If the kids are having a playdate at a house with guns, we just remind them that they are not to get involved if the guns are brought out, and to give us a call. Its never happened though. I guess the parents we know are pretty responsible about keeping the guns locked up etc, although I do know one boy who used to be in our Cub Pack who was allowed to take his .22 out on his own (ie without adult supervision) from the age of 7, which to me is just plain wrong. His moms reasoning was it was "only" a .22....

Parisangel

Wow....7????? I just don't know what to say about that!!

Just been looking at flights...why oh why oh why are one way flights so expensive?????

Crazy.

Bob

Because the airline is responsible for flying you home if you get deported on a one way ticket.

Just buy a return and either ignore the return portion or date it as far in the future as you can and change the date when you might need it.

Parisangel

Ah, Interesting. And annoying! Thanks Bob.

campermad

Hi again all.

When my whole family follow me to Houston in January with them will be a Husky! Most rentals I see advertised say they will consider pets on a case by case basis. could this be a problem?

Cheers
Scott

Weeze

You'll need to pay a non-refundable and refundable pet deposit. You'll also have to get approval from the landlord on a case by case. We had to write a letter about Sam for the landlords. I added a few photos of him looking particularly docile.
Some of them that say no pets may still consider them for a cash incentive.

campermad

Thank you Weeze

What breed is Sam?

Weeze

Border collie. I put in the picture of him wearing a party hat and one of him asleep in a duvet. The biggest problem we had was finding somewhere with a pool AND grass. Lots of the rentals with pools only had paths and a flower bed rather than somewhere for Sam.

campermad

I am finding the same thing, not many rentals with a pool but those that do it appears to consume the whole garden with only a small paved area remaining.

I am amazed they did not refuse you a rental on the grounds of insanity sending a pic of Sam with a hat on... When ours was younger I put a T-shirt on him, I thnk he thought he was super cool

Weeze

Don't rely on the HAR photos. Just go and view. Some had grassed areas to the side that they didn't bother photographing.