bar update!

Money is about to change hands!!! Its getting down to nitty gritty time with the bar and I would be lying if I said I wasn’t getting a little nervous. If you’re new to my blog, my friend steve and I are buying a small bar. In MEXICO! Has this been my life long dream? Yes! In fact, two dreams. I have always wanted to have a small restaurant or bar. And for as long as I can remember, I have wanted to have one on the beach. So it looks like I’ll be doing both. But letting loose of my life savings is just scary…Even if it is to pursue a dream. But a great man once told me that a person that has never tried anything is a person that has never done anything… So hey, I’m going for it!!! IM ALL IN! Yesterday, 1 emailed my atty in mexico, (I cant believe I just said “my atty in mexico”), as well as the seller’s atty everyday. This transaction is taking so long simply because we are in separate countries. DUH! Not to mention the fact that steve and I are not accustomed to the Mexican way of doing business.—(bit!) But we are learning. Originally, the seller wanted us to wire the down payment, 10% of the sales price directly into his bank account. Oddly enough, after checking with a few people, this is not that unusual. But this would never be done like that in the U.S.. We compromised. This money is in a “trust account”… I trust it will be there when we close the deal! We are in the process of establishing the name for the bar, and we have also started the procedure of establishing a Mexican Corporation. FUN FUN FUN!!! When we do open officially, I will let you know and we’ll even give away on the bar website, a few 3 day trips to mexico to hang out at the grand opening.