WE'RE CLOSING ON OUR HOUSE NOVEMBER 18, 2009!
It is a miracle :) Never did I ever think it would be so difficult to buy a house, especially with today's market the way it is. Boy, was I wrong!! It's been awhile since I've blogged, so let me catch you all up to speed....
We got outbid on the first house with the basement/pool...bummer.
We didn't get house #2 we bid on b/c the buyers wouldn't come down....bummer. (They wanted way to much for a house they purchased 6 months previously for almost $50K less for! We later found out that they are most likely paying a 2nd mortgage on it and couldn't afford to lose the money so it will most likely sit until it gets foreclosed on. Double bummer b/c it's too gorgeous of a house to sit).
**At this point, we have literally looked at EVERY house in Henry and Coweta counties. Seriously.**
House #3 we bid on-yay....we got it!! Right? Wrong! We go through the whole entire process with everyone telling us everything on our end looks great, nothing to worry about, we'll be able to close in the next week. Literally, ONE day after we were told this information, we were told that it fell through and we weren't going to be able to get the house. WTF?! Mind you, this is also September 11 (ironic), where many other unfortunate events happened to us in the same day.
So, 3 weeks before our wedding, we were left homeless and clueless as what to do next. I couldn't understand. It's so easy for the people on House Hunters and Property Virgins-why couldn't it be the same way for us?!
Anyways, we looked and looked and looked and looked and came back from the honeymoon still homeless, married, and still living with our parents. Cory & I had ourselves a little "come to Jesus meeting" if you will. A house we had looked at right before we left for Florida was still on the market when we returned. It wasn't anything we wanted or were looking for, but it was move-in ready and $70K cheaper than the other house we almost bought. Basically, we could buy this house and it be cheaper than renting. We bid, we won, and now we're closing! Whew!
So, we're soon moving into our 3BR/2BA simple little ranch on 1.5 acres....but we're excited. It's going to be ours and that is what really matters :)
Thanks to all of my lovely friends, family, & coworkers for allowing me to constantly vent my frustrations about our house hunting process!!
