So A Lot Has Happened - Part I

Since my last post, much more has happened.

The short version is: we signed the final docs and handed over a check to the title company, escrow closes on Friday, and we own a house!

God had great plans for us that we could never have imagined. When we let the other home go, we started looking for homes again. In the process, we ended up finding another realtor. We were looking at a lot of foreclosures, and because of the reduced cost and the fact that foreclosures tend to not have as high commission for the realtor, she didn't really want to work on them.

I went online and found another realtor, and told her about the couple of homes we were interested in seeing. She agreed, and took met us at the first one. We looked at it, and it was a great price, only $200,000 for a 1500 square foot 3 bedroom, 2 bath, with a bonus room and a garage, which was why we went. It was another 10 miles farther from work than the last one we were looking at (which was already another 6-7 miles from work). The house had been completely remodeled, and was gorgeous, but it turned out that the house was settling badly. There were cracks in all the walls and ceilings, and the counters in the brand new kitchen were pulling away from the wall. Poor people.

We looked the other, and the realtor told us that she'd put together a list of others we might be interested in. Not unexpected. What was unexpected, was that she told us she new someone I might want to talk to.

Someone who might want to give us $25,000. Hmm... Interesting!