We have been busy house hunting for the last month! After spending the first week looking at about 15 homes we were very discouraged. Most of the homes in the price point we were searching were foreclosures and most of them were in bad shape. The previous owner or tenant had left many of them in shambles. After a week or so, I checked with two other lenders in the area and found that we could afford a higher price point at about $20K more. We looked at 5 homes on a Saturday and thought we had decided on one. But after sleeping on it, Sunday we decided that house was not the one we wanted. So we checked two more homes that happened to be in the same subdivision and this is the home we are hoping to purchase. After making an offer and then accepting their counter-offer, we put down earnest money today. Hopefully this Tuesday we will meet with the home inspector and we are hoping he does not find anything major wrong with the house that would delay the closing date. If the Lord wants us to have this home, we know it will all work out. The home would be about 10 minutes from our church and maybe we will start to feel like this is home.
I must say searching via the internet has changed the way you buy homes now! You can view public records on line now and find out who owned the home last, how much they paid, the taxes for the last year, etc.
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