I'm updating this from the comfort of my bed. Many special thanks to Dave's laptop and our AirPort for making this possible. I'm probably going to doze off halfway through this post, lulled into unconsciousness by the low hum of the computer and my snoring kid in the next room. There are worse soundtracks to fall asleep to.
Dave and I went and checked out the house today. I went in expecting to love it and instead walked away not thrilled, whereas Dave went in with no expectations and liked it well enough. The problem we're running into is there aren't a lot of options in the price range we're looking at, which is ironic because we're looking within a range I really never thought I'd be in a situation to realistically afford. Sometimes even when you find yourself firmly established and living within some sort of definition of "adulthood" you still can't get past some of the ideas that formed apropos of nothing when you were fresh out of college. Anyway, when we got home from the showing I went onto realtor.com to see if maybe through some miracle ten or twenty absolutely adorable houses went on the market while we were asleep last night but, alas, I was greeted by the same gallery of rogues that has been showing up for the last three or four months. So no Raul. Not yet anyway.
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Do they show the houses that are in foreclosure on realtor.com? I am not sure how that works but I know people are getting some really good deals buying homes in foreclosure (a friend of mine just bought a house that a few years ago sold for over $400K for about $200K).
Our first home only had one bathroom and that was a necessity for the future homes to have more than 1 bathroom. Our 2nd house had 1 1/2 and now our current (3rd) house has 2 1/2.
I know what you mean about the prices. We keep going up in higher price brackets and I think even though we could have afforded this price bracket before I needed time to adjust to the idea, LOL. Well I hope you find a house that you both love! :-)
Posted by: Ruth | February 27, 2009 09:51 AM
Although I am disappointed there will be no Raul to gawk at this summer, I am more bummed out for you guys! I am surprised Dave liked the house as much as he did....hey, wait a minute, did he not know about Raul?!
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