Okay...

Tuesday, we made the appointment with the realtor to make an offer on option C.  However, I decided to make one last counter for the round home.  The offer was only 5k more than the last one I made.  We wrote up the offer for home C and the plan was the realtor would call about the round house and get a verbal one way or the other and if the answer was no then the offer would be presented to option C!

We received a text about two hours later that the offer had been accepted!  So, I guess we are back on for the round house.

Now I just have to wrap my head around the new and much higher mortgage!

On and on...

I am beginning to believe people here don't really want to sell their homes!

We made a bid and the seller made a counter!  We then countered their counter and waited and waited.  I got fed up and wrote my realtor to express a desire to make an offer on another home.

We waited hours for a response from our realtor.  We thing she was working to save the bid on the current deal, but at this point we really don't care.

I have an appointment tomorrow afternoon to make an offer on the next home!  The we get a text the other seller will make a counter tomorrow!  At this point We don't care!  I am so done playing these games!

We understand this market and know what we are doing.  When we walk away from this home it will sit on the market for more than 6 months and the seller will slash her price again and again.  She won't get what we are offering and she does not understand that!!!!

So we will walk and bid on a different home!

We are not new to this and can walk away from a home we like to take on a home we don't like quite so much!

Square One...

The first home we bid on fell through!  We had a home inspection that revealed a mess of problems and the seller refused to fix any of it.  So we decided to take our party elsewhere!

We placed an offer on home number two yesterday and are waiting for a response/counter offer.

The new home is way different than what we were looking for but the home felt good when standing inside.  It felt like it could be home.  The home needs some updating, a lot of updating but we are up for the task!

The one cool thing about the home is that is has an atrium with a domed roof and skylights!

I no longer get my hopes up when going through the home buying process it will either work out or not.  I would rather find a home that fits or wait until one does.

We will see what happens!

Here we go again...

We found a home and made an offer.  It went back and forth several times and we finally came to an agreement!

Then came the inspection and they found so many things wrong!  We requested the seller make repairs and all shit went crazy!

Bottom line!  The seller did not want to fix squat and we did not want to spend money fixing their shit!  So it fell through!

Now we start the process again😂

Endless...

I feel like I am on the hamster wheel!  I wake up and do the same thing every day even though I don't want to...

A little more than three weeks until we close on our home!

Lyfe..

Finally beginning a routine now that work has begun.  

Still living in the hotel an living day by day.  Our expected close date is in the first week of June!

It Begins Again...

We are under contract.....

House Hunting for a little bit and for the past week we have been going back and forth with offers on a home we sort of like.  Monday night we made our final offer which the seller countered.  I guess final is never really final when it comes to real estate, but we were dead serious.  We gave word to the realtor of two other homes we likes and planned to view on Tuesday with an offer to be made that evening.

The seller's agent called the next morning and agreed to our final offer.  Prior to that with their final counter the seller's agent wrote that there had been heavy activity on the home and the seller was confident the home would sell soon for higher than our offer - we called their bluff!

So now begins the process.  I called my bank to begin the application but they were having some serious system issues and will call back this afternoon.  I went to the bank and obtained the ernest money and we are calling this morning to schedule the home inspection.

The home inspection scares me a bit as I know there are spots of rot here and there and I am concerned about the roof.  The seller replaced shingles some 12 years ago, but i saw water stains in the attic.  The stains may be old but still cause for concern.

Our realtor also pointed out another potential issue which may come up with chipping paint.  We are using a VA Loan and they are very picky about the proper handling of chipping paint where lead based paint could come into play and with the age of the home it remains a serious possibility that somewhere along the way lead based paint was applied.  But we cannot worry about that until it comes up.

The home needs lots of work and will become a project home for us.  Everything does not have to be fixed at once and I want us to take a few years to make the home just right.

The gruesome part is that until we close (some time in June) we will be living in this hotel with the camp carpets and the slow internet, but on the bright side it is close to work.

May..

Started a new job and I am making less than I did before.  In fact, I only make slightly more than I did working part time!  However, it's only temporary and I will carry on!

Still house hunting.  The home we bid on and really liked stalled as the owner dug her heels in believing she has a gem that everyone wants.  The home has been in the market for an entire year.

This evening we are taking a second look at two homes and the plan is to make an offer on one (maybe both) afterwards.  I am still not sure which one works best for us!

Hotel living is getting old, but we will make the best of the situation.