since i am a military brat and micah is a pastor's kid, this is something neither of us knew anything about.
after getting pre-approved for a loan we made an offer on the first house we ever looked at. what a cinderella story this would be if i said that it was accepted and we are now living in that house with our two cats.....but it didn't exactly go that way.
our original offer was initially rejected. they wanted more money. more money than we could afford. note to anyone in the market right now--if you are in considering a house in a flood zone, be prepared financially.
about a week later the seller came back because they had another buyer and wanted to counter us (because the week before they simply rejected our offer). we considered, but ultimately moved on.
we just kept looking hoping that we would find something that we liked as much as that first house, but nothing seemed to be right.
the housing market was (and still is) extremely hot and houses were going fast. we were on our way to see a house after work once and it actually sold on our way.
we looked and looked and just couldn't find anything. we almost gave up.
in december we went and looked at two houses. out of the two we definitely liked the first one better...it was so open, spacious and in a great location.
we put in an offer on january first and thought we would hear back in a few days, but it took a couple weeks because the law firm dealing with the sale was out of the office for the holidays.
when they accepted our offer over a full cash offer we were shocked.
as it turns out the family of the owner (who had passed away) picked us because they wanted a young family to enjoy their sister's house and wanted it to be loved.
we closed at the end of february and have now been in our house for three months.
we are adjusting to this huge adult decision and loving having our own place.
the ladies also absolutely love the new house and all the windows they get to look out of.
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