House Hunters

Our experience here has been a good one! Exhausting, but good. We've looked at upward 20 homes and found 4 that we are most interested in. 2 of which we are going to make offers on. Hopefully one pans out.

We've learned a few things along the way. 1-Bring food because it is just always nice to have. 2-You're going to see some junk. Its funny some of the homes we went to and the state they were in. They never look like that on the TV show. 3-The one you want probably is too good to be true. We've seen some great homes online that turn out to be short sales or have some funky thing that isn't so great. 4-Taxes are expensive. Mello Roos are too. A tax free world would be best. 5-You'll never have enough money.

Of the houses we liked most, the one we really wanted had the strangest upstairs master suit setup. Let me see if I can paint you a brief picture. The room itself was large in size. Against one wall there were 2 doors-1 bathroom and 1 walk-in closet. The bathroom was the size of a dormitory bathroom with a sink and no vanity, toilet and shower. Then, the closet was the size of 1 good sized bedroom and yet completely non-functional with only 1 rod on either end of the room. So weird. We anticipated we could get it for a cheaper price and then upgrade it but felt the improvements were more headache then we wanted.

We've just made an offer on one of our favorite choices. A little more expensive then we were hoping but still within our comfortable price range. Cross your fingers, we'll see what happens.

(as a side note: a few have asked why we are looking for a house. Answer: Mark is taking over my father's pool business so we are moving. And what better time to buy?)