We are currently in the process of closing on a new home, YAY! The funny part is that we were never really seriously house hunting. We knew we wanted out of our current house, but thought we would have to wait until summer/fall of 2014. Then, Mike received a bit of a promotion at work and we thought... well... maybe we can do it now. So, we started hitting open houses in our preferred neighborhoods on the weekends, just to see what was out there in our price range. Then, it happened. One Sunday evening on the way home from an open house, we took a right hand turn into a neighborhood we don't usually drive by. And there it was! The second house on the left with a "for sale" sign in the front yard. It was the most amazing place I had seen since we started (not) looking. "Now that's a dream home", I uttered as Mike stopped the car for me to pull the flyer. "Surely this place is out of our budget." And it was. By about $50K. So, I started following the place on Zillow.com. A few weeks later they dropped the price $25K. We mentioned this to my parents via facetime one morning and after they saw the listing photos on Zillow, they practically begged us to just go look at the house. We weren't going to, since we didn't have a realtor; after all, we were only stopping by open houses here and there and this place didn't have an open house scheduled. But with mom's encouragement, I called the listing agent and made an appointment to see the home. And fell in love. So, here we are just a few short weeks later and the place is ours! Well, almost ours; set to close at the end of the month. What a whirlwind! We can't wait to get into our new place!
