Well, some people knew sooner than others...
Last Monday we received an offer on our house. We are thrilled. I will not talk about offer amounts, profits, etc. It's tacky to discuss that and rude for others to ask. What is most important is that we will be out of Pine Ridge! The home inspection was Saturday, appraisal should be following shortly. We have a tentative closing date of February 26. I begin to house hunt on Tuesday.
Our plan was to sell this house and move to South Carolina. It appears that might be on hold for another year or two as Joe's job has given him a raise and work has picked up quite a bit for him. So, I have to wait. I really could take that time to do my Master's Degree. There has been debate about if we should rent or purchase another home for such a brief time. I understand everyone has thier concerns, but with 6 pets, renting doesn't appear to be much of an option unless we lie about how many "kids" we have. Plus, should we become stuck here for 5 years instead of 2, I would rather own a home than have wasted tens of thousands of dollars on rent. Joe holds the same opinion that I do. The other debate that comes into play is townhouse, condo, or real house. It depends on what we can find, my friends.
We don't know much about the family purchasing the house. The husband is former military, the wife believes this is here dream home & the son that is possible autistic will get the former "man cave" as his bedroom.
UPDATE: Home inspection went well. Apparently there are 3 small issues, 2 the buyer can fix himself & the 3rd we might not even be asked to fix since it is so small. We have no idea what it is, but Joe assures me I shouldn't worry because when they say "small" they mean "stupid little thing". I just got a phone call from our realtors office that the appraiser would be thrilled (my words, not her's) to come by at 8:30 tomorrow morning. The hope is that the appraiser has a brain and can appraise a finished house, since they are so used to doing forclosures. Then at 11am I will be off to do my house hunt.
Last Monday we received an offer on our house. We are thrilled. I will not talk about offer amounts, profits, etc. It's tacky to discuss that and rude for others to ask. What is most important is that we will be out of Pine Ridge! The home inspection was Saturday, appraisal should be following shortly. We have a tentative closing date of February 26. I begin to house hunt on Tuesday.
Our plan was to sell this house and move to South Carolina. It appears that might be on hold for another year or two as Joe's job has given him a raise and work has picked up quite a bit for him. So, I have to wait. I really could take that time to do my Master's Degree. There has been debate about if we should rent or purchase another home for such a brief time. I understand everyone has thier concerns, but with 6 pets, renting doesn't appear to be much of an option unless we lie about how many "kids" we have. Plus, should we become stuck here for 5 years instead of 2, I would rather own a home than have wasted tens of thousands of dollars on rent. Joe holds the same opinion that I do. The other debate that comes into play is townhouse, condo, or real house. It depends on what we can find, my friends.
We don't know much about the family purchasing the house. The husband is former military, the wife believes this is here dream home & the son that is possible autistic will get the former "man cave" as his bedroom.
UPDATE: Home inspection went well. Apparently there are 3 small issues, 2 the buyer can fix himself & the 3rd we might not even be asked to fix since it is so small. We have no idea what it is, but Joe assures me I shouldn't worry because when they say "small" they mean "stupid little thing". I just got a phone call from our realtors office that the appraiser would be thrilled (my words, not her's) to come by at 8:30 tomorrow morning. The hope is that the appraiser has a brain and can appraise a finished house, since they are so used to doing forclosures. Then at 11am I will be off to do my house hunt.
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