I do not miss house hunting ONE BIT! It is extremely annoying when people list their houses without leaving themselves any room to negotiate. Noah and I ended up buying the house two doors down from the first house we offered on because they refused to budge in price. When their realtor called back to ask why we didn't make a second offer she got a rude awakening message to deliver to her clients. Long story short, we got a much better house for our money and the house two doors down from us never sold and the owners eventually gave up. On another note, I know that part of house hunting being so frustrating for us (and most of our friends) is because unless you have limited funds you almost always have to settle for a house that isn't exactly what you want. It's fun hunting when you're in a really great house that seems "perfect" but its a real drag when you spend all day looking at homes that either "need work" or just need acceptance of their flaws. Hopefully, ya'll will get some details hammered out soon and this will all be behind you. Just pray that you don't end with a mortgage company like ours that keeps losing our checks and makes us cancel them then pay through the nose using their pay by phone service so that the payment isn't late. *screams*
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Date: 2006-10-16 01:32 pm (UTC)On another note, I know that part of house hunting being so frustrating for us (and most of our friends) is because unless you have limited funds you almost always have to settle for a house that isn't exactly what you want. It's fun hunting when you're in a really great house that seems "perfect" but its a real drag when you spend all day looking at homes that either "need work" or just need acceptance of their flaws.
Hopefully, ya'll will get some details hammered out soon and this will all be behind you. Just pray that you don't end with a mortgage company like ours that keeps losing our checks and makes us cancel them then pay through the nose using their pay by phone service so that the payment isn't late. *screams*