Loan Pre-Approval: Check
House Deep clean: Check (Twice!)
Real Estate walk throughs (x4!): Check
Finding a house: Um, no luck.
Chris and I "thought" we had decided to move (This a recent decision after first making the decision NOT to move. I know, kinda annoying how wishy washy we are. Try being us. Chris and I said, "We are both smart, educated people. Why can't we make this decision?" My response, "I guess we are too smart!" :) Ha!). Our first real estate agent a year ago (whom we dropped after our contract was up) more or less insisted we have to sell our home before we even looked at homes. She said this after we found a home that we wanted to buy. However, Chris and I have had problems finding a home even close since then. What if we would have put our home on the market and it sold? Where would be now? I'll tell you...HOMELESS! We would be in a nice and small apartment with our family of 5 searching for THE right home. Chris and I refuse to settle for just any house since we hope to stay there awhile (we have been in our home nearly 9 years!). We have gotten close, but not close enough that we would have put an offer in if we were homeless.
Why do we want to move? There are a number of reasons...perhaps get closer to Chris' work, to move before the kids get into school so they do not have to move away from friends and familiar school, and the list goes on. We want to find a home that we can be in for years, making our own, like we have with our home now. Staying is an option...and at much easier option at that. Our home, however unpredictable, is somewhat predictable as well. We know what we have replaced and what may need to be replaced or updated in the future. In a new home, it will be uncertain.
Chris and I initially had decided to put our home on the market for sale by owner this week. However, if it sold, we have no potential homes to look at. None, zippo, zero!
So, the debate continues.
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