Quick Update

Where We're At

• We went house hunting again Saturday - saw 7. Loved 1.
• We got the disclosure and it looked great. We wanted to see it again so we scheduled a Sunday appointment at 4 p.m. and brought amazing family members along to see it and the one with the basement/beam issue.
• Sunday we checked out both houses and everyone liked one WAY more than another for LOTS of reasons, so we went back to the favorite and took notes, photos, etc.
• Sunday night we made detailed lists of our issues with the disclosure, questions we had, and a list of reasons why we're not interested in paying what they're asking. We also got everything ready for our lender.... what we want him to estimate, etc.
• Today Austin has a conference call with Amanda (realtor) and the lawyer about the brokerage statement. They're making most of the changes Austin requested so we can sign the agreement (comfortably) and move forward with Amanda as our realtor (officially- signed in blood). Austin also reached out to the broker (for lending) who is working on pulling numbers for us so we'll know what our monthly mortgage payment will be at different price points.

Next Steps:

• We should heard back from Scott (broker/lender) with numbers tonight or early tomorrow. We can't make an offer until we have these numbers.
• We will meet with Amanda tomorrow (Tuesday) at 6 p.m. with (hopefully) numbers from Scott in hand. We will sign the brokerage agreement and hopefully draft up an offer on the home with Amanda. We will make an offer on a home - WOW!
• From there, we'll take Wednesday and really get together our list of inspectors (Austin's mom/family had a recommendation as did Melissa).
• Hopefully, in a perfect world, they'll counter, we'll counter, etc., and we'll get in where we want to get in. Also NEW NEWS: We thought we wouldn't have all of the money together for 3 weeks - but Austin found out today it will be 5 days (new direct deposit policy) so we can move in before March 31!! However, we're not going to tell the seller because we figure in one of our counters we could say okay.... we'll offer this BUT we'll take occupancy even sooner. Very, very cool - yay! We'll see.
• MORE NEW NEWS: Austin went over today to double-check and, like we thought, his car got in and out of the driveway just fine - yay! While he was there he met a neighbor and found out the following: the guy owns another house in Roswell but is looking to sell both to move to Florida to be with the grandkids (wife is pushing it), his BROTHER not father has been renting the house for the last two years while he had one built, they've taken great care of it, the neighborhood is great, etc. The guy said he'd seen paint vans out there for a while and that it was just painted a few weeks ago. He also referenced "the big ass tree" in the back yard. hehe Anyway - the guy only had positive things to say about the neighborhood, and he had information on the foreclosure house: apparently it's a big mess - the bank that foreclosed on it went under so now another bank bought the house and basically the house isn't on sale because it's tied up in paperwork. So that's good news. Also - the owner of the house BUILT the house, that's why we've been having such a hard time figuring out what he paid.

K- that's it for now. I'm exhausted and potentially getting sick. Boo. I'm going straight home and am going to rest and cook and do 1 load of laundry - that's it! I'm passing out by 9:30 or 10 at the latest. Can't wait.