First we fell in love with a house and got serious about selling our house. We had a guy come by and then he brought his wife and they indicated that they were going to give us an offer after their real estate agent got a chance to look at it...and that is where things get frustrating. We get this news on a Thursday before an awesome camping trip and we're very excited about the potential offer all weekend. When we get home we're looking forward to having the agent come by and look at the house. She does so and totally sours our deal. So instead of making an offer on the awesome house we found we instead sit on it and wait until we have someone else who is interested in our house. This happens about a week later. A lady drives by while we're out in the yard and slows to a stop to get a flier from our flier box. I invite her in and give her the tour. She's clearly excited about the house. This is when we start thinking now is the time to get an offer in on the perfect house we like. So we have our agent draw up paperwork and submit our offer. Only to find out a day later that the house we placed an offer on is no longer available because the day before that the seller decided to extend a 1 year lease to the current occupants. We become very bummed. So we start looking again...just as the lady who wants our house decides she wants to give us an offer for our house. We're now excited again because now we have an offer and we just need to find a house. So we find a house and we call our agent to set up an appointment to view it and likely place an offer on it only to find out that it is already sold. So now we've lost two perfect homes. Which brings us almost up to date. So now were looking for additional homes to look at and we find a couple of run down places that we want nothing to do with and finally find something that is nice, comfortable but ultimately a short term solution. We're ready to make the offer Friday night after leaving our agent and talking a bit. Then we get home and see an automated email showing a NEW listing. This house looks awesome. So the next morning after an awesome event at the Adventure Challenge we drive by and meet the owners doing some last minute cleaning and ask if we can view their home. They oblige and we fall in love all over again. This home is AWESOME in so many ways. We decided to forget the home we were going to make an offer on and instead place an offer on this house. Again this is Saturday (11th). We give them 24 hours to respond to the offer (full price). So Sunday we are waiting to hear and then just before church we get the call that they accept and we're ready to go. Just before church ends I get another call telling me that they have taken their counteroffer off the table to view another offer. This is where dreams are destroyed. About 8:50 pm Sunday we get the call that they accepted the other offer (under suspicious circumstances on behalf of their agent). So we now have no home and an offer that we have accepted and are ready to move on. Which brings us to today...searching for a home while finalizing the documents needed to start the lengthy process of selling our home.
It has been a roller coaster three weeks. Elation, frustration, disappointment, excitement, and ultimately stress that we didn't want or need. The selling of our home has been smooth and simple (so far). So we're just going to play things by ear and see where it all goes. I suspect we'll find a short term solution and start saving money for the "Perfect" home in a couple of years. However, another "perfect" home could pop up tomorrow and we start the roller coaster all over again. Heaven forbid
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