Day 4

The home search begins. We headed out at about 9:30 with Justin, our real estate agent. We saw about 15 houses, some were awful, some were okay, and some were downright ridiculous. You'll see why later. We stumbled across 3 that we were happy with. We made offers on all 3. 2 are in the same neighborhood, and one is a little ways away. Meet the contenders...

Contender 1:



This house was okay, new carpet, new paint. The bank put the carpet in and painted, so it wasn't good carpet and paint. It was a steal of a price, so we put in our full-price offer.



Contender 2:
Cute, right? This one even has a pool that was in really good shape. The neighborhood was clean, the houses were well kept and very good looking. There was something rather interesting about this one. It is a foreclosure, so it brought some very unique missing pieces.

Doors? Gone.

Blinds? Gone.

Light fixtures? Gone.

Faucets? Gone.

Kitchen sink? Gone.

Appliances? Gone.

Toilets? Gone.

The place was stripped. We still put an offer on it because the house is way cute and has a pool.

Contender 3:

Meet Manzanita. This one had the same floor plan as Contender 1. They are in the same neighborhood. This one had a good floor plan, and really only needed a fresh coat of paint and some new floors.

At the end of the day, our realtor helped us put in 3 offers, and we made a visit to our mortgage guy. We really have had a great experience in all of this. Our realtor was in the same ward as Matt's aunt and uncle, and the mortgage guy, Tim, is the brother-in-law of the realtor. Tim also recommended a State Farm agent--his old Bishop. At the end of the day, all we had to do was wait and see which of the offers we'd get a response on.