The Great House Hunt - Part 1

Posted Saturday, November 28, 2009 3:16 PM

It began some time ago:

We decided it is time to start looking for our own house. DH has been renting a home from his parents for years.

Last week we looked at our first "open house home." It was in a great area, but wouldn't have fit most of out furniture (which is a bad thing).

Today we met with a Realtor -- we were so nervous. It's like going on a first date. She was amazing. We talked about what we wanted and what we didn't. She's very well-versed in first-time home-buying, and since that's us -- it works!

After we left her, we went to the bank to get information on a preapproval (the mst-do step in our househunt) -- actually two branches of the same one since the loan officer was not around at branch No. 1. We were thisclose to getting on the freeway and heading to the branch where we purchased our CDs... but there was a mega traffic jam (looks like fate intervened).

So we met with the officer who told us what paperwork we needed and, amazingly enough, it looks doable. We'll be scheduling a meeting with him for later this week, and meeting with a few other lenders, just to have something to compare it to.

Then, once we have offer letter in hand, the hunt can really begin.

The nice part is we aren't rushed and we know our dream home is out there waiting for us -- it just might not know it yet.