well we fired that useless realtor and found a new one. she seems really cool already. and very on point. she answers all my emails and she's eager and doesn't drag her feet. i think she's gonna be a great fit!
our new plan is she will take me to look at houses during the week and if i find something that passes my tests then we'll look at it on the weekend with ed. because i'm the picky one after all. so better that i use my free time to eliminate the ones i don't like. it will save us a lot of time on the weekends.
i'm still looking for work. this is just a really bad time man. oof. i hope the economy picks up again soon.
also ed's job is moving to doral. i'm happy that he won't have to work on the beach anymore!! yay!!! so this really frees us up to look for houses in kendall. :)
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
trying to start my life...roadblocks
So we've been looking for houses for about 2 months now. and after seeing NOTHING we were interested in, we saw 2 houses (being sold by the same company that flips houses) a couple of weeks ago. things were looking up.
problems:
1. the houses are priced WAY above our budget. but our realtor assures us we can get them for much less. mmhmm. sure.
2. our realtor continues to be unresponsive, dragging her feet, and we're both completely sick of it. we're stuck with her till the offer gets accepted or rejected then we're chucking her ass.
she took an entire week just to put in the offer we wanted. when i texted her and emailed her no response. when i confronted her about not communicating she said ok, i'll get you the paperwork today. this was on a friday morning (when we had told her we wanted to make the offer on monday) and she didn't send us the paperwork till friday at 11pm. its just completely UNPROFESSIONAL. i'm so over her. but if she can deliver when it comes to closing on a house maybe we'll put up with it.
we sent back the paperwork on tuesday. today on thursday we got an email today saying that the listing agent for the house wouldn't even bother showing that offer to her client. NO SHIT! they're turning away people offering $280k. so there's no point in trying to counter. its over. but just what we expected. a realtor's job is to guide you and that means telling you that a low offer isn't a wise step. and we figured it wasn't. but she assured us based on comparibles, etc that this was a good offer. and just as expected they laughed off our offer. no point in trying for the 2nd house as it was priced even higher than the first.
so i'm bumbed because i was looking forward to having a house sooner rather than later. but i'm glad i didn't let myself get attached. and now we can give that useless realtor the heave ho.
the sad part is after seeing something completely remodeled head to toe its hard to go back to looking at the other houses. :( we got spoiled by that. but we can't afford those other houses.
I NEED to get a job so we can have more money in the pot and more choices for homes. but also i'm just ready to work again. i've been trying for a couple of months now to get work, applying to a shitload of places but its hard man. soooo hard. no one is getting back to me. the jobs seem to be out there but i guess no one is interested in me personally. it gets me down. i just have to keep trying. i know eventually i'll get something.
my plan is to get a job, a good one that i'm comfortable doing with people i get along with that pays me enough to survive on my own. and then get a house and start a family. i'm itching to have a baby sooo bad. i'm waiting for the pieces to fall into place but not being able to find a job and losing out on houses are setbacks, roadblocks. its frustrating.
anyway now that the whole thing is over i can show you pictures. didn't wanna jinx it before but it doesn't matter now.
entry way:
living room:
2nd bath:
kitchen out to family room:
kitchen: all new appliances
pantry with drawers! love this thing.
out to family room.
family room
laundry room!!! a whole room!
HUGE backyard with pond
master bedroom
master shower
master bath
problems:
1. the houses are priced WAY above our budget. but our realtor assures us we can get them for much less. mmhmm. sure.
2. our realtor continues to be unresponsive, dragging her feet, and we're both completely sick of it. we're stuck with her till the offer gets accepted or rejected then we're chucking her ass.
she took an entire week just to put in the offer we wanted. when i texted her and emailed her no response. when i confronted her about not communicating she said ok, i'll get you the paperwork today. this was on a friday morning (when we had told her we wanted to make the offer on monday) and she didn't send us the paperwork till friday at 11pm. its just completely UNPROFESSIONAL. i'm so over her. but if she can deliver when it comes to closing on a house maybe we'll put up with it.
we sent back the paperwork on tuesday. today on thursday we got an email today saying that the listing agent for the house wouldn't even bother showing that offer to her client. NO SHIT! they're turning away people offering $280k. so there's no point in trying to counter. its over. but just what we expected. a realtor's job is to guide you and that means telling you that a low offer isn't a wise step. and we figured it wasn't. but she assured us based on comparibles, etc that this was a good offer. and just as expected they laughed off our offer. no point in trying for the 2nd house as it was priced even higher than the first.
so i'm bumbed because i was looking forward to having a house sooner rather than later. but i'm glad i didn't let myself get attached. and now we can give that useless realtor the heave ho.
the sad part is after seeing something completely remodeled head to toe its hard to go back to looking at the other houses. :( we got spoiled by that. but we can't afford those other houses.
I NEED to get a job so we can have more money in the pot and more choices for homes. but also i'm just ready to work again. i've been trying for a couple of months now to get work, applying to a shitload of places but its hard man. soooo hard. no one is getting back to me. the jobs seem to be out there but i guess no one is interested in me personally. it gets me down. i just have to keep trying. i know eventually i'll get something.
my plan is to get a job, a good one that i'm comfortable doing with people i get along with that pays me enough to survive on my own. and then get a house and start a family. i'm itching to have a baby sooo bad. i'm waiting for the pieces to fall into place but not being able to find a job and losing out on houses are setbacks, roadblocks. its frustrating.
anyway now that the whole thing is over i can show you pictures. didn't wanna jinx it before but it doesn't matter now.
entry way:
living room:
2nd bath:
kitchen out to family room:
kitchen: all new appliances
pantry with drawers! love this thing.
out to family room.
family room
laundry room!!! a whole room!
HUGE backyard with pond
master bedroom
master shower
master bath
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